Super Rugby Pre-Season Trial: Force v Reds

[RugbyReg]

Saturday, 4 February - McGillivray Oval

 

[hawko07]

Any word on stan picking this up?

 

[Wilson]

Fingers crossed we get our first look at Peni Ravai in red

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Plenty of water breaks. BOM saying 23-39 for Saturday

 

[Wilson]

Plenty of water breaks. BOM saying 23-39 for Saturday

Edit: completely misread that as a max of 29 at first. That's going to be some horrendous conditions.

Good prep for a Townsville season opener I guess.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

What times kick off? Meant to hit 39 at 3pm.

Someone get Bo Abra the Banana Boat please

 

[Snowy]

i think its a 4:30 kick off - edit Its 4pm

 

[BDA]

Any chance the game will be viewable online?

 

[Adam84]

It's usually up to the hosting team to arrange the streaming of the game, in which case its the Force.
It's 2023, they should be able to get a Youtube/Facebook stream up at least.

 

[Adam84]

Will be on YouTube apparently

 

[dillyboy]

Any idea when we'll see the line-up for this one?

 

[RugbyReg]

Any idea when we'll see the line-up for this one?

sometime before the weekend I reckon.

 

[dillyboy]

No team bit some predictions listed: https://www.rugby.com.au/news/wallabies-trio-ready-for-hot-start-in-perth-202322

 

[Wilson]

Keen to see how Sula-Siaosi does, hopefully he'll show enough to be in our top 2 tightheads alongside Nonggorr.

Fa'agase is fine as a flex option but I don't really rate him for bulk minutes and the Zander experiment at tight head was an abject failure, so hopefully we can avoid repeating it at super level.

 

[Adam84]

Will be on YouTube apparently

I stand corrected, it’s pretty poor RugbyWA are not streaming this match. Its 2023 and there’s half a dozen platforms they could have used

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1621343332709584897

 

[Braveheart81]

I stand corrected, it’s pretty poor RugbyWA are not streaming this match. Its 2023 and there’s half a dozen platforms they could have used

Given they stream club rugby games live it's bewildering that they aren't streaming this. RugbyWA already has a platform that they use on a regular basis!

 

[Adam84]

if a 12-year-old kid can stream himself playing minecraft to 12,000 followers on twitch, then surely RugbyWA can stream a professional rugby union match

 

[Braveheart81]

then surely RugbyWA can stream a professional rugby union match

They stream amateur rugby union matches every week during rugby season!

That was my point. How they can suggest they're looking for a way to do it is bizarre given they already have a way to do it that they use regularly.

 

[Wilson]

if a 12-year-old kid can stream himself playing minecraft to 12,000 followers on twitch, then surely RugbyWA can stream a professional rugby union match

Ridiculous state of affairs.


I don't think it's an overreaction to say we should cut the Force.

 

[LeCheese]

Horrible decision from the Force - rare considering they're one of the leaders with fan engagement in the comp imo