Super Rugby Rd 1: Waratahs vs Brumbies Friday, 24th February

[Brumby Runner]

Schoupp is on fire! He looks like he hates us cause we never gave him an opportunity to wear the sky blue

Classic Brumbies attitude harking back to 1996.

 

[RugbyReg]

Too many errors from the Tahs. Jorgensen good on attack, not so much on defence, tho we were often caught short on the fringes.

Basic numbering up needs work.

Brumbies were furious at the ruck. Good to see.

I thought Nawaqanitawase was the one found out on defense more often.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Waratahs thought it was time off as Berry was lecturing someone. Not in the spirit, hope it makes them angry. Very angry.

 

[qwerty51]

I thought Nawaqanitawase was the one found out on defense more often.

He's been pretty poor including the trials. Trying to do too much, needs to keep it simple, just straight and hard rather than trying to find a gap and not get tackled.

 

[Silverado]

Edmed's defence was very poor targetted all night and struggled.

Needs to work o goal kicks too

 

[Brumby Runner]

He walked offside and across the base of the ruck to slow it down. Looked pretty deliberate

This. It was also penalised in the earlier game. The tackler rolled away but across the back of the ruck when he could and should have rolled the other way. Hope the refs keep penalising it.

 

[Silverado]

He's been pretty poor including the trials. Trying to do too much, needs to keep it simple, just straight and hard rather than trying to find a gap and not get tackled.

Agree. He muddled up the midfield at times when he needed to be out wide and stick to his strength as a finisher. Don't know if it was a coaches call but he's not a distributor

 

[Froggy]

Tahs will really miss Bell, was the best player on the park until he went off. Thought Lambert went pretty well though.
Brumbies just to accurate for the Tahs, most of the Tahs individually were okay, but passes, defensive positioning, breakdown work all letting them down. This has been a Tahs issue since Cheika left, DC needs to fix it if they are to challenge
I thought Wright and Toole were good, Jack D, Schoup, Valetini all very good.
Edmed is a solid player, but he doesn't seem to be able to manage his backline.

 

[Derpus]

Probably some better analysis to it but fuck Tahs woulda done a lot better if they didnt drop so much pill.

Butter fingers + shite scrum, doesnt sound like a winning equation.

 

[RugbyReg]

Was their a crowd figure announced? Anyone at the game get a sense of it?

 

[Brumby Runner]

I’d have Reimer starting for the brumbies moving forward. Offers a lot more than Rory at this stage. Especially at the ruck

Luke was always better at the ruck but Rory will tackle everything. On balance I'd go with Reimer too. What's happened to Jahrome Brown?

 

[cyclopath]

I thought he was very good.

Stars:

- Toole, Ikitau, Longergan, Frost, Ulugia, Schoupp,
- Jorgensen, Foketi, Hooper, Lambert, Faulkner, Gleeson.

Samu's work rate was poor. Can't see Eddie loving that. Brumby scrum very dominant although a fair bit of dodgy going on at the engagement.

Agree with all of this Reg. I was at the game and made a point of watching Hooper closely. Very busy but just doing un-flashy stuff. Particularly agree with Ikitau, Frost, Foketi and Lambert. The 2 left wingers both look like they belong here.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Luke was always better at the ruck but Rory will tackle everything. On balance I'd go with Reimer too. What's happened to Jahrome Brown?

Saw him fall off at least 3 that’s why I thought Riemer is worth it. I do see his value though in the last 20 minutes. He can close it out

 

[Wilson]

Was their a crowd figure announced? Anyone at the game get a sense of it?

Maloney said over 26k as they were lining up the final kick

 

[cyclopath]

I hope it's a good game. I think the Brumbies will have the game won up front, but you never know.

Don't usually quote myself, but I was right. Good game, but Brumbies better up front (overall) despite some early scrum wobbles, and just better organised. Plenty of good things from both teams.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Best part of the game was seeing the Brumbies compete for the ball at ruck time. This has been missing from their game for quite some time.

Brumbies forwards simply too strong at set piece and in th open. Tahs definitely missed Bell after he went off injured.

Both sides showed good enterprise in attack but Brumbies looked the more likely to break the other's defence.

Best were Valetini, Wright, Muirhead, Frost and Toole. Both Ulugia and Schoup were surprisingly effective. Jack D and Noah Lolesio had effective games. Ryan Lonergan is in the mix for higher honours as well.

Max Jorgensen has tremendous potential and played well above his 18 years. Foketi was good at times and Gamble is a threat when he holds the ball. Holloway had a strong game at lock but the rest were rather average.

 

[Derpus]

Was their a crowd figure announced? Anyone at the game get a sense of it?

Seemed like 60%.

 

[cyclopath]

I think something like 25K was announced. Not sure though. The inside bars on the Members side were pretty full all game, and they're quite big! Merivale don't miss with the pricing for food / drinks.

 

[Marce]

even if a joke, WOW!

It's obviously a joke. I'm a HUGE Koroibete fan, come on! One of the most consistent WBs in recent seasons

 

[Marce]

Classic Brumbies attitude harking back to 1996.

I didn't like Schoupp's attitude tonight. His first Super Rugby game and he was acting like he was Eben Etzebeth or Bakkies Botha.

Come on! Be humble, life is a wheel. Sometimes you're up and sometimes you're down