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[Lightweight]

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Not quite true from Rorkes Drift
” The 24th Regiment of Foot is described as a Welsh regiment: however, although it was based in Brecon in South Wales, its designation was the '24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot'. It did not become the South Wales Borderers until 1881. Of the soldiers present, 49 were English, 32 Welsh, 16 Irish and 22 others of indeterminate ethnicity”

 

[SmallTown]

Well it was a lot better than the second test. But it's gutting to lose like that. We got so close and probably deserved more. Very suspect scrum penalty calls at the end too

 

[Nero]

I couldn't see what was wrong for the winning penalty. It's been a strange series and much less enjoyable than the previous two. There's he obvious reason of a lack of crowds, but I think South Africa haven't helped either. Erasmus's behaviour was shocking and the officials put in an impossible position.

It's difficult to say whether the Lions would have won if they'd gone for a shot at goal instead of a line-out. There's no guarantee Finn Russell would have slotted them all over.

 

[bear66]

So..........
We never caught a single ball..... WTF
Williams at back was a disaster call.... did nothing and missed a try pass
Shocking choices at pens........... 9 easy points missed by going for the corner.
Finn Russell......... magical.

But what a series. The LIONS are still alive.

Even Russell had two great opportunities to get us out of our half in the first 20 minutes of the second half and gave attacking ball to them on the half way line both times. Still struggling to get over how tactically naive we were second half.

 

[bear66]

I couldn't see what was wrong for the winning penalty. It's been a strange series and much less enjoyable than the previous two. There's he obvious reason of a lack of crowds, but I think South Africa haven't helped either. Erasmus's behaviour was shocking and the officials put in an impossible position.

It's difficult to say whether the Lions would have won if they'd gone for a shot at goal instead of a line-out. There's no guarantee Finn Russell would have slotted them all over.

I thought their loose head collapsed the scrum twice in the last seconds, but our loose head gets penalised!

 

[SmallTown]

I thought their loose head collapsed the scrum twice in the last seconds, but our loose head gets penalised!

That’s exactly what I thought. I think the ref had gone a bit too french. Deciding who is dominant in the scrum and giving them the penalties. It wasn’t great