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Two weeks ago the Tahs were absolutely pants against a not that good opposition. Last night they were fantastic. The night before the Rebels were outstanding after two average displays. Last week the Reds and Brumbies played with real intensity and this week they played with none. So what do we...

That's your opinion. Thankfully I didn't see the Rebels/Reds game because if it was worse than that it was diabolical! Last week the Tahs lost on the buzzer but I REALLY, REALLY enjoyed it as a game of rugby (both games last week were very enjoyable to watch). So this week I went to the ground...

Except its likely to be pissing down raining!

Didn't quite turn out that way.

I agree. It looked forward out of the hands but our pre-eminent TMO George Ayoub said it was fine. :(

Just noticed I have called Faulkner as Ainsley in several posts. My BAD! Old timers syndrome.

My question is "Why did Penney keep him on when Ainsley did a much better job of holding it up while he was on?" That, I thought, was poor coaching. I confidently predict that Bell by the time he reaches 25 will be very, very good. He is just too young and inexperienced to be starting in the...

In the cold light of day that was both encouraging and depressing. It was men against boys except that the men didn't know how to play and the boys just kept going at it. Depressing, because neither team had the necessary skills or strategy to cope with what the five Kiwi teams would have...

You're telling me that if it had been 12-1 the other way you'd have been fine with it? How can a team be penalised once in the first 60 minutes and seven times in the next 20? Are your precious Brumbies a 60 minute team who then turn to illegalities in the last 20? No. If you asked the Brumbies...

I, too think that there was a lot to like in the Tahs game, and had the game ended up 25-18 that would have been a good reflection of the overall to-and-fro. There is one other issue that has not been addressed in the thread at all that was extremely significant: At around the sixty minute...

It will be closer than that. The Tahs will be revved up after last week's second half debacle and there will be a lot more steel in the Waratah's defence and breakdown work. But that'll be all in vain; I predict, sadly, a Brumbies win in a close one.

Well the Blues just thrashed the Stormers at home, so maybe not impossible.

True, that. Kurtley kicks well when he's doing it week in, week out. He doesn't do back-up kicking well. Harrison ain't a reliable kicker either. Some real thought needs to go into kicker selection next week and thereafter. Maddocks should be taking all the line kicking, he's got 20+ metres on...

If he was playing in NZ he would only be considered for selection as a 7 or a bench 6. At the Waratahs he is our first-choice 8. Says it all.

Its not just the tight five. The whole pack is made up of lightweight stringbeans who can run all day but cannot make any impact. In 2014 the Waratah pack broke even with the All Black pack (aka the Crusaders pack). In 2020 the Waratah pack was monstered by the Canterbury reserve team pack...

Is there any Waratahs supporter out there who doesn't think it is totally off-the-planet?

It wasn't the two losses. It was the manner of the losing that was so disheartening. Too many problems were revealed right across the park.

This I take issue with. From the moment Gibson was appointed, he worked to replace Power forwards with Small, High Workrate forwards. We never attempted to replace Potgeiter, Palu, Skelton with similar players. Instead we went with lightweight energiser bunnies. We can afford to have maybe one...

Saturday night Dempsey started (not that you'd know it, he was unseen all night). Swinton occasionally looked like he was having a go even if it wasn't very effective. Once upon a time when Dempsey burst onto the test scene he had more aggro than McMahon at his peak. Sadly, it was only one test...

That match will decide the wooden spoon. And yes I know its only round 3.