Brumbies vs Lions, Match Thread

Artful_Badger

This reminds me of watching Ireland in the poorest of the Kidney era. A team of good players sent out to play a game without one clue as to how to go about beating the opposition.

ionadnapokot

ACT vgood at breakdown

sydthebeat

Well I think this half answers the heaslip v faleteau debate.
Where is the great work rate, the carries, the rucking?

Chabals Beard

I'd say Zebo, Murray and Hibbard are pretty happy right about now.

toomevara

Rory self-destructing here...playing himself out of contention for the test team. Poor display from the Lions so far, v disjointed. Half backs misfiring and defensively week....esp wade, looks really lightweight off the ball.

Buer

Bench to be emptied very soon or this one is gone.

trouttrout

irishbucsfan wrote: »

My god I'm so fed up with Richie Gray. Please send him home

Shame that the likes of D Ryan and Jim Hamilton were omitted for him. Absolutely useless

Nohesion.

The opposite of cohesion.

.ak

Yeah players not playing are getting the good end of the stick here. Murray, Zebo and Hibbard.

ionadnapokot

Kimlin having a good laugh tonight

WorldRugby99

this is one of those games where everybody has looked crap-not one lions player has stood out. even the great SOB making errors.

ongarite

Another let off.
This has been a bore so far.

Not this one, 8-0

Buer

toomevara wrote: »

Rory self-destructing here...playing himself out of contention for the test team.

Honestly, did you think he was at all in contention for the test team going into today?

.ak

Buer wrote: »

Bench to be emptied very soon or this one is gone.

Yeah, in fairness tho Gatland said that he doesn't mind losing this game for the sake for the 1st test... So I don't know, he may want to bubble wrap certain players that are on the bench.

KERSPLAT!

Lions 0-8 Brumbies 39 mins

Brego888

Rory best line out

Jesus

toomevara

You'd have to say ACT good value for their 8 points...bit of work to be done at HT methinks...

First Up

Second best in every department. It depends on how badly Gatland wants this one. If he does, we will see a lot of changes.

Lelantos

Buer wrote: »

Honestly, did you think he was at all in contention for the test team going into today?

He's playing himself out of contention for an Ireland starting place at this rate

Cork24

this is a poor lions performance,
giving away to many frees

bleg

Looks like Munster early in the season, crabbing side to side with no penetration...

decisions

Has Barrit touched the ball?

.ak

SOB playing well with ball in hand, making yards and has had some lovely touches. He doesn't seem to be using his clear outs tho.

Game really looks like everyone's been told "You have a chance, but only if you do it all yourself".

Everyone trying things that aren't on, mis reading each other etc.

Terrible structure to the game.

stackerman

Aint gona beat that defence with piss slow ball like that

sydthebeat

Very lucky penalty there to the lions

trouttrout

If anyone wants a lesson in how not to clean a ruck take a look at Richie Gray

KERSPLAT!

Lions 3-8 Brumbies half time

Buer

Lelantos wrote: »

He's playing himself out of contention for an Ireland starting place at this rate

I know you're saying that somewhat tongue in cheek but this is the sort of tour that will cause him long term damage in terms of the mental aspect of his game.

irishbucsfan

2nd rate performance from the pack tonight. Don't think any of those guys will be involved on Saturday.

.ak

Faletau is actually having a decent game in fairness, but just decent.

trouttrout

.ak wrote: »

Faletau is actually having a decent game in fairness, but just decent.

Dunno, carrying well but his famed workrate is nowhere to be seen

sydthebeat

.ak wrote: »

Faletau is actually having a decent game in fairness, but just decent.

He seems to be working with sob at the break down, but was caught earlier isolated and have away penalty.

Has he done anything of note?

Cork24

its going to be a good Second half.

Tox56

Brumbies hard done by there, we're almost suffering when we get some go forward because our support is so disorganised they're getting isolated ridiculously easily.

wonderfullife

One thing this game has done is show Warburtons performance last week in a new light. Relative to today, against similar ish standard opposition, you'd have to upgrade his efforts last week.

Croft - Warbs - Heaslip are safe for the 1st Test.

Zebo nothing to fear from Wade (if North is out).

Kearney feeling his way back to top form. Will be a huge asset in the Tour. Notwithstanding the excellent Halfpenny, i'm convinced the coaching staff would like Kearney at FB and 1/2p wing saturday. Rob would be long gone home if they didn't feel he had a big part to play.

KERSPLAT!

stackerman wrote: »

Aint gona beat that defence with piss slow ball like that

Phase after phase and going backwards everytime, lions really need to up it

ongarite

Interesting half time analysis to come. Who will Sky blame the most?

ionadnapokot

looks like Bernard Jackman got a good 1 in Kimlin for Grenoble

irishbucsfan

decisions wrote: »

Has Barrit touched the ball?

He woke up with about 10 minutes to go and started working very hard. Before that he was anonymous.

I do feel bad for the backs because they have all literally stepped off a plane for this!

Gambas

sydthebeat wrote: »

Well I think this half answers the heaslip v faleteau debate.
Where is the great work rate, the carries, the rucking?

He started well. Same thing could be said of SOB. Players who have been on form are being made to look bad here. Tipuric is arguably the only one who has looked good in that half.

LeeroyJones

I don't think any of last weekends XV will be overly worried for the starting place.

Kearney's been useful but Halfpenny is absolutely nailed on

Buer

.ak wrote: »

Faletau is actually having a decent game in fairness, but just decent.

Trying hard but getting nowhere. Hasn't linked play at all. Lowest tackle count of the back row by a distance.

JRant

trouttrout wrote: »

If anyone wants a lesson in how not to clean a ruck take a look at Richie Gray

I loved the one where SOB was on the ground with the ball and Gray cleared out about 2 feet to the right of where SOB was.

Chabals Beard

wonderfullife wrote: »

One thing this game has done is show Warburtons performance last week in a new light. Relative to today, against similar ish standard opposition, you'd have to upgrade his efforts last week.

Croft - Warbs - Heaslip are safe for the 1st Test.

Zebo nothing to fear from Wade (if North is out).

Kearney feeling his way back to top form. Will be a huge asset in the Tour. Notwithstanding the excellent Halfpenny, i'm convinced the coaching staff would like Kearney at FB and 1/2p wing saturday. Rob would be long gone home if they didn't feel he had a big part to play.

Kearney is no where near Halfpenny. His defense has always been weak in his game. Halfpenny would put his head under a bus to make a tackle.

SlickRic

this shouldn't be a surprise.

there has been no time for so many of this backline to get into the way Gatland wants the team to play. cohesion does not come automatically.

yes, some of the individuals have been brutal. Wade's non-tackle for the try for instance. Best's throwing. Evans unable to hit a ruck. Faleteau pretty invisible. Barritt being plain awful.

but cohesion helps most of that. Gatland has given this team very little chance.

irishbucsfan

Are these lads a little drunk or are my speakers slurring?

sydthebeat

Sorry lads but NO lions players have played in any way well in the first half.


Doing your basic duties is not playing well...

Buer

wonderfullife wrote: »

Kearney feeling his way back to top form. Will be a huge asset in the Tour. Notwithstanding the excellent Halfpenny, i'm convinced the coaching staff would like Kearney at FB and 1/2p wing saturday. Rob would be long gone home if they didn't feel he had a big part to play.

I was of that opinion but the Lions have come out and said that if they knew flying out the extent of his injury, they'd have left him behind.

Who are Sky hyping? (no speakers in work)