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Post by johnboy14 on Jun 27, 2009 15:46:37 GMT
Incrediable test match, O'Gara's moment of madness near the end turned a draw into a 28 - 25 defeat to end the hopes of the Lions winning the series. Absolutely gutted  |
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Post by Stew on Jun 27, 2009 19:06:52 GMT
Still sick. I don't know how we've lost this series. The Lions have been magnificent but are 2-0 down. Unbelievable. Rarely been as gutted as I am tonight.
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Post by johnboy14 on Jun 27, 2009 20:54:37 GMT
Still sick. I don't know how we've lost this series. The Lions have been magnificent but are 2-0 down. Unbelievable. Rarely been as gutted as I am tonight. Kearney was immense as has ODriscoll in this test series, They lost the first test for poor selection particularly vickery, he should of been changed earlier than he was, today would be hard to take if your a player but stupid mistakes just seem to be costing the lions, though I will say that last try by the bok was bogus, theres no way he could of determined whether he was in touch or not. Both referee's were homers particularly the first test. |
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Post by Bestie on Jun 27, 2009 23:56:07 GMT
Missed the first test as I was on holiday in Spain, but I watched the second one today. O'Gara is simply too lightweight, it was him who was palmed aside in the build up to the 'Boks last try. Lions deserved so much more than to be beaten in the last minute. Kearney was awesome, he caught everything. Injuries really did a number on our strength second half. South Africa should have played about 78 minutes with 14 men too, that eye gouge in about the 2nd minute was a total disgrace.
I don't really have a rugby team apart from the Lions, and I actually was optimistic at half time. Bugger.
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Post by Stew on Jun 28, 2009 7:25:37 GMT
We didn't get much from the officials that's for sure. It's ironic that the TMO was Dickinson, the guy who failed to award Cueto a good try in the world cup final but was convinced yesterday, despite no real evidence that it was scored. And the officials bottled the Burger incident probably because it was so early. But that is no excuse. Straight red card, no questions asked, down the tunnel son. But I have to say the spirit shown by hte Lions was was superb. After the disaster of Woodward's 2005 trip, this was wonderful to see. Ian McGeechan deserves an awful lot of credit. And that was one of the best test matches I've ever seen. A real pity in the end though.
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bigtalk
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Post by bigtalk on Jul 3, 2009 6:43:10 GMT
We got nothing from the officials.
Penalties against us for not releasing the ball....every time it was a bok not rolling away and blocking the already released ball !
On the plus side the lions have been awesum and deserved a result.
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