REPLAY: All Blacks v British & Irish Lions First Test (2005)

[@diannekeightley9443]

14:20 Great sportsmanship Justin Marshall. More of this needed in International sport. Great player, Great commentator.

[@pfowler92]

Crazy to see how much the game has changed over the years, especially with what players could get away with back then. By today's standards both teams are committing penalties galore at the breakdown, and there would be so many cards.

[@TeamAlphaGriefing]

This was bad referring even for 2005

[@julianalderson3938]

Thats true 5 in a hurry would get a guy gone. All blacks 17. Just kept happinin

[@Alfonzridesagain]

Mate, you should see footage from the amateur era... a completely different sport, and mostly not in a good way

[@richardmatatahi4563]

No comparison to today's laws, the laws of the game were different then. You can cringe now with the laws of the game you know today. But didn't mean nothing back then. They all lived with the laws of the day.

[@joemorris4424]

You think back to players categorised as legends, such as Jonny Wilkinson. You sometimes think we’re they as good as we remember or was it just a few lucky moments. But he truly was one of the all time greats. The try saving tackle against a 9 man over lap just one of those moments. Amazing!

[@sidney8680]

Johnny out played by the goat Dan Carter

[@rabbitss11]

28:59 The anguish on Jason Robinson's face as he wonders why his God would allow such a gifted runner of the ball to exist in the same being as the most hopeless kicker ever

[@boloking7717]

Did the ref have any control of this game

[@SoaaJr]

27:08 not Richie McCaw being told by the ref to wait his turn 😂

[@keza41]

“So that’s Keven Mealamu, takes him out, might hear more about that later”. Oh boy, did we ever.

[@jadeteo2991]

Iiiiiiii8iiiiiii8iiiiiii

[@littlesnokz_838]

There's heaps of penalties from both teams that should've been sent to the bin.....

[@badabing8884]

Power of four was a truly awful anthem. Glad they binned it.

[@bodybalanceU2]

what do they sing now - it cant be GSTK because Ireland is part of the team

[@karlosdeevs]

Who came here for unseen footage of BOD spear tackle? oh, and RIP jade stadium & all other parts of christchurch s. 2011, you'll be sorely missed..

[@bumwees4531]

I came here to watch the Lions lose tbh

[@markblu9494]

It wasn't a Spear Tackle at all. It was instead a moment of Education. Appropriate, gentle & perfectly weighted. Disrespect the Haka, in NZ, at your own peril ...

[@markblu9494]

Unfortunately it was a slight error in weight calculation, after all O'Driscoll displayed the arrogance of a Man with much larger, heavier balls ...

[@bumwees4531]

@@markblu9494 there's absolutely nothing appropriate about it, even if he was acting the way you say. Don't defend a dumb move by professionals.

[@markblu9494]

What everyone failed to notice was the head high tackle of our #15 that became a neck roll & then a hair pull ...

[@regularjohn7123]

1:06:57 Chris Jack takes his stripes like a trooper.

[@jordanwhyte2494]

Irrespective of the BOD tackle/cleanout, do you know what strikes me about the first minute of the game? Dan Carter.... Makes a break and puts in a pin point corner kick in the 1st 60 seconds. It was almost like a warning shot about the greatness we were all about to witness over the next 2 tests.

[@TheForge10]

Today it would be straight red for both players and 6w suspension

[@GambitXJS]

Omanga is a s*** house of the highest order

[@nepiahemopo1702]

Hence NZ finding this out in the modern game played now.

[@sidney8680]

​@@GambitXJSOdriscoll is over rated

[@KatharineShaw-z8u]

The 2005 Lions had 40 players in the team for a 10 match tour of NZ. Don't know if that was a good idea with nearly 2 different teams playing on the tour for rep games and the tests. Regardless the ABs were too good for them in 05.

[@DeclanMcCabe-v8k]

One of the worst coached and run lions team ever. Woodward has his team in his head from Day 1 relying on the England old guard of 03, hill back and Dallalgio were t even playing international rugby that year and rumour was he wanted Martin Johnson to go to, and it blew up n his face in this game and the whole tour became a total farce. Granted the All Blacks were brilliant but Woodward got so much wrong on this

[@brianbetz7030]

I watched Tana Umaga play some games on KZbin awhile ago, and I wasn't impressed. I think it must have been later in his career, because this guy in 2005 is a force! I watched the A.B. 2nd and 3rd teats just previous and it has been tres cool. Watching McCaw is like the guy has as much grit as he has talent. I came to rugby late in my life and have really enjoyed it and got rugbyitis. I'm even watch the Brit 1st division champ matches now. I think something that hasn't been mentioned about the All Blacks in these comment sections is that they are a incredibly well run company. I look at the entertainment side, releasing video that's staggered in age, and promotion - the whole spectrum, from schoolboy on. Release a lot of interesting stuff but never too much at one time. So this is really an aside, but typing about this got me curious about who runs the company, and that would be (in a manner of speaking) Bill Osborne, which is probably not news for a Kiwi but certainly for a Canuck. You can't invest in the company cause it's basically New Zealand, which you have already own if you are a Kiwi and can't own if you're not (I assume) but I would definitely check out what companies he is a Director of, and which others he has stock in, if you can get that info. Also see what commercial ties the video and other department heads have. Anyway, cheers from a guy who is planning to go to N.Z. just to watch some rugby sometime in the future, I hope. May not be tickets to a Men's World Cup but hey, I will sample the variety, even maybe some kiwi wines. Sevens' tournament and the Black Ferns would be cool, but I would be just as happy in a small crowd at a college game.

[@DH1985-MB]

He'd (Umaga) have had 2 red cards during this match.

[@shanowilliams9851]

tana umaga..is a legend..one of the very best players..ever produced..yehaaaa tana

[@Tron_Funkin_Blow]

OOHH AAHH UMAGA

[@joshualeppard4175]

Loads of biased comments on here, some fair. Let me say first and foremost, the best team won. Secondly the Lions tripped themselves up on selection, where Wilkinson should have started 10, with Greenwood 12, and Thomson should have started not Byrne, especially when you see the (thirdly) line out fiasco. Having said that, the referee was poor especially in the first 20 mins. 1st min the late dumping of O’Driscoll by Mealamu should have been pen and yellow card (red now). The ball had left the breakdown. 6:40 Umaga forward pass 6:52 Pen not given. Playing the man without the ball, Hill pushed to the ground. Result, 3 pts but might have been 7. 11.10 Straight on the man on the floor, off feet, pen not given. 11.30 Knock on not given, result, yellow card 3 pts. 22:50 Dangerous play taking the man in the air, no yellow card. 46.50 2nd try, terrific try though it was, forward pass from Umaga. Still think All Blacks would have won, but it would have been closer.

[@joshualeppard4175]

Also, how Peel got picked ahead of Dawson!? 🙄

[@SomeRandomGuyWithWood]

yeah, I agree. why did they start Stephen Jones over O'Gara or Wilkinson he was awful

[@AshboNZ86]

35:05

[@lancesmith3546]

Delusional.. Lions players in this game are a pack of grubs, constantly pushing, stomping, instead of playing the game.

[@annefilippobertozzi7601]

⁠@@SomeRandomGuyWithWoodO’Gara didn’t play well the previous games against the provinces; Wilkinson was out for injury much of the season, while Jones played well for wales.

[@nzlemming]

I'm not saying that Wilkinson was a bad player - he was a great one. But I think Clive Woodward saw him as a talisman after that RWC performance and kept him in any team he had after that. And, I dunno, but was Wilkinson the first place-kicker with the weird pre-kick ritual that has become so common in the game today? (Looking at you, D-Mac)

[@roshansingh8040]

Umaga trips lewsey at 38:30

[@xpat73]

The Lions were completely overpowered up front in this series. It was like men against boys.

[@DH1985-MB]

overpowered, out thought, out classed - take your pick. This is 100% a Lions tour to forget. Woodward was good for England at a time when his squad picked its self. But in this environment - not so much.

[@darbytuhaka3123]

what a good ref

[@theextantsrilankan5443]

This Lions team don't seem to have any team spirit going on, not playing for each other

[@patbassman8251]

It happens when the match officials ignore a professional take out of a player that ended up in hospital .

[@brangkamunan8485]

Watching this in 2025 amazing to see how willing the ABs were to kick possession away knowing that Northern Hemisphere sides of that era had near zero counter attack. They wouldn't try that now. 😂

[@AshboNZ86]

O'Driscol was lucky not to be sent off for the head high tackle on Macdonald.

[@kenrunciman8706]

Brilliant as the All Blacks may have been, the deliberate decision to 'take out' O'Driscoll was beyond cynical -in fact bordering on criminal, since it could have ended someone's career or worse. It effectively ended the Lion's tour as a contest, which was cowardly, and shows that the all black's desire to 'win' took precedence over any notion of a true sporting contest, which uundermines any claims they make for their own greatness.

[@nicolopollina6839]

Sono sempre i migliori. a, livello mondiale

[@gibbogle]

Not one of Carter's good games. How many times was his kick charged down?

[@kgkg-nk6rd]

If you done what them two all black done to BOD on the street you'd be locked up. Scumbag behavior

[@isthatthebestyougot4845]

Absolute shambles of a game. Worst Lions team ever...

[@lancesmith3546]

What a pack of grubs this Lions team was

[@russoswerve7856]

Not as bad as Tana Umaga and Keven Mealamu trying to paralyse Brian O’Driscoll

[@bodybalanceU2]

@@russoswerve7856 still crying 19 years later - mate get over it

[@bigwill4978]

Please replay the Wales vs Chiefs game!🙏🙏🙏

[@RobertHandley-ln6qj]

French ref - what do you expect!

[@user-wu9gu6gs2s]

saw this match many times at air new zealand😂

[@thewelshfriend8198]

Well, not to take anything from the AB but jeez the BIL do not look like a professional outfit

[@markblu9494]

Just loved seeing Brianna O'Dribble being carried out on a stretcher after; 1. Disrespectful behavior in front of the Haka 2. A high tackle on McDonald where there was a neck roll & a hair pull 3. Absolutely tragic 4. NEXT!

[@gungagalunga9040]

Only was of stopping ODriscoll was to take him out. Illegally. You did it. Now your Prime Minister is taking out the people of NZ. You got your n@zi leader. Enjoy the rest of your life in the NZ prison

[@patbassman8251]

What a wanker you are piss on the Haka

[@kamakazilee6066]

Mealamu should’ve gotten a permanent ban for that act, maybe include Umaga in that too

[@markblu9494]

@@kamakazilee6066 $17 (openly provoke/no flowers), I see we have some new ATMS, this time a suicidal, 2 inch yellow man - you do know this is rugby right, not origami - Kevin is another All Black God

[@markblu9494]

@@gungagalunga9040 $17 but over 2 (open p./4 flowers), another new ATM but with brown skin, an expert at swimming in sewage & e.coli infused curry - Gunga Din, do you know anything about rugby, or nz, or even the USA? You seem to know a lot about imprisonment, perhaps you could find the key to unlock your mind from the penitentiary of your thoughts - as a Physiologist, it would be impossible to work from Gail as much as it's difficult for you to think outside your immediate environment - I live & thrive in the USA, see if you can slip a note to your girlfriend Bum Wees in Cell Block F

[@pjuys7718]

Officiating horrible, All blacks got every possible call going their way.

[@sergio33344]

British & Irish Cats or dogs but not lions

[@sidney8680]

The southern rugby team of All Black,Springboks and Australia wwill destroy the lions team cause rugby championship to good

[@russellfong2537]

French referee: 🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖🥖

[@padraiglocke8844]

The boys should have gotten 10 years for that assault on BoD , imagine if they snapped his neck, he was blessed that only his shoulder was done, He should have sued both players , true for Hector and the T shirts on his lions documentary!!

[@thugtrippin]

Mate this was 20 years ago. Most of the games from this era were much more brutal and players got away with murder.

[@TaigaSibirskaya]

jason robinson had a bad match. The english players were wet flannels, welsh players were ok. Irish players, one got a card, the other played football at times and slow lineouts. Wilko should have played 10. and French referees dont' like calling out New Zealand cheating right in front of him, who'd a thunk it ?

[@St_AngusYoung]

Still salty, even after all these years🙄

[@littlesnokz_838]

He got fucked up🤣🤣🤣

[@JassiLassi]

cheap shot on BOD, should have been a red card and a ban

[@jeffreyyoung5681]

Jasjeet Singh ruined the series

[@Wardads1]

Cheap shot on Howlett ,should have been a red and a ban.BOD is a goddamn crybaby like his fans.Plus all the other lions cheap shots.

[@tarutso]

Disgraceful All Blacks behaviour

[@kgkg-nk6rd]

@@Wardads1 a crybaby ? There's a difference between a cheap shot and two players dropping someone their head or are you to dumb to tell the difference ???

[@rabbitss11]

16 years ago and still not forgotten! True, it was foul play but the fact is the BIL were always going to lose the series with or without BOD but the Alister Campbell lead hype machine mislead a lot of people into thinking otherwise so they harped on about the tackle ad nauseum.

[@russellfong2537]

Why is the French referee speaking 🥖

[@Alfonzridesagain]

Absolute mess of a tour, Woodward was awful and selected a team that was already outdated even just two years after the 2003 RWC win. All Blacks superior in all departments and really didn't need to disgrace themselves by attempting to murder Brian O'Driscoll in the first minute of the series.

[@zworm2]

Woodward picked a bunch of his buddies to have a great time . Rowntree for instance- What a useless codger. Studs high cheap shots and then hiding away!

[@glynmountjoy998]

worst lions ever???

[@garethgore2286]

biased ref,biased commentators, not even a penalty for cynical foul play against BOD by cheap shot umanga, shame the all blacks were cheap shot thugs coz they had a good side

[@bodybalanceU2]

why do the NH fans moan constantly about how unfair it it all is - you need to find another game mate to watch because all this crying is pathetic

[@gibbogle]

Boring game, too much kicking, collapsing scrums.

[@Frenzy2409]

Sorry Smithy, Wilkinson was not that good...