Classic Wallabies v British & Irish Legends 24/07 & 31/07

[LeCheese]

Is this worthy of a game-day match thread? I've just realised it's being streamed on Stan, so fuck it, it gets one.

 

[LeCheese]

 

[LeCheese]

 

[Strewthcobber]

Did they plan on doing any marketing at all for this one?

 

[LeCheese]

Yeah I only heard about through the KOKO show. Given there are two ticketed events (Mel and Syd), I would've hoped to see some more noise about it. Hopefully provides some fun viewing and not too many torn hammies

 

[Crashy]

cripes - big Taqele could hurt some people. what a shame its in melbourne - any non Lions fans actually attending?

 

[LeCheese]

Sydney game next week

 

[LeCheese]

Fair play to whoever from RA/Cadbury had the idea to run with Old Gold as the sponsor

 

[bhim]

Haskell is a great addition for the comms team for this game

 

[LeCheese]

Brumbies could do worse than pick up Gits as their experienced 10

 

[Colin Windon]

Great entertainment. There will be some sore bodies (and heads) in the morning!

 

[Crashy]

score?

 

[LeCheese]

41-31 to Classic Wallabies

 

[Braveheart81]

The Kurtley Beale commentary where he was suggesting that if Drew Mitchell got into space he'd probably pull a hammy and then very soon after that actually happened was pretty funny.

 

[Braveheart81]

Did they plan on doing any marketing at all for this one?

From the 10 or so minutes I watched, they did the right amount of marketing (close to zero).

 

[LeCheese]

Ehhh, was a reasonably entertaining watch if not going in with high expectations around actual quality of rugby. I must say, the commentary from Haskell, Horwill, and Swain (with additional guests) was pretty hilarious at times.

 

[Tex]

Great fun to watch. I reckon there will be some sore bodies today

 

[Braveheart81]

Ehhh, was a reasonably entertaining watch if not going in with high expectations around actual quality of rugby. I must say, the commentary from Haskell, Horwill, and Swain (with additional guests) was pretty hilarious at times.

Yeah, it was fine but likewise if this had been pumped up as a big event I think there would be a lot of unhappy people wondering why the fuck they paid for tickets.

Hearing people talk crap on the commentary was more interesting than the actual game.

 

[Uh huh]

I started watching but honestly when I saw Mark Gerrard's belly and Julian Huxley looking like a church organist I just felt old and got a bit melancholy. By the time Drew Mitchell blew his hammy I was already watching cricket highlights.

 

[Derpus]

Yeah, it was fine but likewise if this had been pumped up as a big event I think there would be a lot of unhappy people wondering why the fuck they paid for tickets.

Hearing people talk crap on the commentary was more interesting than the actual game.

I heard $50 a ticket...