Expect All Blacks to revive mood of dark intent from Dublin- It is goig to be a brutal 3rd Test.

"The ABs lived off Lions ill-discipline, and despite the game being even men for almost half of the match (not 3/4 as you say) the ABs failed to score a try, whereas the Lions scored two, one whilst also being a man down."

Plenty of good quality teams look like they are on top at times when playing the ABs though, doesn't mean they will stay that way. The ABs didn't score a try because once SBW went off they had to change their game plan. The lions did their usual thing of cynically killing the ball as soon as the ABs got into the 22 and because of the circumstances the ABs kicked every penalty they got. If they hadn't been a man down they would have kicked to the corner some of the time and the repeated pressure, if it didn't result in a try, would surely have cost the Lions a yellow card as they seem incapable of not infringing when the pressure gets on them. Hopefully the ref this weekend will punish them for it as they should be, but I also wouldn't expect the ABs to kick for goal from every penalty this weekend.

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