Incredible scenes at La Rochelle port after Champions Cup win

Odd thing was Wallabies gave game away by kicking ball out 3 min from end allowing Lions to reset with a line-out. The simple lesson from streetwise footy! They say in both oval and round ball game - you defend your goal with possession and you defend your try line with posession. Hold onto it, the only thing that makes you win a game. Kick it away and you give up control of what you had to win the game. And here we are debating what players on pitch and we fans we, cannot control - the refs decision! Why did the Wallabies half back kick that ball away when he only had 3 mins to keep it along with 14 other team mates??

Four Wallabies including Tizzano in doubt for final Test after Melbourne thriller

GrahamVF 5 minutes ago

Perhaps what Schmidt should be concentrating on is how his side blew an 18 point lead in just five minutes with their best team still on the park?

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R 6 minutes ago

What World Rugby say about Dan Sheehan's controversial Lions try

Doos

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LE 6 minutes ago

Head contact laws are there to address poor tackle and clearout techniques.

Morgans clearout technique was textbook, very low body position, arms wrapping, through the gate Any incidental head contact was unavoidable due to the jacklers body position.

The ref and TMO followed protocol to the letter and made the correct decision based of world rugbys current directives

The disappointing caveat as Lions eye up history

GrahamVF 16 minutes ago

Great game of rugby. Well players Lions and hard luck Wallabies - anybody would have been a worthy winner. One comment - and this is just a personal observation - I did not think Will Skelton was value for kilos. He seems to just use his weight to fall through tackles rather than staying upright and driving. His weight and the height from which his body falls creates huge kinetic energy and of course he is going to land up past the tackler/s but he could use his weight to much better effects staying on his feet and driving with his legs.

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Toaster 20 minutes ago

Many Springboks fans are saying same thing about the Lions

What a name! 😳😂

'I thought it was a brilliant clear-out, honestly - didn’t you?'

TI 21 minutes ago

That’s some masterful trolling

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Toaster 21 minutes ago

Many Springboks fans are saying same thing about the Lions

To be fair mate we all do it

As a kiwi our fans can be so one eyed even when we aren’t winning! There is a bit more humility finally now and it’s mostly attacking the players and coaches 🤦‍♂️

Chiefs and Crusaders fans hate each other

Saffas yes rub it in big time IMO - many of them but equally many have a crack like us kiwis

The Irish are odd ones

Getting to number one and it’s like they are far superior! The “in your head” song topped it off

Then there’s the English 😂

Aussies will go on and on and on about perceived injustices

Many Springboks fans are saying same thing about the Lions

Toaster 26 minutes ago

The French won the 6N

They also got beaten by England in that tournament

Ruby Tui's response to World Cup omission earns praise of teammates

AS 32 minutes ago

My heart goes out to Ruby. It’s a seriously large bitter pill 💊 to swallow. The hurt she would be experiencing yet the gold standard courage she shows, is indeed a very rare trait. Very similar to how Christian Cullen held himself after the ignorant All Black coach dropped him. Go hard Ruby. Look forward to seeing you back on the field for the Farah Palmer cup Mihi nui ki a koe wahine toa

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William Thompson 36 minutes ago

Many Springboks fans are saying same thing about the Lions

I think a Sprinkbok 3rd 1V would beat this Lions team comfortably. I don’t think I have ever seen any country with such strength in depth. The end of Apartheid and the introduction of Black and Coloured players has given a massive boost to their game.

'Most controversial call ever': Tizzano no-call lingers over Lions series win

Tom 38 minutes ago

People (myself included) get too caught up in all the animosity. The Lions themselves are a reminder that we're all just people at the end of the day. Every Lions tour you hear about the preconceived notions the players have for each other. Mostly that the Irish and Scots players expect the England players to all be arrogant d-heads and when they actually spend time together they're all buddies. It's just tribalism.

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Toaster 38 minutes ago

Sorry for my bad England - edited 🤣

The biggest part for me is the inconsistency

Yep really dumb and unfortunately red

Just totally not needed but no damage done.

Nic White should have been yellow carded

It worries me that these days we are scrutinising every decision and this game has two tries under scrutiny

I still feel that should have been a penalty against Morgan but it’s also wrong as it’s only because it was reviewed due to a well worked try

Tosi causing obstruction against the French. Innocuous and seen all the time

No try

Sheehan if we go by the ambiguous laws - arguable try!

It’s a bladdy try - he dove to score

He didn’t hurdle

"If a player is deemed to have left the ground to avoid a tackle; or to jump, or hurdle a potential tackler, then this is dangerous play and should be sanctioned accordingly"

If we use those laws then he dove in the air to avoid tacklers who couldn’t touch him 🤣🤷‍♂️

'Gutted' Joe Schmidt makes feelings clear over match-deciding call

JH 43 minutes ago

You’re absolutely spot on there with how commonplace incidents get called up in an inconsistent way when it’s a try scoring scenario. And I fully agree that this is why there was nothing for the referee to look at from either players actions there.

It would be interesting though if referees ever did decide to start enforcing rule 15.3.

There is an argument that it would make the game safer but it would largely take jackaling out of the game. Defending teams might need to go more to counter rucking to contest for possession

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Tom 43 minutes ago

The Aussies were much improved, the addition of Skelton and Valentini made a big difference. They put our halfbacks under pressure and it seemed to rattle them in the first half, Fin Russell's passing was atrocious by his usual sublime standards. When the Lions clicked they were a bit too strong though imo. All the way through the tour it's felt to me like the Lions have consistently struggled to find their rhythm but under the surface is a talented team with a bit too much for the Aussies. Overall a mediocre Lions team touring a spirited Australian side a couple of years from being at that level.