British & Irish Lions 2017: Blues vs B & I Lions – Live Game Article

Published 7 June 2017 | By grootblousmile

Blues (12) 22 / 16 (10) B & I Lions (Final Score)

The Blues and the British & Irish Lions did battle in Super Rugby 2017 at

Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 08:35 UK Time, 07:35 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Blues:

  • Penalties – Ihaia West (1)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Rieko Ioane (1), Sonny Bill Williams (1), Ihaia West (1)
  • Conversions – Stephen Perofeta (1), Ihaia West (1)

B & I Lions:

  • Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (3)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – CJ Stander (1)
  • Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (1)

Teams:

Blues
British & Irish Lions
7 June 2017 at 09:35 SA Time
  • Team: 15 Michael Collins, 14 Matt Duffie, 13 George Moala, 12 Sonny Bill Williams / TJ Faiane, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Stephen Perofeta, 9 Augustine Pulu, 8 Steven Luatua, 7 Blake Gibson, 6 Akira Ioane, 5 Scott Scrafton, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 James Parsons (Captain), 1 Ofa Tu’ungafasi
  • Replacements: 16 Hame Faiva, 17 Alex Hodgman, 18 Sione Mafileo, 19 Jimmy Tupou, 20 Kara Pryor, 21 Sam Nock, 22 Ihaia West, 23 TJ Faiane / Melani Nanai
  • Team: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb,  8 CJ Stander, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 James Haskell, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Ken Owens (Captain), 1 Jack McGrath
  • Replacements: 16 Rory Best, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Peter O’Mahon, 21 Greig Laidlaw, 22 Jonathan Sexton, 23 Liam Williams

Expected weather: Showers are expected around kick-off time with a high of 15 and a low of 9.
Referee: Pascal Gauzère (France)
Assistant Referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Angus Gardner (Australia)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

156 Responses to British & Irish Lions 2017: Blues vs B & I Lions – Live Game Article

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  • 151

    grootblousmile on 7 June 2017 at 11:58 am

    Can you guys see the Lions succeed against the Crusaders, Chiefs or Hurricanes… with this style of play??

  • 152

    grootblousmile on 7 June 2017 at 12:00 pm

    …. maybe against the Hurricanes because the Canes forwards are not that robust…. but then again the Hurricanes when running will be difficult to contain and they might put a huge score up against the predictable Lions…. running them way off their feet!

  • 153

    grootblousmile on 7 June 2017 at 12:02 pm

    …. Against the Highlanders… Lions could possibly win… but once again if the Landers get up a head of steam, the Lions will feel the pain!

  • 154

    grootblousmile on 7 June 2017 at 12:03 pm

    OK, I am outa here… enjoy the day!

  • 155

    BrumbiesBoy on 7 June 2017 at 12:04 pm

    @ grootblousmile:
    I initially took the Lions by 4 but changed to Blues by 8 when I read last night that Umaga would be playing up to 8 All Blacks!

    Congratulations Blues

  • 156

    cane on 7 June 2017 at 12:29 pm

    @ grootblousmile:

    The 5th game of The Tour is against NZ Maori.
    I would not judge this Team until then. They need time to establish best combinations/best players (not the same thing) , and how to best use these combinations. They should be fully acclimatised by next week, that will help.

    Everybody knew how tough this Tour would be………………….so no surprises on that count so far.

    They will possibly lose to both the Saders and the Highlanders, before the Maori game, and we should not be surprised if they do,
    the Locals have had 14 or 15 games together already, a huge plus for them.

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