Well Done Lions

Yes congratulations to the Lions ........... well done. 
A red card to boot for Sonny Bill *ouch*
It`s gonna be all on this weekend

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Wellington Merchants are loving it !!  "Some folks got away with a few NZD in their pockets, so let's have them back to spend the rest! " .
We know better, but us "conspiracy loving Yanks" would think the Blacks held back a little for exactly that reason..... not me!  We watched the highlights, and have been "Fern" boosters for ages.
This third test should be a corker !!
Well Done Lions !

Don't quote me but I think it's on for this coming Saturday.... sadly I don't think it will be televised here in the States (at least I was unable to watch the first two), guess that is something I'll have to investigate further.  Naturally I am too "cheap" to "pony up" for the really expensive cable package, no point having 120+ channels NOT to bother watching!

Both teams next Saturday will be at their best. The Lions played the better game last Saturday and All Blacks will have to improve their game next Test match. The kick-off will be at 7.30 pm Saturday night New Zealand time. At the begining of each game the All Blacks will preform one of the two Hakas they do. It will be Kapa Opango or Kamate. Kapa Opango which is a new Haka writen back in 2005. Ka Mate is old haka writen over a hundred years ago around 1820 by a great Maori Chief, Te Rauparaha. I will attach a short video explaining what the Kamate Haka means to the All Blacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnlFocaA64M

Is it just me or was that Draw on Saturday something that left one wanting...... more???  The rules are the rules, but it would have been nice to see a definitive finish.

Well done ALL !!!

What a game and what a series? The Lions, I think, played a brilliant game knowing the All Blacks would throw everything at them after losing the second test. If it wasn't for the video ref in the last moments it would have been a different story. Though it wouldn't have changed the after game celebrations.

On behalf of us Brits I would like to thank the people of New Zealand for their kindness and hospitality. Long live rugby.

Phill
The Haka can be part of a welcome known as a Powhiri. A Powhiri  is a welcoming ceromony I will attach a short video explaining what a Powhiri  is about. My father was English and when he arrived in New Zealand he really hadn't read or had much knowledge of Maori culture.  When he first saw  a Maori welcome he felt like getting back on the ship he arrived on. He soon realised after speaking to and coming into contact with Maori that they were friendly.  Haka is also preformed at funerals as  a way honouring the one who has died.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZy7u0_36nw

Jim Thank you for your interest.  I thought you might be also interested to know that Joe Walsh of the Eagles has a special connection to Maori and New Zealand.  Below is a short article that might interest you writen a few years back..  He had a life changing experience while here.
There is a bit of a long video on youtube of the Powhiri that was held and him speaking but this short article tells the story just as well.

American rocker Joe Walsh has returned to the site of his life-changing "epiphany" in Hawke's Bay with a warning about living life in the fast lane.
The 67-year-old Eagles guitarist visited Otatara Pa, near Taradale, on Tuesday where he was welcomed by the locals and treated to a rendition of the band's hit song Hotel California  performed by school children.
It was at Otatara Pa 26 years ago that Walsh sat on a hill overlooking Hawke's Bay and had a vision that he credits with setting him on the path towards sobriety

"I don't understand it, I don't need to, but I had a moment of clarity standing up on top and looking out at the valley," he said.
"I remember that vividly and I don't know where that came from. I got goosebumps."
Walsh said he went home after that with a different mindset.
Giving up drugs and alcohol was the hardest thing he had ever done, but also the most rewarding, he said.
"Today, I haven't had a drink or done any drugs in 21 years ... and a lot of the guys that I used to run with didn't make it. They're gone."
Walsh's career in the music industry has spanned more than 40 years, but he is best known as a keyboardist and guitarist for Rock and Roll hall of famers the Eagles, who he joined in 1975.
The band, which is considered to be one of the greatest American rock acts of all time, played two shows in Auckland over the weekend as part of their History of the Eagles tour

Walsh's latest visit to Otatara Pa is his third. After his epiphany in 1989 he returned in 2004 to pay homage to the place and its people.
"The first time I came here, I was in trouble," Walsh said on Tuesday.
"When you get successful at something, and you're young, it's easy to lose your perspective. It's easy to forget what you were doing that got you successful, and that happened to me."
At the time, alcohol and drugs were eating a hole in his heart where love and family should have been, he said.
"I could still function but I knew I was in trouble."
The Maori people would always be special to him, because they gave him his life back, he said.
"I'm here to say thank you ... I have a wonderful life now, and I have a family now. That's new to me, but it's wonderful. It's what healed me."
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Must admit .......... think most people felt like this Doug ......... the end was a bit of a fizzle really ................now we have to wait another 12 years for the Lions vs All Blacks to play again.  Oh well............

On another note ......... well done to the Lions team and the UK .............what excellent support the Lions  had come over here, very impressive

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