Super Rugby Pre-Season Trial: Waratahs v Reds

[RugbyReg]

Saturday 11 February
7:45pm AEDT - Queensland Reds v New South Wales Waratahs
Location - Narrabri Rugby Club
Watch live via Stan Sport and Queensland Reds YouTube

 

[Wilson]

Set to be relatively full strength sides running out, with only wallabies on required rest left out - for the tahs that's Michael Hooper, Jed Holloway, Angus Bell and Dave Porecki.

Waratahs welcome Test stars for Reds trial as injury bites after Brumbies loss

The Waratahs will take four of their top Test stars to Narrabri to face Queensland after losing to the Brumbies in their first trial match.

www.smh.com.au

No idea who it'll be for the Reds, maybe just McDermott, given who played last week.

 

[dru]

Set to be relatively full strength sides running out, with only wallabies on required rest left out - for the tahs that's Michael Hooper, Jed Holloway, Angus Bell and Dave Porecki.

Waratahs welcome Test stars for Reds trial as injury bites after Brumbies loss

The Waratahs will take four of their top Test stars to Narrabri to face Queensland after losing to the Brumbies in their first trial match.

www.smh.com.au

No idea who it'll be for the Reds, maybe just McDermott, given who played last week.

Tate and Petaia? After that nothing really.

 

[Wilson]

Tate and Petaia? After that nothing really.

Petaia played last trial though, I'm not sure the exact rules but you'd assume he would've been held from that trial too if he had enforced rest. Campbell and Vunivalu were the other wallabies missing, neither seem like they'd cop the rest though.

 

[dru]

Petaia played last trial though, I'm not sure the exact rules but you'd assume he would've been held from that trial too if he had enforced rest. Campbell and Vunivalu were the other wallabies missing, neither seem like they'd cop the rest though.

Not so sure. I would not take any suggestion of Vunivlu having to step down as anything other than trouble making. Jock too. These guys were mostly "rested" by the Wallabies during the international season. Right now they need footie.

 

[Wilson]

Not so sure. I would not take any suggestion of Vunivlu having to step down as anything other than trouble making. Jock too. These guys were mostly "rested" by the Wallabies during the international season. Right now they need footie.

To be clear I wasn't suggesting they would or should be on the list for a rest, only that they were the only other wallabies not used in that trial. I fully expect they'll be available for this one (unless injured). That said, Vunivalu might not be in our strongest XV.

 

[LeCheese]

Watch live via Stan Sport and Queensland Reds YouTube

Last I'll say on the topic, but it's crazy that Reds/Tahs are able to organise Stan coverage (as well as broadcast it themselves) yet it was overlooked / put in the too hard basket by the Force last week.

 

[Wilson]

Looks like Vunivalu won't play:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1622460208059645953

 

[LeCheese]

Looks like Vunivalu won't play:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1622460208059645953

Not a good sign

 

[TSR]

No - it isn’t. Very disappointing. If he can’t get his hamstrings right coming off the off season break it doesn’t sound good for the season.

Terrible shame.

 

[Adam84]

No - it isn’t. Very disappointing. If he can’t get his hamstrings right coming off the off season break it doesn’t sound good for the season.

Terrible shame.

Doesn’t sound good for his career if he can’t get them right

 

[Qldtragic]

Last I'll say on the topic, but it's crazy that Reds/Tahs are able to organise Stan coverage (as well as broadcast it themselves) yet it was overlooked / put in the too hard basket by the Force last week.

maybe it was a $$$$$ issue. Twiggy might be feeling the pinch of interest rate rises and inflation --

 

[Qldtragic]

No - it isn’t. Very disappointing. If he can’t get his hamstrings right coming off the off season break it doesn’t sound good for the season.

Terrible shame.

What did the Melbourne storm do to manage this issue with him compared to what the Reds have been doing?
Might be worth a call and have the S&C outfits compare notes.

 

[LeCheese]

What did the Melbourne storm do to manage this issue with him compared to what the Reds have been doing?
Might be worth a call and have the S&C outfits compare notes.

It's possible that he just wasn't susceptible to hamstring injuries prior to his first at the Reds

 

[Braveheart81]

It's possible that he just wasn't susceptible to hamstring injuries prior to his first at the Reds

He missed the Storm's final game of the season in 2019 with a hamstring injury (prelim final) and then had several stints out injured in 2020 (missed 8 games altogether). At least one of those injuries was a hamstring injury.

 

[LeCheese]

He missed the Storm's final game of the season in 2019 with a hamstring injury (prelim final) and then had several stints out injured in 2020 (missed 8 games altogether). At least one of those injuries was a hamstring injury.

Fair enough - I recall most of his injuries at the storm being unrelated (broken jaw, dislocated shoulder), but happy to stand corrected.

 

[Braveheart81]

Fair enough - I recall most of his injuries at the storm being unrelated (broken jaw, dislocated shoulder), but happy to stand corrected.

It is quite possible that it is just the two I highlighted above. In hindsight though it seems that those two hamstring injuries in his last two NRL seasons were a glimpse of what was to come.

 

[Qldtragic]

It is quite possible that it is just the two I highlighted above. In hindsight though it seems that those two hamstring injuries in his last two NRL seasons were a glimpse of what was to come.

And we still paid big $$$$ for him - go figure

 

[Braveheart81]

And we still paid big $$$$ for him - go figure

Hindsight is 20-20.

Did anyone expect that someone who had suffered from 2 mild hamstring injuries in the last two years would then be plagued by them on an ongoing basis?

 

[Qldtragic]

Hindsight is 20-20.

Did anyone expect that someone who had suffered from 2 mild hamstring injuries in the last two years would then be plagued by them on an ongoing basis?

melbourne let him go for a reason - just wondering if they knew something