Andy Ferrell has acknowledged his thinking when Hugo Canon received the ball when British and Irish Lines were trying in the last minute in MCG to defeat Australia and secure the Test series: ‘Pass!’
After lions were down in the last game, after leaving 18 points behind the second Test in Melbourne on Saturday, Canon got the ball in two versus two scenes with team partner Jack Conne.
Kennon fastened and faster to eliminate the powerful Australia Center Lane Akito well, however, a major dramatic success in front of a record 90,000 fans, and completed the largest lines of history in doing so.
“I was screaming, passing it, passing it, pass it!” Faryel said in the MCG. “Knowing Hugo, he was never going to pass it, he was always behind himself.
“I talked to his father after the game and he was never going to pass him. He backs himself in such situations.
“After that they [Keenan] Passing, it was all worth it. To score on Lines Test death, this is a fairy tale equipment. To win this way – that means everything.
“The boys have dreamed of being lions all their lives.
“We have history, are we not? So is that. Does it guarantee the tag of such a legend? I think it happens. Why not? We have come to do what we have done tonight and we should celebrate everyone.”
Ferrell: They make the same dream – children who see children who want to be a lion
Talking to the media eliminated a sharp lion -changing room Sweet Caroline And Dirty old town Inside the mines, Victoria Lines head coach Ferrell added: “Not really [it doesn’t get much better]. You can see and hear what it means for everyone there. These boys have dreamed of being a British and Irish lion all their lives.
“To reach the point where you reach the MCG in front of 90,000 people, with such a dramatic way to win the series is made of dreams.
“Now no one can deny it.
“All this was not going in the second half, but when we were holding our nerves when we got down in the last 10 minutes.
“There were some of these excellent margin moments on the way to the game. When you look at it now, it doesn’t matter, isn’t that? When things were going against the grain for us, people were standing there and kept us in fighting.
“To me, this is a dream for everyone in this dressing room. Now to get to a place where Hugo Canon has tried to win the series in Australia. If you are watching this baby home, do you want to be a British and Irish lion?
“This is a dream and this is the story of the fairy that the boys wished for it.
Atjo: It feels realistic – ‘my uncle text me and said:’ You’re not Harlem Glow Butterwarters – Just win ‘
Talking to Sky Sports, the captain of the winning lines, Muro Atoj, said:
“It seems a little fact. In the first 20 minutes we were not very good, not physical. We managed to find a way in the second half of the first half.
“The second half, once again it was not perfect, but we just managed to fight, came close and the Big Faz (Andy Ferrell) was just asking us to play big every time, to believe in ourselves.
“I give the bench a lot of reputation – all the boys who made a big difference.
“I think we started hitting. It looks very basic, but our scam has come up and our decision makers – Art (Russell), Faz (Owen Faril), Jumo (Gibson Park) 9 – They started playing really well.
“We just managed to stay close and finally scored.
“My uncle sent me a message last week saying: ‘Look, you guys are not Harlem Glow Butterters – you have to make sure you have won. So, thank you! Fortunately we did this.
“Interesting thing – you know and I know we’ve got a lot in us. Hopefully next week we will have the opportunity to bring it all together.”
Gateland: Test exactly what rugby needs – Morgan Act was not a penalty for me
Three times lion head coach Warren Gateland (2013, 2017, 2021) said about Sky Sports:
“It was a wonderful game of rugby – exactly what the game needs.
“The crowd was amazing. I turned to Australia and played some terrific rugby.
“After the lion score in the 80th minute you have to feel for them, but good teams do this – they find a way to win.
“I talked to the Schmidt and felt that it was finally a fine, but I saw it as a clear out.
“I don’t know where Jack Morgan had to go – it seemed like a rugby event for me. I think it was the right decision.”
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