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Tyma posted:Marler is an absurdly stupid human Even more so because he ignored the ball on the floor to take that cheap shot
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This has been such a frustrating series to watch so far, the Lions defense has just been so smothering
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Why isn't falling over and making everyone trip over you considered to be bringing down a maul?
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Why isn't falling over and making everyone trip over you considered to be bringing down a maul? 
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Gonna be a long night if the Chiefs can't fix their set piece
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Smorgasbord posted:Gonna be a long night if the Chiefs can't fix their set piece Yeah wow, I always thought we would struggle with missing players. Hopefully the penalty count doesn't end up as one sided as the Maori game
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Good try - also appreciated hearing "advantage over" as soon as he scored.
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Jun 20, 2017 09:08
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Can we just hang on to the loving ball please?
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Jun 20, 2017 09:13
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Dan Biggar seems genuinely confused about not being yellow carded.
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Jun 20, 2017 09:21
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Chiefs seemed to have the better of the last 15 mins or so, settled down a little bit.
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Jun 20, 2017 09:28
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Still key for them to sort out their set pieces though. That kept them out of the game in the 1st half.
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Speaking of set piece - ooops
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Jun 20, 2017 09:37
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Absolutely nothing illegal about what that Chief's player did there
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Jun 20, 2017 09:49
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Excited to see the fight that breaks out at Eden Park this Saturday
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slothrop posted:Such a frustrating
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I'm pleased that the Lions have been more competitive than had otherwise been predicted but it hasn't been pretty.
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Finally a decent running try
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Jun 20, 2017 09:56
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Jesus. That set piece again. Nice running from the Lions
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That's the best try I've seen in years. Punctuated by a drunk Chiefs fan waving a giant 90s telephone around in the air.
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The Chiefs seem genuinely confused by the fact that Nowell and Tipuric are wearing the same hat.
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That's current technology thank-you-very-much. Also your standards are clearly not that high
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slothrop posted:Jesus. That set piece again. Nice running from the Lions The Lions have been absolute cunts at the Line-out : Jostling, making dummy moves, and shouting over the top of the Chief's prop, so that he can't call out the play. Stephen Donald asked the referee if it was even legal to play that far outside the spirit of the game, and he said it was, and that The Lions had asked him about it before the game.
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Tyma posted:The Lions have been absolute cunts at the Line-out : Jostling, making dummy moves, and shouting over the top of the Chief's prop, so that he can't call out the play. Saracens.txt
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Scotland legend Doddie Weir has been diagnosed with motor neuron disease. loving devastating news. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40340310
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HappyCamperGL posted:Scotland legend Doddie Weir has been diagnosed with motor neuron disease. loving devastating news. I saw this earlier today. Gutted for him. 
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This is a legitimate question: have the Lions been offside for their defense or not? I'm so used to the Southern Hemisphere teams and where the gain line is for them, that I honestly don't know. Were they playing in the Super competition, they'd be pinged... If they're not offside, are you northern people of the opinion that the rule needs to be modified to allow play to flow some? I'm at the point where I want that enforced and a second ref on field to monitor the defensive side, a la league. (Quick dig: Your halfbacks are well off at the scrum, by the way. That rule is written in stone that they have to be behind the flanker's foot, which is not happening at all...)
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In the time honoured tradition of Ritchie McCaw offside is where the referee tells you it is and not an inch further back.
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To make the game flow we could maybe make the tackle area quicker by completely eliminating the ruck and just have the team in possession just be able to recycle the ball. Then we could move the offside line back to 10 metres to make it a more running game. With these changes defences may be too organised so reducing the teams by two people. Scrums are also a problems so we should also take two people out of the scrum to make it quicker
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Foxtrot_13 posted:To make the game flow we could maybe make the tackle area quicker by completely eliminating the ruck and just have the team in possession just be able to recycle the ball. Then we could move the offside line back to 10 metres to make it a more running game. ... I'm not trying to make the game into league. However, having the defense line at least be behind the ruck instead of standing "parallel" to it (and they're not loving parallel... they're running up before the ball is cleared) would allow for some freedom, no?
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They 'feel' offside but none of the analysts, coaches, journos have been talking about it so maybe it's fine.
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Careful now Kiwis, you're starting to sound like Australian Rugby fans, what with blaming the ref and all...
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I'm going to be really embarrassed if we lose to Italy. (I'm loving Stephen Moore not being captain)
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The Rabbi T. White posted:... I'm not trying to make the game into league. However, having the defense line at least be behind the ruck instead of standing "parallel" to it (and they're not loving parallel... they're running up before the ball is cleared) would allow for some freedom, no? If your players don't have freedom around the field then your players are playing Union badly. You get the freedom because your forwards are doing their jobs properly. If you want "you get to score then we get to score" rugby then watch 7's, the 15 man version is about contests on all sections of the field, not just in who has the trickiest backs. Total rugby not just 7's.
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If anyone's going to work out a way to exploit the rush defence it'll be Beauden Barrett and this All Black side. The Lions have been defending like demons but doing it in a Test against the best team in the world is a whole different game.
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Team is as follows: 1. Joe Moody 2. Codie Taylor 3. Owen Franks 4. Brodie Retallick 5. Sam Whitelock 6. Jerome Kaino 7. Sam Cane 8. Kieran Read (Captain) 9. Aaron Smith 10. Beauden Barrett 11. Rieko Ioane 12. Sonny Bill Williams 13. Ryan Crotty 14. Israel Dagg 15. Ben Smith 16. Nathan Harris 17. Wyatt Crockett 18. Charlie Faumuina 19. Scott Barrett 20. Ardie Savea 21. TJ Perenara 22. Aaron Cruden/Lima Sopoaga 23. Anton Lienert-Brown Cruden has a niggly knee, and may sit this one out.
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And the Lions are: Starters: Liam Williams; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Davies, Ben Te’o, Elliot Daly; Owen Farrell, Conor Murray; Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Tadhg Furlong; Alun Wyn Jones, George Kruis; Peter O’Mahony, Taulupe Faletau, Sean O’Brien Replacements: Ken Owens, Jack McGrath, Kyle Sinckler, Maro Itoje, Sam Warburton, Rhys Webb, Jonathan Sexton, Leigh Halfpenny
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