Lions tour 2025

[duffer]

Hang on ...

Double ****

 

[the big bambino]

Hmmm what was said earlier about only one side being reffed?

 

[GotSpin]

Sigh

 

[Heboric]

Damn, bullshit. That last try shouldnt have countered. So many Lions players were blocking Australian defenders.

Unforunately where I stay I sometimes see beached whales at the coast - last few minutes of the game reminded me of that.

 

[ripper868]

Well ****.

 

[Molehill]

Hmmm what was said earlier about only one side being reffed?

Tbh that game was too big for him, scrums became a farce. But the decision at the end was correct.

Cracking game though, wasn’t expecting that.

 

[the big bambino]

Tbh that game was too big for him, scrums became a farce. But the decision at the end was correct.

Cracking game though, wasn’t expecting that.

Not from what I'm hearing on comms.

 

[ripper868]

23-5 up to lose 28-26 is....****.

Still, for the best of Britain + Ireland to beat the Woeful wallabies by 8 and 2...northern hemisphere rugby in shambles.

 

[the big bambino]

Itoje certainly has a set of guns.

 

[Molehill]

Not from what I'm hearing on comms.

The Aussie even feigned a head hit, wasn’t a good look.

23-5 up to lose 28-26 is....****.

Still, for the best of Britain + Ireland to beat the Woeful wallabies by 8 and 2...northern hemisphere rugby in shambles.

Too much Ireland in the team, need less chokers on the big stage.

But seriously, thought the decision to go with power off the bench instead from the start was odd.

 

[the big bambino]

The Aussie even feigned a head hit, wasn’t a good look.

What do you say to a gas lighter? Even Johnson said you could penalise those every ruck. Exactly; you could. Because its illegal.

 

[Molehill]

What do you say to a gas lighter? Even Johnson said you could penalise those every ruck. Exactly; you could. Because its illegal.

If that was my team that conceded a last minute try, I wouldn’t have been looking at that clear out as a means to have it overturned.

 

[the big bambino]

Hmm ok. It just seems you are contextualising an excuse.

 

[Molehill]

Hmm ok. It just seems you are contextualising an excuse.

I just don’t think it was a penalty. There was no dangerous contact and he’s done everything necessary to make it a legitimate clear out.

 

[Ali TT]

Will have to catch the game later but reading a lot that the Aussie at the end was doing a bit of a Rivaldo hand-to-face act?

 

[BoyBrumby]

For me it was a 50/50 call, but the way Tizzano went down like a sack of shit possibly swung it against the Wobs. Pretty ordinary effort to milk it.

And Wilson had been whinging all the second half which doesn't endear a skipper to the officials.

 

[Heboric]

Piece of willing to wear the medal this time...

 

[Molehill]

Piece of willing to wear the medal this time...

That’s some top level whinging going on there.

23-5 and all the talk about the last minute penalty that wasn’t.

 

[Skipper Pup]

Considering the state of RU in Australia, this series has been desperately needed.

I went to the Reds v Lions game a few weeks back and that was the first union game I've been to in over 10 years. Even just seeing the crowd at that game (albeit mostly Lions fans), this tour has been great to generate interest and get eyes on the Wallabies.

Not really bothered about the officials or the results or whatever, they just need to find a way to keep this momentum going or the sport will be irrelevant again in 12 months time.

 

[social]

Yeah, let’s be real this tour & the RWC was given to Australia in an attempt to revive the game here

Nobody actually thought we’d win as we’re a lower tier team these days

Unfortunately, I have no belief in the game coming back from the dead just because a boatload of tourists and expatriates go to a couple of games