Rugby no excuses say Lions coach Farrell after Argentina loss | Mint

By Padraic Halpin Dublin, June 20 (Reuters) -coach Andy Farrell hoped for a difficult match against Argentina before the British and Irish Lions had their flight to Australia on board and said she still had gel -group after getting more than they were in a 28-24 defeat. “We made it a difficult game,” a direct Farrell said when asked if he had the kind of strict test he wanted and that the group’s limited time together was not a mitigating factor. “I wouldn’t give the excuse. We have to be better than that. They are Lions players. ‘ While Farrell said he was satisfied with the Lions’ aggressive split, the list of areas to improve was long: a ‘bunch’ attack, collapse, wrong line, kicking game, balls throw away blindly and fighting in the air and on the ground. “It’s too much, it’s too much when it’s all together … The whole story of the game is that we compiled too many mistakes and eventually couldn’t put the pace at stake we wanted,” Farrell said. “We must be honest, because if we are not honest, how do we gain confidence with each other, so we must say it as it is. There were certain things we said we were going to do, and we had to own it.” “Lose hurt, especially in this jersey, so we have to find the solutions fairly quickly.” Farrell said he expected the Lions to have a fully pass group the following week with Jamison Gibson Park, Hugo Keenan and Huw Jones working their way to Fitness, and that they got away intact at least Friday. “It seems we got away health -wise,” he said. Center Bundee Aki, one of the Lions’ try -pointers who said he was disappointed in his own performance and was not connected to the new center partner Sione Tuipulotu, Farrell said just as straight into the locker room. “He gives it straight to us, there is no question of around and we are old enough to take it on the chin. Faz (Farrell) set out a challenge for us to win every game, and we just have to learn quickly,” the Irish number 12 said. “You can experience the frustration of the boys in the locker room. (But) This is the wonderful thing about rugby, there are always a few more days to be able to correct what was wrong, so I’m sure we’ll jump back quickly as a group. ” (Reporting by Padraic Halpin, editing by Pritha Sarkar)