British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand (2017)

[waiopehu oldboy]

I would presume Foxtel, either on FoxSports or BeIn. I can't imagine anyone will have it FTA.

 

[Tigger]

Yep was hoping that would be the way they go as I have that....Is Setanta a possibility?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Isn't BeIN the name Setanta use here in Straya? If so they've three channels on Foxtel that are part of the Sports package.

 

[Highlander35]

Setanta (Irish) died and BeIN (Qatari? Saudi) took over all their licenses.

Not sure if they still exist anywhere.

 

[Tigger]

Oh...didn't know that. Thanks though...looking forward to the coming series...

 

[Ulrich]

It's going to be epic. I can't wait.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Any idea who is televising this in Oz?

According to a promo segment on Kick & Chase tonight, "Every Game Live & Exclusive on Fox Sports".

 

[Tigger]

Yay

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

I can't wait for this series and will be cheering hard for the All Blacks, mainly because Gatland is coaching the Lions and they'll have a majority of English players in the 23.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Alum Wyn Jones out for six weeks or thereabouts:

http://www.planetrugby.com/news/jones-out-for-six-weeks-2/

 

[Brumby Jack]

Peyper, Poite and Garces will ref these games.

Sounds more like a dubious law firm...

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Poite, Peyper and Garces.

Well that’s that fucked then

Fucking Garces. The guy who got his reffing badges from a Wheaties box of croissants.

And Poite? I knew that fucking name sounded familiar

http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/co...gton-27-august-2016.17070/page-57#post-874432

"Scrum collapse? Who got the last penalty? Just even it up then. That's Rugby 101."

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

It gets better, they'll be AR's for each other. All we need now is for Ayoub & Veldsman to be appointed as the TMO's................

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

According to yesterday's Hurld they're the perfect refs for the AB as they've never lost with one of them in charge:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11824446

According to today's Hurld Peyper & Poite are bad news for the AB:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11825178

 

[Ulrich]

Oh shush. Was it not Poite who red cardwd Bismarck?

You are lucky to have a SH ref because that will allow for continuitywhich should suit the ABs.

I expect the B&I Lions to struggle in the first test and then be more competitive in the tests where the French refs are involved. Remember the French don't like the Brits all that much so you are extraordinary fortunate.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Oh shush. Was it not Poite who red cardwd Bismarck?

You are lucky to have a SH ref because that will allow for continuitywhich should suit the ABs.

I expect the B&I Lions to struggle in the first test and then be more competitive in the tests where the French refs are involved. Remember the French don't like the Brits all that much so you are extraordinary fortunate.

nothing to do with bias, perceived or otherwise. more to do with raging gallic anal-c**ting egomaniacal ineptitude.

 

[Ulrich]

nothing to do with bias, perceived or otherwise. more to do with raging gallic anal-c**ting egomaniacal ineptitude.

That is true. I have told my girlfriend I have nothing against any ref bar a Frenchie, mostly because I don't understand them.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Haka protocols for the tourists to read up on:

 

[teach]

You know, after reading that, I actually checked the wikipedia page to see if DP had been doing some sly editing.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Looks like AB will warm up for the series with a match v Samoa at Albany on June 16.

http://www.planetrugby.com/news/all-blacks-close-to-agreeing-samoa-fixture/

They played Fiji a week out from the 2005 series & afterwards Henry credited it for the AB not being as rusty first-up as is sometimes the case.