NSW Waratahs 2026

[Drew]

Allianz Stadium may close for months after the NRL finals to fix the underground drainage and turf, apparently. The Allianz pitch has looked poor ever since it opened, about time they fixed it up properly. Sydney FC might be off to Leichhardt Oval for a while.

A friend who’s a member of FC said he got a letter in the mail saying as much

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

A friend who’s a member of FC said he got a letter in the mail saying as much

I saw it on the SMH site a couple of days ago.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Good. Get it done and do it right. Such an expensive bit of infrastructure do it properly over part fixes for years. Remember what a heap of shit Suncorp was when it was first opened? Made a lot of Brisbane Orthopaedic surgeons even richer.

Homebush is in outstanding condition these days. Whatever they do copy it.

 

[Major Tom]

The drainage at the Gabba is unreal.

 

[BackRower]

After a cracking game last night against the Lions, where the Tahs demonstrated true grit in physically staying in the fight and shutting down the Lions attack. Hopefully with some stability with the playing squad ahead, that was just what the team needed to go into this next preseason with renewed cohesion and belief. Lets go Tahs!

 

[Wilson]

After a cracking game last night against the Lions, where the Tahs demonstrated true grit in physically staying in the fight and shutting down the Lions attack. Hopefully with some stability with the playing squad ahead, that was just what the team needed to go into this next preseason with renewed cohesion and belief. Lets go Tahs!

It remains to be seen how much, but unfortunately for the tahs a quarter of the 23 from that game (Tupou, Leota, Sinclair, Foketi, Vailanu, and Edmed) look to be gone, along with this years best 2 performers (Bell and Gleeson). Another 4 of that 23 (Barrett, Adamson, Bowen, Lancaster) also appear to be off contract, though I'd expect most of them to re-sign.

Lancaster will be tricky though, that was his best game in sky blue by a long way, but re-sigining him would lead to a pretty imbalanced back unit and likely mean a fair bit of the salary cap was going unused each week.

 

[Oldgoldminer]

It remains to be seen how much, but unfortunately for the tahs a quarter of the 23 from that game (Tupou, Leota, Sinclair, Foketi, Vailanu, and Edmed) look to be gone, along with this years best 2 performers (Bell and Gleeson). Another 4 of that 23 (Barrett, Adamson, Bowen, Lancaster) also appear to be off contract, though I'd expect most of them to re-sign.

Lancaster will be tricky though, that was his best game in sky blue by a long way, but re-sigining him would lead to a pretty imbalanced back unit and likely mean a fair bit of the salary cap was going unused each week.

True, that’s a lot when you consider the full extent.
Gleeson was phenomenal last night, Aust might do well against the BILs to think of playing 2 on ballers.