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    Lions' Scrum Dominance

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    • booboo
      booboo last edited by Duluth

      Hahahahaha

      Hahaha

      Bahahahaha.

      Ha

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      • booboo
        booboo last edited by

        I might delete this thread ...

        ... but ...

        Bahaha

        Hahahaha

        Hahaha

        Haha

        :::

        Spoiler Text

        :::

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        • MiketheSnow
          MiketheSnow last edited by

          One swallow doesn't make a summer.

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          • NTA
            NTA @MiketheSnow last edited by

            @MiketheSnow or a porno

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            • MiketheSnow
              MiketheSnow @NTA last edited by

              @NTA said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

              @MiketheSnow or a porno

              Exactly 😂

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              • MajorRage
                MajorRage @MiketheSnow last edited by MajorRage

                @MiketheSnow bollocks it doesn't .. . I'm almost 40 and married

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                • MajorRage
                  MajorRage last edited by

                  Lions are fine when games are refereed "properly"

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                  • booboo
                    booboo @MajorRage last edited by

                    @MajorRage said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                    Lions are fine when games are refereed "properly"

                    Hahaha

                    Bahahaha

                    Haha haha ha

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                    • mariner4life
                      mariner4life @MajorRage last edited by

                      @MajorRage said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                      @MiketheSnow bollocks it doesn't ... almost 40 and married

                      Boom!!

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                      • MajorRage
                        MajorRage last edited by

                        ref Angus Gardner gives valuable service at a time when top refs are so good. He reminds everyone how it used to be in bad old days.

                        ... guess who. How surprising

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                        • NTA
                          NTA @MajorRage last edited by

                          @MajorRage said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                          ref Angus Gardner gives valuable service at a time when top refs are so good. He reminds everyone how it used to be in bad old days.

                          ... guess who. How surprising

                          huh?

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                            Frye @MajorRage last edited by

                            @MajorRage said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                            ref Angus Gardner gives valuable service at a time when top refs are so good. He reminds everyone how it used to be in bad old days.

                            ... guess who. How surprising

                            Walrus? Yeah no surprises. He was extremely quick to have a go at the "we wuz rubbed" crowd after the Crusaders loss. Proves he's no better than the worst fan.

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                              pakman last edited by

                              Aki Seiuli really did a number on Cole, and that doesn't happen often. GPT also seemed to have a big role. Cole has always been a tad vulnerable against under six foot props. Domingo used to own him. Could be interesting to see how Hames goes against him on Saturday. Expect McGrath/Owens and Coles to be kept together as a unit.
                              Does Seiuli have any Maori blood?

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                              • NTA
                                NTA last edited by

                                For a scrummager, Dan Cole is a helluva turnover merchant.

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                                • Crucial
                                  Crucial @Frye last edited by

                                  @Frye said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                                  @MajorRage said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                                  ref Angus Gardner gives valuable service at a time when top refs are so good. He reminds everyone how it used to be in bad old days.

                                  ... guess who. How surprising

                                  Walrus? Yeah no surprises. He was extremely quick to have a go at the "we wuz rubbed" crowd after the Crusaders loss. Proves he's no better than the worst fan.

                                  He had a valid point in saying is was great that the ref ruled things 'properly', as long as there is such a thing. Where he was patently stupid is saying it was a great reffing performance because the Crusaders were baffled in having to face a ref that interpreted the laws differently to the way they usually experienced.
                                  That, to me, is poor officiating. Not just by the actual ref but by WR in still not being able to get a consistent approach to the game by what is actually quite a small panel of international refs.
                                  Having variations in adjudicating to suit the style of game played in different comps is fine. Carrying those differences through to the next level isn't.

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                                  • Bovidae
                                    Bovidae @MajorRage last edited by

                                    @MajorRage So he was the opposite of superb. 🤣

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                                      pakman @NTA last edited by

                                      @NTA Indeed, and I also noticed he'd been more savvy thus avoiding the penalties he was prone to in Six Nations. Thought the scrum penalty against him when DLB still on went the wrong way. You know more about it than me: what did you think?

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                                      • NTA
                                        NTA @pakman last edited by

                                        @pakman mate i didn't see the game.

                                        But I saw the package on stuff and it brings to the fore just how dumb Coles is in contact - first he was so offside at the maul where the Clan got back to 20.

                                        And that scrum. Fuck a duck. Everything wrong about Cole's technique: packs too high, doesn't bend his joints, then turns in, almost ignoring the loosehead, and got drilled for it.

                                        You can do that when you've got a plan to shear left and attack the hooker on the opposition's feed. You can do that when you've sweated a few weeks on the training paddock and in a couple of games with your starting tight five, and even your replacements, when combos are tight.

                                        But as a replacement THP, with a replacement TH lock behind you, on a tour where its been mix n match combos? Nup. That's when you need your technique right, and as THP on your own feed that means you bend your fucking levers and get as low as possible. Not stick your arse out sideways (poor locking from the second row and openside, mind), and let the loosehead fist you.

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                                          pakman @NTA last edited by

                                          @NTA That scrum totally agree. And point in general. Think GPT's fist was also there! You may not have seen one I was referring to. Cole applies a little downward pressure DLB drops bind and hits deck with Coles still on feet. Penalty Clan. Cue Coles shouting at French touchie. Pot and kettle, mind you!

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                                          • NTA
                                            NTA @pakman last edited by

                                            @pakman said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                                            @NTA That scrum totally agree. And point in general. Think GPT's fist was also there! You may not have seen one I was referring to. Cole applies a little downward pressure DLB drops bind and hits deck with Coles still on feet. Penalty Clan. Cue Coles shouting at French touchie. Pot and kettle, mind you!

                                            That sounds a bit dubious. Depends what had happened before that scrum of course, which can make a ref's mind up unfortunately.

                                            Late in the game you don't want the ref against you at scrum time. That's when the fun starts.

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                                            • MiketheSnow
                                              MiketheSnow @pakman last edited by

                                              @pakman said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                                              @NTA That scrum totally agree. And point in general. Think GPT's fist was also there! You may not have seen one I was referring to. Cole applies a little downward pressure DLB drops bind and hits deck with Coles still on feet. Penalty Clan. Cue Coles shouting at French touchie. Pot and kettle, mind you!

                                              Touch judge wasn't even looking.

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                                              • Billy Tell
                                                Billy Tell last edited by

                                                IMO Coles was robbed on that penalty.

                                                But it makes up for Moody destroying Furlong and getting pinged for deliberate wheeling.

                                                The guy who had a chinwag with Jones and thought he was actually a helluva nice chap....hoodwinked.

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                                                • SammyC
                                                  SammyC @Billy Tell last edited by

                                                  @Billy-Tell said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                                                  IMO Coles was robbed on that penalty.

                                                  But it makes up for Moody destroying Furlong and getting pinged for deliberate wheeling.

                                                  The guy who had a chinwag with Jones and thought he was actually a helluva nice chap....hoodwinked.

                                                  Penalty was fair in my opinion, Coles pulled the highlanders prop towards him and down to ground. Not the first time I've seen Coles use that tactic.

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                                                    akan004 @SammyC last edited by akan004

                                                    @SammyC That was my initial impression as well, but the commentators who were again trying to be overly neutral convinced the audience that the Lions were hard done by.

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                                                      mooshld last edited by

                                                      It was the ar that called that scrum penalty, and wasn't that Raynal. I thought everyone in the NH agreed French referees are better at reffing the scrum.

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                                                        pakman last edited by

                                                        Expert Lions view:http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/19632014/adam-jones-column-lions-do-their-homework-scrum-worries-get-worse Basically agreeing with NTA analysis.

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                                                          pakman last edited by

                                                          Dowd view:http://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/19630860/lions-much-better-scrum-shown-says-craig-dowd GPT fisting opposite.

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                                                          • Rapido
                                                            Rapido last edited by

                                                            Half time in the MAB game and another game when the Lions scrum looks second best.

                                                            Will watch with interest when the subs come on.

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                                                            • mimic
                                                              mimic last edited by

                                                              BIL gets penalty try through their scrum dominance

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                                                              • Rapido
                                                                Rapido last edited by

                                                                Been all over May in the 3 scrums in second half. Penalty try.

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                                                                • Rapido
                                                                  Rapido @Rapido last edited by Rapido

                                                                  @Rapido said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                                                                  Half time in the MAB game and another game when the Lions scrum looks second best.

                                                                  Will watch with interest when the subs come on.

                                                                  Bit too optimistic on my part on my first half assessment. Scrum the was generally wheeling and unstable on Lions feed; with Hames going forward and May back.

                                                                  Saw in second half the consequences of May going back.

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                                                                    pakman @Rapido last edited by

                                                                    @Rapido said in Lions' Scrum Dominance:

                                                                    Bit too optimistic on my part on my first half assessment. Scrum the was generally wheeling and unstable on Lions feed; with Hames going forward and May back.
                                                                    Saw in second half the consequences of May going back.

                                                                    According to Herald all down to Hames. SFB:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11878450

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                                                                    • booboo
                                                                      booboo last edited by

                                                                      Would have to say Lions were all over the Maori. But not unexpected.

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                                                                        Wreck Diver last edited by

                                                                        May has been shit house when he comes on for the Canes

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