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Who is the waratahs and who is the lions in your analogy? Isn't it more, your in business. You can have a once only shot at glory and immortality (albeit at low probability) or you can priortise an inconsequential meeting with someone you deal with regularly. Which do you choose?

Tough game that one. The stormers take no prisoners but the tahs by and large matched them in the collisions. I thought we were gone when foley missed that droppie but the replacements sparked one last surge and it was enough. Folau probably learned as much about rugby tonight as he has all...

I think alcohol bans only work for people who dont have alcohol problems. They need to find another way of managing the situation with Kurtley.

Geez TPP, that's some sour grades your stomping there. If the lions weren't on, the irish would be touring be touring some where anyway so the number of games argument smells a bit. Seems like the biggest problem is that gatland picked a bunch of wellies. Problem for you though is that he...

So, is bond uni the new camp wallaby?

and if they did, they could well lose access to the source of pr generate stories that is necessary to keep journos in business given the current economics. Good post Ptah.

As an alternate view, I'd go with Gill over Smith. Smith is great but Gill was on par with him last week in near test match conditions plus Gill finished the game strongly (fitness wise atleast). Also Gill has been with the team for most of the past 12 months and will already be more familiar...

I would like to see the name formally changed to NSW Waratahs, it bugs me greatly to hear them called the HSBC Waratahs. As for the crowds, I have now accepted 12-15k as the new normal at the SFS and the tahs need to budget for it. There are all the reasons in the world as to why people don't...

Have the tahs ever won at Loftus? I have a vague recollection of a win from the early 2000s but it might be wishful thinking.

Great game, pretty much all a spectator could ask for with intensity, tries, big hits and real emotion. a draw was probably a fair result, although either team would have been a deserving winner in my view. Alot of talk about the differing styles, but that's the beauty of rugby and no one...

I thought timani's sin binning affected our momentum greatly. We couldnt get on the front foot, plus we had a few mistakes and the chiefs were very disciplined in the second half. I was hoping Lucas would come on to spark us but cheika seems to prefer McKibbon if he is fit. Dennis was good at...

Youuuuuu beauty, good game. Thought we had duffed it but ecstatic that we came back to take the lollies.

Wow, I thought the Rebs had it but congrats to the kings. Rebels will rue the lost opportunity here

It was the kurtley question in the other thread that got me thinking about depth at 10. We are going to need someone for next year bcause Volavola isnt enough depth for me, presuming Barnes is off. Back to this season, I would start Barnes at 15 when fit, moving Folau to the wing (probably for...

Question: who would play 10 is Foley gets injured? Volavola? Or is there some other option I am missing?

The sharks (NRL) got 20k to their game on sat night. The roosters are playing the eels today at the Sfs, and they will probably draw a bigger crowd. Sydney's a one super rugby team town and should be consistently out drawing all of these other teams. If there are 15k members, where the hell...

That's probably right, we would have lost this game by 3 last year. However, I expected us to kick on in the second half with the wind at our backs so I was more optimistic than usual. I should have mentioned izzy, I thought he was very good today but needs to work on his touch finding, he has...

The Force? They are a hard team to beat but they will also struggle to win games. Great at recycling, but for what purpose when they offer very little threat with ball in hand. They will win the possession stats but lose on the score board. They will fare best with officious refs, like Walsh...

I would love kurtley to come to the tahs, but my first preference is for him to stay with the rebels. He is a great plAyer and his problems will follow him, regardless of city or sport. Melbourne is as good a place as any to tackle them.

I think SANZAR (or maybe the IRB) need to look at time lost in general during games. Scrums are the main culprit with it often taking 2 plus minutes to set a scrum. This pretty much doubles if a reset is required. I think they should call time off whenever a scrum is called for and call time on...