All Blacks v Lions - 3rd Test Predictions

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So its the 3rd and final test, with the series tied at 1-1. Who's going to take the series and who is going to win the Predictions game...

So here we go... Let's keep it simple and not turn it into a battle ground.

How about simply using the poll to predict the third test result and add your score prediction below for entry into the competition (no prizes, just for fun)....

Ok, I have used SportForm's Prediction competition rules (hope that's Ok SportForm) and put your predictions in.. (in the spoiler below incase you want to read them)

Rules:

So the All Black Lions Prediction results so far are:-

1st Test:

2nd Test:

Ok the RESULT...

3rd Test
Postion Player Prediction Score
1: majesticimperialman All Blacks 15 - 18 Lions 17 pts
2: compelling and rich All Blacks 31 - 17 Lions 8 pts
3: Griff All Blacks 18 - 25 Lions 7 pts
=4: TightHEAD All Blacks 34 - 19 Lions 6 pts
=4: Pete C (Kiwireddevil) All Blacks 35 - 19 Lions 6 pts
=6: ebop All Blacks 9 - 6 Lions 5 pts
=6: Pete330v2 All Blacks 32 - 10 Lions 5 pts
=6: milkyboy All Blacks 20 - 25 Lions 5 pts
=9: RuggerRadge2611 All Blacks 45 - 21 Lions 4 pts
=9: Hood83 All Blacks 35 - 9 Lions 4 pts
=11: Engine#4 All Blacks 45 - 23 Lions 2 pts
=11: No 7&1/2 All Blacks 23 - 34 Lions 2 pts
=13: No9 All Blacks 24 - 26 Lions 1 pts
=13: Taylorman All Blacks 43 - 6 Lions 1 pts
=13: BamBam All Blacks 31 - 24 Lions 1 pts
=16: Hazel Sapling All Blacks 42 - 26 Lions 0 pts
=16: mikey_dragon All Blacks 28 - 31 Lions 0 pts
=16: RDW_Scotland All Blacks 37 - 25 Lions 0 pts
=16: westisbest All Blacks 32 - 27 Lions 0 pts



Giving the final SERIES result as....

Pos Player Score
Pos Player Score
1: Griff 75 pts
2: Pete C (Kiwireddevil) 50 pts
=3: BamBam 40 pts
=3: RuggerRadge2611 40 pts
5: No9 37 pts
=6: highland_scot 36 pts
=6: TightHEAD 36 pts
=8: EST 34 pts
=8: No 7&1/2 34 pts
=10: Hammersmith harrier 32 pts
=10: Mad for Chelsea 32 pts
12: Scottrf 29 pts
13: GunsGermsV2 24 pts
14: majesticimperialman 17 pts
15: theslosty 14 pts
16: compelling and rich 13 pts
17: Ozzy3213 9 pts
18: aucklandlaurie 7 pts
19: Pete330v2 6 pts
=20: ebop 5 pts
=20: milkyboy 5 pts
=22: Hood83 4 pts
=22: The Loaded Dog 4 pts
24: fa0019 3 pts
=25: Engine#4 2 pts
=25: westisbest 2 pts
27: Taylorman 1 pts
=28: Hazel Sapling 0 pts
=28: mikey_dragon 0 pts
=28: RDW_Scotland 0 pts
=28: rodders 0 pts
=28: sensisball 0 pts
=28: TJ 0 pts



Well done Griff... Clear win there on the Prediction game...

Looks that way Cyril. Guess if the ABs win there's no real need to be gracious about it. Can put the boot in with a clear conscience.

GunsGermsV2 wrote:France lost to Tonga in the group stages at that world cup. They werent that good. NZ creak when under lots of pressure. All teams do.

That atitude towards refs is probably why the ABs think they can do whatever they want on the pitch and get away with. It probably explains why they are quite an ill diciplined side.

Nah, it doesnt. Care to share the stats?
First red in sixty years? Nah
Oh and looky at the stats, 17 red cards from the four lions based sides in that period, 7 that have played for the Lions and three from Ireland.
Wash your mouth out guns these guys are lucky to get through customs at their rate of red.
Shameful

What was the penalty count last week?

ebop wrote:What was the penalty count last week?

Geez ebop, i guess we shouldnt let facts get in the way of a ripping yarn?

Taylorman wrote:

ebop wrote:What was the penalty count last week?

Geez ebop, i guess we shouldnt let facts get in the way of a ripping yarn?

Some don't like inconvenient facts eh

ebop wrote:

Taylorman wrote:

ebop wrote:What was the penalty count last week?

Geez ebop, i guess we shouldnt let facts get in the way of a ripping yarn?

Some don't like inconvenient facts eh

All in jest ebop, someones got to change these AB stereotypes, we only want whats best for all after all.

Taylorman wrote:

ebop wrote:

Taylorman wrote:

ebop wrote:What was the penalty count last week?

Geez ebop, i guess we shouldnt let facts get in the way of a ripping yarn?

Some don't like inconvenient facts eh

All in jest ebop, someones got to change these AB stereotypes, we only want whats best for all after all.

That's right Tman, we're told how cynical the ABs are but the Lions have survived so far off cynical play on and off the field. Oh well, some people will never open their other eye.

Cyril wrote:Guns, are you sitting on for Gwlad during his time off?

what time off? I was at work

ebop wrote:

Taylorman wrote:

ebop wrote:

Taylorman wrote:

ebop wrote:What was the penalty count last week?

Geez ebop, i guess we shouldnt let facts get in the way of a ripping yarn?

Some don't like inconvenient facts eh

All in jest ebop, someones got to change these AB stereotypes, we only want whats best for all after all.

That's right Tman, we're told how cynical the ABs are but the Lions have survived so far off cynical play on and off the field. Oh well, some people will never open their other eye.

Cynical is it?

try filthy dirty, but then hey we know from 05 that what the rest of the world regard as dirty , NZ regard as 'cynical'.

Oh, so it's the perceived unofficial ill disciplined ABs, the one where they get away with everything but for some reason never show up in the statistics, but rather on forums instead.

Yes we've heard of them.

Taylorman wrote:Oh, so it's the perceived unofficial ill disciplined ABs, the one where they get away with everything but for some reason never show up in the statistics, but rather on forums instead.

Yes we've heard of them.

sure you have, they were the ones who got away with murder. like Umaga and Mealamu and who are now being held to account and to the same standards as the rest of us like SBW. Isn't that great, to feel equal to the rest of us?

Gwlad wrote:

Taylorman wrote:Oh, so it's the perceived unofficial ill disciplined ABs, the one where they get away with everything but for some reason never show up in the statistics, but rather on forums instead.

Yes we've heard of them.

sure you have, they were the ones who got away with murder. like Umaga and Mealamu and who are now being held to account and to the same standards as the rest of us like SBW. Isn't that great, to feel equal to the rest of us?

And yet Mako gets a slap on the wrist and SOB gets let off scott free and Marler tackles a player off the ball and the Lions get penalised off the park last week for constant cynical penalties but no YCs for it. Yeah. Double standards all right and it's all one way traffic. Suppose it was nice of the officials to a make the series interesting.

Anyway this being a prediction thread you have bigger things to worry about like having a clown as your next coach, I expect he'll whip you boys into shape on the 'discipline' front. You can all thank the WRU for your 3rd seasoned coach

ebop wrote:

Gwlad wrote:

Taylorman wrote:Oh, so it's the perceived unofficial ill disciplined ABs, the one where they get away with everything but for some reason never show up in the statistics, but rather on forums instead.

Yes we've heard of them.

sure you have, they were the ones who got away with murder. like Umaga and Mealamu and who are now being held to account and to the same standards as the rest of us like SBW. Isn't that great, to feel equal to the rest of us?

And yet Mako gets a slap on the wrist and SOB gets let off scott free and Marler tackles a player off the ball and the Lions get penalised off the park last week for constant cynical penalties but no YCs for it. Yeah. Double standards all right and it's all one way traffic. Suppose it was nice of the officials to a make the series interesting.

Stop whining, its embarrassing. (and hilarious)

You struggle with facts

ebop wrote:You struggle with facts

You on the other hand can't accept reality. Fact.

Dublin 2016. Fact.

Henshaw and Stander concussed and Kearney with post match concussive symptoms. Fact.

Henshaw (like Watson) shoulder to the jaw. Fact.

Henshaw unconscious before he hit the ground Fact.

11 citing referrals in 1 game for NZ play. Fact

We know how NZ retaliate when they lose. Fact.

The Facts speak for themselves. Fact.

How d'ya like them Facts?

Gwlad wrote:We know how NZ retaliate when they lose. Fact.

Yeah, we usually win the next game. Fact.

So please don't book a 'holiday' this weekend and be conspicuous by your absense

ebop wrote:

Gwlad wrote:We know how NZ retaliate when they lose. Fact.

Yeah, we usually win the next game. Fact.

So please don't book a 'holiday' this weekend and be conspicuous by your absense

See, there you go again, selective with the facts, makes my point for me

Wow, you're obsession with my movements is more disturbing than my Doctor's

Keep talking yourselves up big man and lets see how many red and yellow cards you score this weekend, lets face it, you can't score tries (or kicks)

Come on fellas. Hose yourselves down with a big (all black) fire engine hose... with a small red nozzle.  

Still thinking about my prediction. Made a complete bell-arse of the last one. I don't deserve "4" points for that! Oughta be -4.

You idiot!

Ohhh... look who's touchy now.

All good, its just the old fake news getting in the way again.
Those quoting henshaw are blind to SOBs actions and makos intent to injure barrett.
Hmm, swings and roundabouts methinks.

Yeah it's just white noise before a game. Many on here take their medicine but a couple bottle it and go awol (on 'holiday') because they are sore losers. Yet they're the first to appear and get all frothy when their team beats a 14 man ABs

ebop wrote:Yeah it's just white noise before a game. Many on here take their medicine but a couple bottle it and go awol (on 'holiday') because they are sore losers. Yet they're the first to appear and get all frothy when their team beats a 14 man ABs

I think Gwlad was banned, rather than taking a holiday.

Can see the ABs getting another red card as frustration builds.

Griff wrote:

ebop wrote:Yeah it's just white noise before a game. Many on here take their medicine but a couple bottle it and go awol (on 'holiday') because they are sore losers. Yet they're the first to appear and get all frothy when their team beats a 14 man ABs

I think Gwlad was banned, rather than taking a holiday.

Ebop - enough. Your petty bickering is ruining these threads and it needs to stop.

The All Blacks will have had a word with World Rugby and the Ref will be told/leaned on to Ref the game in the SH way.

The Lions don't stand a chance.

TightHEAD wrote:The All Blacks will have had a word with World Rugby and the Ref will be told/leaned on to Ref the game in the SH way.

The Lions don't stand a chance.

Id imagine thats why for nearly all Lions tours there are two SH refs and only one NH refs.

ebop wrote:

Griff wrote:

ebop wrote:Yeah it's just white noise before a game. Many on here take their medicine but a couple bottle it and go awol (on 'holiday') because they are sore losers. Yet they're the first to appear and get all frothy when their team beats a 14 man ABs

I think Gwlad was banned, rather than taking a holiday.

Ebop - enough.  Your petty bickering is ruining these threads and it needs to stop.

No indication of who wrote this but that's not fair to single out Ebop when there's other individuals doing it more often! That's all I have to say on this matter before I get accused of bickering.

Stay on topic Mikey

If Mako starts and plays as poorly at scrum time as the second test Poite will yellow card him by half time and thus hand the game to NZ.

He struggled against the Clermont scrum in the Champions final and his apparent scrummaging improvement is just that: apparent and not real. Also, when he feels under pressure in the scrum, he starts giving away cheap penalties in the loose.

McGrath has to start to give the Lions a chance.

NZ win by 10 to 15 points (assuming they keep 15 on the pitch)

Does anyone know when the Lions team will be announced? Really want to see Best and Henderson included in the match day 23.

8pm tonight UK & Ireland time.

ebop wrote:

Griff wrote:

ebop wrote:Yeah it's just white noise before a game. Many on here take their medicine but a couple bottle it and go awol (on 'holiday') because they are sore losers. Yet they're the first to appear and get all frothy when their team beats a 14 man ABs

I think Gwlad was banned, rather than taking a holiday.

Ebop - enough.  Your petty bickering is ruining these threads and it needs to stop.

Ok, no problem

mikey_dragon wrote:

ebop wrote:

Griff wrote:

ebop wrote:Yeah it's just white noise before a game. Many on here take their medicine but a couple bottle it and go awol (on 'holiday') because they are sore losers. Yet they're the first to appear and get all frothy when their team beats a 14 man ABs

I think Gwlad was banned, rather than taking a holiday.

Ebop - enough.  Your petty bickering is ruining these threads and it needs to stop.

No indication of who wrote this but that's not fair to single out Ebop when there's other individuals doing it more often! That's all I have to say on this matter before I get accused of bickering.

it was me (I should have put that in the edit of his text) and others have had warnings elsewhere.

ebop wrote:

ebop wrote:

Griff wrote:

ebop wrote:Yeah it's just white noise before a game. Many on here take their medicine but a couple bottle it and go awol (on 'holiday') because they are sore losers. Yet they're the first to appear and get all frothy when their team beats a 14 man ABs

I think Gwlad was banned, rather than taking a holiday.

Ebop - enough.  Your petty bickering is ruining these threads and it needs to stop.

Ok, no problem

Thanks.

eirebilly wrote:Does anyone know when the Lions team will be announced? Really want to see Best and Henderson included in the match day 23.

It's been early morning Thursday UK time I think so far. EDIT: oops didn't see Griff's post.

Scottrf wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Does anyone know when the Lions team will be announced? Really want to see Best and Henderson included in the match day 23.

It's been early morning Thursday UK time I think so far. EDIT: oops didn't see Griff's post.

7am NZ time, 8pm our time according to Lions website.

How was Mako to blame at scrum time when the Kiwi Prop was lying on his belly?

https://www.lionsrugby.com/2017/07/05/gatland-unveil-lions-squad-third-test/

"At 7AM New Zealand time on Thursday morning, so 8PM Wednesday BST, Gatland will pick the team to face New Zealand in the series decider."

Griff wrote:8pm tonight UK & Ireland time.

Ok, cheers bud

RDW_Scotland wrote:

it was me (I should have put that in the edit of his text) and others have had warnings elsewhere.

Sufficient, thanks for clearing it up .

NZ team named at 6pm apparently - Jordie Barrett likely to start at 15 is the rumour

Unlike last week, they'll have a reliable kicker (at club level anyway)

BamBam wrote:NZ team named at 6pm apparently - Jordie Barrett likely to start at 15 is the rumour

Unlike last week, they'll have a reliable kicker (at club level anyway)

Really? I've seen Jordie miss terribly this year.

You think he's going to improve on Barretts 100% first test and 70% second test in his first test, after playing half a season of Super rugby, while at Fullback, in the decider of a tense Lions series?

Reliable kicker? Huge assumption. Be surprised if he's given kicking duties on top of all that.

Taylorman wrote:

BamBam wrote:NZ team named at 6pm apparently - Jordie Barrett likely to start at 15 is the rumour

Unlike last week, they'll have a reliable kicker (at club level anyway)

Really? I've seen Jordie miss terribly this year.

You think he's going to improve on Barretts 100% first test and 70% second test in his first test, after playing half a season of Super rugby, while at Fullback, in the decider of a tense Lions series?

Reliable kicker? Huge assumption. Be surprised if he's given kicking duties on top of all that.

BamBam has read a headline somewhere and taken it at face value.

More in hope than expectation....
I think if the lions can be close going into the last 20 we can actually.make this fairly.comfortable. need a big performance from Itoje and faletau but....

NZ 23 lions 34

No 7&1/2 wrote:More in hope than expectation....
I think if the lions can be close going into the last 20 we can actually.make this fairly.comfortable. need a big performance from Itoje and faletau but....

NZ 23 lions 34

Yep, because the All Blacks normally collapse in the last 20 

Griff wrote:

Taylorman wrote:

BamBam wrote:NZ team named at 6pm apparently - Jordie Barrett likely to start at 15 is the rumour

Unlike last week, they'll have a reliable kicker (at club level anyway)

Really? I've seen Jordie miss terribly this year.

You think he's going to improve on Barretts 100% first test and 70% second test in his first test, after playing half a season of Super rugby, while at Fullback, in the decider of a tense Lions series?

Reliable kicker? Huge assumption. Be surprised if he's given kicking duties on top of all that.

BamBam has read a headline somewhere and taken it at face value.

He he, he might be right, Hansen is building a reputation for throwing players in the deep end, and he's got a very good track record for it. Savea came in very soon after the U 20s, Ioane first test etc.

If he's confident of him starting at Fullback, such a difficult position to master at test level, he just might have thrown him the kitchen sink, kicking as well.

I'm really playing devils advocate there but that's one of the things I like about Hansen. He keeps pushing the boundaries of what he thinks he can get out of his players.

Good job it's not your prediction then Scott!