British & Irish Lions 2017: Maori All Blacks vs B & I Lions – Live Game Article

Published 17 June 2017 | By grootblousmile

Maori All Blacks (10) 10 / 32 (12) B & I Lions (Final Score)

The New Zealand Maori All Blacks and the British & Irish Lions did battle in Super Rugby 2017 at

the International Stadium, Rotorua, 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 & M-Net on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Maori All Blacks:

Penalties – Damian McKenzie (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Liam Messam (1)
Conversions – Damian McKenzie (1)

B & I Lions:

Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (6)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Penalty Try (1), Maro Itoje (1)
Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (1)

Teams:

New Zealand Maori All Blacks	British & Irish Lions
17 June 2017 at 09:35 SA Time
Team: 15 James Lowe, 14 Nehe Milner-Skudder, 13 Matt Proctor, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Liam Messam, 7 Elliot Dixon, 6 Akira Ioane, 5 Tom Franklin, 4 Joe Wheeler, 3 Ben May, 2 Ash Dixon (Captain), 1 Kane Hames Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Chris Eves, 18 Marcel Renata, 19 Leighton Price, 20 Kara Pryor, 21 Bryn Hall, 22 Ihaia West, 23 Rob Thompson	Team: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Ben Te’o, 11 George North, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Peter O’Mahony (Captain), 5 George Kruis, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Sam Warburton, 21 Greig Laidlaw, 22 Dan Biggar, 23 Elliot Daly

Expected weather: Quite cool, also a slight chance of rain
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Romain Poite (France)
TMO: Ian Smith (Australia)

58 Responses to British & Irish Lions 2017: Maori All Blacks vs B & I Lions – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:29 am

Players out on the field….
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:32 am

New Zealand Anthem…
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:36 am

Maori All Blacks haka… a loooong one!
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:37 am

Game ON!

Kick-Off by the B & I Lions!
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:38 am

Kicked directly out by James Lowe…
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:41 am

Lions penalty, not rolling quick enough in the tackle by Messam!

Easy shot…
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:42 am

Maoris 0 / 3 B & I Lions
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:45 am

Lions penalty, offside from a knock and playing the ball.
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:46 am

Bit disjointed from the Maoris at the start…
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:47 am

Maoris 0 / 6 B & I Lions
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:48 am

Try Liam Messam, Maoris!!
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:50 am

Maoris 7 / 6 B & I Lions
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:55 am

Lions 5m out…
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:55 am

Lions penalty for offside… 5m out!
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:56 am

Shot again the option taken by the Lions.
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 9:57 am

Maoris 7 / 9 B & I Lions
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:02 am

Maoris 10 / 9 B & I Lions
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:05 am

Maori lineout Free Kick… numbers.
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:08 am

Lions penalty, man over the ball… holding on!

Mako Vunipola the man over the ball.
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:10 am

Lions brakdown penalty again, smack bang in front… 15m out.
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:11 am

Maoris 10 / 12 B & I Lions
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:13 am

Maori penalty, not rolling away… 5m inside the Mauri half.
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:14 am

Longs shot at goal for Damian McKenzie…
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:14 am

Missed to the left… had the distance…
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:17 am

Penalty against Furlong on the ground… this time McKenzie kicks for touch.
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:19 am

Lions penalty, strong over the ball by Etoje!
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:20 am

Lemoenetyd
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:33 am

2nd Half ON!
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:36 am

Halfpeny for goal from a penalty… slotted!

Maoris 10 / 15 B & I Lions
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grootblousmile on 17 June 2017 at 10:37 am

Scrum middle spot… ball did not travel 10m from restart kick-off.

British & Irish Lions 2017: Maori All Blacks vs B & I Lions – Live Game Article

Maori All Blacks (10) 10 / 32 (12) B & I Lions (Final Score)

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