The Lions squad

[Rosco]

Crucial knock on by Itoje in the 22 after a few good forward carries create momentum

 

[Rosco]

0-0 at 10 mins.

We've started well, the forwards are punching holes up front and the back line is working well in tight spaces.

Farrell and Sexton's interplay looks promising

 

[Rosco]

O'Brien gets pinged at the ruck after Farrell misses a tackle

Barrett misses from in front of the posts

 

[Rosco]

Great defence at the catch and drive. Itoje gets on the ball and George comes in to support and they turn it over

 

[Rosco]

3-0 NZ.

Not sure the ref got the call right. The tight head on NZ looked like he slipped

 

[Rosco]

3-3 .

Huge kick from Farrell

 

[Rosco]

Sonny Bill could go here

 

[Rosco]

Thats a disgraceful hit.

Red Card for Sonny Bill

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Here we go!

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Dirty twat, he lined him up then

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Before that card we were looking a lot more competitive.

Kaino off

 

[Rosco]

Crooked in ! Thats a rare call these days

 

[Rosco]

Sexton kicks on the run but he fucked it up.

Nice break and offload from O'Brien

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Need to settle down again now.

 

[Rosco]

Nowell gives away a kickable penalty.

The ball was out of the ruck though

 

[Rosco]

Good to see Watson back on

 

[LarryHagman]

You're kidding me? Is this a game of rugby or not? Fix.

 

[Rosco]

Perfect response. Sexton hangs a good kick off, Williams puts pressure on the catch and Itoje cleans up.

 

[Rosco]

6-6

 

[Rosco]

Strange penalty

 

[Jürgen4PM]

We're messing this up, so many sloppy errors.

We were playing better 15 v 15

 

[Rosco]

Garces is making too many errors


'Scrum after a maul when catcher is held. If a player catches the ball direct from an opponent’s kick, except from a kick-off or a drop-out, and the player is immediately held by an opponent, a maul may form. Then if the maul remains stationary, stops moving forward for longer than 5 seconds, or if the ball becomes unplayable, and a scrum is ordered, the team of the ball catcher throws in the ball.'

 

[Rosco]

Great call from Murray.

Cross kick nearly results in a try

 

[Rosco]

9-9 at halftime.

Everything is in our favour

 

[LarryHagman]

Including the refs.

 

[Rosco]

Including the refs.

I'm not sure i agree.

The sending off might make you think that - but 6 All Black points came from bad decisions from Garces.

And i'm not really sure you can argue Sonny Bill was hard done by

 

[Jürgen4PM]

That red was thoroughly deserved.

 

[Rosco]

Fitzpatrick is a great pundit.

 

[LarryHagman]

Nah. It was rugby. You guys play kick competitions. Hope to God the ABs persevere, although looks like something is at play here.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Bookies still have it pretty much evens