The Lions did it...just.
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I went to a local pub to watch the Lions play Oz and the final score 23-21 was just about right. Kurtly Beale's final kick of the game which would have seen Oz home by a point was memorable because he slipped when taking the kick. Despite the absence of some first choice players because of injury, this Lions team played rather well although they did mess up their own possession now and again. One victory in the bag and one more needed for the series win. To be fair, Oz scored two amazing tries. The defeat will make them determined next week and they must win. By next Saturday, Warren Gatland will have a near full-strength choice of Lions players to choose from. On the day the better side won but just. There was a fantastic vibe in the pub and the blokes in red jerseys were obviously there to enjoy it and we all did. Some of the language would have made the Kray twins blush and a couple of the Crawley slags were in the van when it came to dishing out the epithets. :) A really great morning, enjoyed by all.:thumbsup:
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I went to a local pub to watch the Lions play Oz and the final score 23-21 was just about right. Kurtly Beale's final kick of the game which would have seen Oz home by a point was memorable because he slipped when taking the kick. Despite the absence of some first choice players because of injury, this Lions team played rather well although they did mess up their own possession now and again. One victory in the bag and one more needed for the series win. To be fair, Oz scored two amazing tries. The defeat will make them determined next week and they must win. By next Saturday, Warren Gatland will have a near full-strength choice of Lions players to choose from. On the day the better side won but just. There was a fantastic vibe in the pub and the blokes in red jerseys were obviously there to enjoy it and we all did. Some of the language would have made the Kray twins blush and a couple of the Crawley slags were in the van when it came to dishing out the epithets. :) A really great morning, enjoyed by all.:thumbsup:
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Good word. The "slags". Miner's terminology. I imagine those mugs get pretty heavy after several hours of imbibing ... sounds like quite a work out. Do your elbows ache?
Elbows? Not mine. I had a half pint of Guinness Extra Cold and that's about my limit. Some of the blokes and the slags sounded like they'd been on the bottle for a good while before kick-off. It was mostly good humoured banter but the regular effing-and-blinding was a bit intrusive towards the end of the game. The Oz player Berrick Barnes got walloped in a head clash by one of his own team mates. He was really bashed hard and was stretchered off with a precautionary neckbrace. One of the slags cheered and said something like "see that cunt score an own goal on his own player." That was a bit much for another bloke in the pub who told her to "shut your fuckin' mouf". They traded epithets for moment or two and the barman threated to throw them out unless they stopped it, to which quite a few others thanked him. That was the only ugly incident but hey-ho this is Crawley and they were obviously tanked-up. Crawley. Tanked-up. One and the same. I'll be down there next weekend for the second game. Hopefully the slags won't be there or at least be sober if nothing else.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Elbows? Not mine. I had a half pint of Guinness Extra Cold and that's about my limit. Some of the blokes and the slags sounded like they'd been on the bottle for a good while before kick-off. It was mostly good humoured banter but the regular effing-and-blinding was a bit intrusive towards the end of the game. The Oz player Berrick Barnes got walloped in a head clash by one of his own team mates. He was really bashed hard and was stretchered off with a precautionary neckbrace. One of the slags cheered and said something like "see that cunt score an own goal on his own player." That was a bit much for another bloke in the pub who told her to "shut your fuckin' mouf". They traded epithets for moment or two and the barman threated to throw them out unless they stopped it, to which quite a few others thanked him. That was the only ugly incident but hey-ho this is Crawley and they were obviously tanked-up. Crawley. Tanked-up. One and the same. I'll be down there next weekend for the second game. Hopefully the slags won't be there or at least be sober if nothing else.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Oh "The Nature Channel"; I get it. And slags has some gender-bias that I was not aware of until today. I was thinking this might be "slack" and then pluralized "slacks", an abbreviation of "slackers". But with some more thought "craggers" wouldn't be relative to "crags" so the upstanding downsliding conglomerate still seems apt. If I were from Virginia a slag might be a "heifer". But certainly, here at the bar, where the beers'twice the alcohol content than it is there, if I were a cow I'd get thrown out anyway. Adopting no slang for the cloven then ... cinders under the truck, me and the bike between.
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I went to a local pub to watch the Lions play Oz and the final score 23-21 was just about right. Kurtly Beale's final kick of the game which would have seen Oz home by a point was memorable because he slipped when taking the kick. Despite the absence of some first choice players because of injury, this Lions team played rather well although they did mess up their own possession now and again. One victory in the bag and one more needed for the series win. To be fair, Oz scored two amazing tries. The defeat will make them determined next week and they must win. By next Saturday, Warren Gatland will have a near full-strength choice of Lions players to choose from. On the day the better side won but just. There was a fantastic vibe in the pub and the blokes in red jerseys were obviously there to enjoy it and we all did. Some of the language would have made the Kray twins blush and a couple of the Crawley slags were in the van when it came to dishing out the epithets. :) A really great morning, enjoyed by all.:thumbsup:
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Bloody excellent match and if the 2 first line kickers had not been injured you arse would have been toast (would have, could have, should have). I can't imagine any top level team who leaves 12 points hanging in missed kicks actually winning. Look forward to next weeks return match!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Bloody excellent match and if the 2 first line kickers had not been injured you arse would have been toast (would have, could have, should have). I can't imagine any top level team who leaves 12 points hanging in missed kicks actually winning. Look forward to next weeks return match!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Bloody excellent match and if the 2 first line kickers had not been injured you arse would have been toast (would have, could have, should have). I can't imagine any top level team who leaves 12 points hanging in missed kicks actually winning.
We actually left 14 points behind. <EDIT>Barnes</EDIT> O'Connor also missed a conversion along with his 2 missed penalties. After Beale screwed the pooch and missed his first penalty (should have slotted it easily and won it then and there, funny how nobody mentions it could have been won at this point) he should have passed the final shot over to O'Connor. I believe O'Connor turned up to take the kick and Beale waived him away.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Bloody excellent match and if the 2 first line kickers had not been injured you arse would have been toast (would have, could have, should have). I can't imagine any top level team who leaves 12 points hanging in missed kicks actually winning.
We actually left 14 points behind. <EDIT>Barnes</EDIT> O'Connor also missed a conversion along with his 2 missed penalties. After Beale screwed the pooch and missed his first penalty (should have slotted it easily and won it then and there, funny how nobody mentions it could have been won at this point) he should have passed the final shot over to O'Connor. I believe O'Connor turned up to take the kick and Beale waived him away.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
That's been a bone of contention for quite a while and I think there's too much emphasis on technical infringements. I missed that supposed professional foul where an Oz player deliberately offended in their 22 working on the idea that it'd be better to concede a penalty for three points than risk a try and conversion for seven. Again, I didn't see Beale waving O'Connor away. It always used to be the case the team captain decided but did James Horwill decide it was Beale's stab at goal and not O'Connor's? I'm surprised the Oz players didn't set out to hunt Halfpenny down. A few teams were successful in knocking the shit out of Johnny Wilkinson not so long ago. They also used to try it on the Bok's Morne Steyn until they noticed he gave as goos as he got. Whatever the analyses reveal in the next few days the Melbourne match should be a thumper of a good game as well. Yesterday's game showed rugby at its best. What other sport is there in the world where 30 blokes can knock the stuffing out of each other and applaude each other and be beer mates afterwards? Melbourne. Looking forward to it.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I went to a local pub to watch the Lions play Oz and the final score 23-21 was just about right. Kurtly Beale's final kick of the game which would have seen Oz home by a point was memorable because he slipped when taking the kick. Despite the absence of some first choice players because of injury, this Lions team played rather well although they did mess up their own possession now and again. One victory in the bag and one more needed for the series win. To be fair, Oz scored two amazing tries. The defeat will make them determined next week and they must win. By next Saturday, Warren Gatland will have a near full-strength choice of Lions players to choose from. On the day the better side won but just. There was a fantastic vibe in the pub and the blokes in red jerseys were obviously there to enjoy it and we all did. Some of the language would have made the Kray twins blush and a couple of the Crawley slags were in the van when it came to dishing out the epithets. :) A really great morning, enjoyed by all.:thumbsup:
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
Good lions win, shame about the refereeing of the breakdown tho! Thought Mike Phillips was very poor, possibly worth starting Ben Youngs next week. Would also swap out Croft for Lydiate or Heaslip for Falateau to have a back row in there doing the grunt work as that was missing. Can't afford to take Adam Jones and Corbisiero off so early either, scrum was a shocker after they were replaced at the same time. Fair result, some fantastic tries but I'd have to take George Norths as my pick of the bunch, that was quite some way to show he isn't just a crash ball merchant :-D
Rhys "If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the Universe"