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goldorak
Haha it sure wasn't RM! Didn't think the crème de la crème of British and Irish rugby would struggle (even jet-lagged, tired or whatever they want to call it) against semi-pros who'd been together for a week or so.
Massive fan of Duffie and the Ioane bros here, can't wait for Wednesday's game vs Blues. Lions better turn up though or this could get really ugly.
goldorak
"Further humiliation" would have been more accurate as a 6pts win against part-timers IS humiliating. Sort of expected the kiwis to match the Lions on skills but certainly not at the set piece which they did both at scrumtime & lineout.