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BRITISH & IRISH LIONS PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOME OF RUGBY

Lions 13-7 NZ Provincial Barbarians kek
Lions 16-22 Blues KEK
Lions 12-3 Poosaders K E K
Lions 22-23 Highlanders
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>Sat 17 June
19:35 Lions v Maori All Blacks, Rotorua
>Tues 20 June
19:35 Lions v Chiefs, Hamilton
>Sat 24 June
19:35 Lions v All Blacks, Auckland
>Tues 27 June
19:35 Lions v Hurricanes. Wellington
>Sat 1 July
19:35 Lions v All Blacks, Wellington
>Sat 8 July
19:35 Lions v All Blacks, Auckland

INTERNATIONALS
>Fri 16 June
Tonga 6 - 24 Wales
NZ 40 - 0 Samoa (in progress)

>Sat 17 June
Fiji v Italy
Australia v Scotland
Japan v Ireland

>Sun 18 June
USA v Georgia
RSA v France
Argentina v England
Canada v Romania

NO SUPER RUGBY TILL 1 JULY LADS

>aaron "40 points is enough, no more please" smith

Ben Smith

Should have waited a second
47:0 now

A Smith hasn't done anything this game to justify starting against the lions.

He might as well just go to Europe at the end of the season.

had a fantastic first half to be frank with you

samoa gassed

Did you miss the part where he was providing instantaneous service from every ruck leading up to Savea's try?

Guys s-stop, they're already dead

He did like 2 shitty unneeded box kicks and has a """"'"""""quicker''' pass than TJ.
Unironically prefer TKB over A Smith atm

Gonna be some broken noses in South Auckland tonight.

100-0 incoming?

>>Stream interrupted
>>the score is now 52
WTF?

yep

>onimous signs

great work Justin, keep it up

fucking christ

fuck justing marshall

>score is now 61

Steve-rotates-players-faster-than-sheev-Hansen

Samoa, we hardly knew you :_;

>score is now more than 150% of what it was at this post from 10 minutes ago

Lions on suicide watch, All Blacks are just too good for northern """"""rugby"""""" to compete

based avo captaining lads

Northern rugby AKA kickball

Any All Blacks match vs the NH is basically an opposed training run.

Interesting that as soon as the score was over 21 (the highest they can do on their 3 times tables) the NH posters stopped posting...

it's actually kinda sad when you realise the lions would have to put in a really good performance just to get a win over samoa

Remember when Japan beat the Springbocks?

Good times

You couldn't even give me one lousy round, Samoa. You will always be a loser. Now take your check for a hundred thousand dollars and get out of my sight.

still hard to believe tbdesu

Remember when Aussie beat the English and they beamed the first team in history to not make it out of their pool as a host nation?
The only time I have ever cheered on Aussie in rugby.

Good times

after seeing the AB's in this game, how much will they win against the lions by?

Why does the one of the cameras at field level have a dead pixel on the right side

>became
>beamed
How did I fuck that up that bad.

the greatest meme australian rugby has ever pulled off. the english were so poorius hahahahahahaha

I've only been able to watch since just after half time thanks to my flat's third-world internet going down - how much of the scoreline is the All Blacks playing well and how much is Manu Samoa playing poorly?

bit of both

>no longer a point a minute

All Blacks confirmed finished.

...

i'm sure the lions will find another level for the ABs tests, so it shouldn't be a complete blow out. 20-30 points maybe?

like soap

Are we talking playing well for us or just as a rugby team in general?

Mainly finding holes and running it in like all game.

SOAPY!

Samoa are better than the Lions so at least 80 points

Perinara is so god damn handsome

No homo

Your right I haven't had much water today and do have a touch of a headache

Literally can't see how the lions can beat the all blacks without taking a page out of the 1995 springbok's playbook

I meant in terms of a general team performance from both sides
Also >us

Only way the lions win is if/when Sunni Bill hears the call from above and blows up the team bus to please allah

thanks

best savea

KEK that try

Based TJ > Smoth

who is the best rugby player in the world?

I fucking hate TJ but damn he's good

beautiful.

I'm surprised Smuth got the nod over Perineum to be honest

Retallik or Barret

80 points

80 minutes

Sunny Bill Williams alayhi as-salām

Needed to see if he was back on form. He isn't so that's that then.

Smith had a good game but TJs making a real case for himself here, he just keeps getting better

Pottery.

Absolutely BTFO

because he played a superb first half

unreal
AB's to win the next 2 world cups at least

*scores a try in your path*

quade cooper

Lions may have a good chance of winning if:
>>ABs go into the first match complacent
>>Lions put the pedal on full throttle and try to score as many times as possible in the first half
>>Inevitably lose steam, and use their bench smartly to maintain enough defence to contain All Black resurgence
>>Hang on long enough to close the game with a victory

NOT SO FAST

Alb is the assist god, they should really start recording them as a proper stat

>78
FUCK

how much must the lions players be absolutely fucking shitting themselves after this, i wonder if they'll even show up to the first test

WHAT FUCK I LEFT FOR BEER COME BACK 15 MINUTES INTO SECOND HALF IT WENT FROM 28-0 TO 53-0.

>because he played a superb first half
I didn't see it thanks to Vodafone being a shit ISP

really can't see them going into the game thinking they've won. that's not AB style. that's the english.

>Players who are done:
A Smith

>Players in glorious ascension:
TJ Perenara

FUCK THE FRENCH

FROGGED

>Sapoanga should give him the kick

haha, good call 10/10 commentary

>superb
We must have different meanings. He did his job and had legitimately no standout moments.
The second TJ stepped on the field he was actually superb.

(YOU) on suicide watch

Rainbow warrior lads

Never spaghetti

EXECUTE ALL FROGS
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That wasn't forward.

How are these cunts allowed to keep their jobs?

Holy fuck the level of refereeing in this game is almost as bad as the Crusaders game. If this ref is in charge of any of the Bledisloes I'm going to convert to League.

This. And that's only a problem against Australians anyway who will go hard the whole game no matter what the score while poms will quit after they realise winning isn't very likely

Barrett's are gonna eat the lions for breakfast,lunch and dinner

Na it was 78-78 when I posted that

>absolutely BTFO

Message

literally bullshit
go rewatch the game

Nah not what they do. 1st test will be a full strength team. 2nd will be a full strength start with a couple of fresh bench players. 3rd could be won by the lions if we are 2-0 then but their players will be fucked by then.

best post I've seen in /rug/ in weeks

Nice damage control lad.

jordie was a bit anonymous

scotty did great

Isreal Dabb.

Thanks m8 I left the living room TV and came to my computer just to post it. It galls me how a professional body like the IRB lets the quality of refereeing get so bad. Even the TMO was fucking up this game which is completely intolerable.

frogs legs for dinner lads

Bit late for dinner Pierre

Like I said, it's an if.
Frankly I see no other realistic scenario for the Lions to win the series. They may match the ABs evenly in physical conditioning, but they clearly come second in ball skills and attacking instincts. That only leaves mentality

We watched the whole game with no commentary lads. It was really good.

>christian cullen will die in your lifetime