Ref was as biased as a ****ing lawn bowl!!!!! I feel for Beale, he's a great player, but they didn't deserve the penalty. That said, we need to seriousley improve. They had 3 injuries, 2 out of position and still nearly beat us. Vunipola (SP) was woeful. Did you see POC having to tell him where to be?
wow i'm knackered after that lions got out of jail there, but the ozzies have managed just that against Wales over the last couple of years. Karma. And the ozzies said the Welsh boys couldnt beat them. Now they have the extra knowledge as well as the belief they can.
A team effort from all of GB and Ireland, but without our boys the other nations scired nil. However the other nations shone also. Could Michu/JDG have won the league cup on their own? Great effort from all who played
how intense was that! mind you we got out of jail. pls wg leave adam jones on a bit longer next. can't wait for next week
Some are blaming Hibbard for the scrum falling apart for the last 1/4. Cant see how you blame just a hooker for the scrum failing? Youngs did well but front of line balls only are limiting the backs play. The props changing was the real turner.They collapsed before Hibbard got out there. A failure to capitalise/take control after the injuries almost cost us. The Australians need broken play and we gave it to them in abundance. Star men..North, 1/2p. Must do better... Mikey P. Farrell Snr now has to earn his crust this week as they now have some footage (wonder what Shaun Edwards is thinking?) All in all, hard to be critical of anyone in a game of that intensity though. Will big Jamie and Bowe start next week? Will todays look at the Ozzies count for nowt as you will now have to see a different Ozzie team with Quade Cooper and Beale playing loose alongside Genia? Will next weeks ref be more sympathetic (polite for better!) A great game to watch and Karma bit back. The Ozzies have managed several sneaky last minute wins against us Welsh recently and they have been carrying on as if they had the welsh/lions number. Never once did they call themeselves lucky despite them really getting out of jail many times in the past. They always claimed its the result that counts ultimately....now watch to see who the real whingers are!!!* Congratulations WGs Lions. Half a job done but time to really step up now lads. ps have conceded defeat in trying to build the rugby board and posted a link to this (if inferior) thread
Their first try shouldn't have been one because it wasn't a penalty to them to start with, they were all off their feet at a ruck and the penalty should have been to the Lions. Their second try had a forward pass and a blatant block in it and that shouldn't have stood either. The ref was a total cock, he was worse than incompetent it was blatant cheating. Hell we even all called it on here that he would give them a chance to win it, well he have them two and I hope we never see the cheating bastard again. As for Warburton don't get me started, crap game and crap captain. He should have been on the refs case straight away and made him explain those ****ty decisions and have it out with him. The O'Driscoll ones at the start were particular shockers, when O'Driscoll asked what he'd done wrong and said to the ref to look at the video screen the ref couldn't look him in the eye.
