Super Rugby Rnd 2: Waratahs v Reds AKA The 2022 Festival of Hate.

[A mutterer]

Cheika now doing his one eyed review. Should not be on STAN. Not impartial.

but was he wrong?

enquiring minds want to know .......

 

[Derpus]

Cheika now doing his one eyed review. Should not be on STAN. Not impartial.

On the other hand, It was clearly a no arms tackle.

 

[Confucius Say]

Thorn puts him straight back in his Randwick box.

 

[Pfitzy]

Tahs owned that game but butchered some easy opportunities - Donaldson being the fulcrum on which some of those decisions floundered. A simple four-on-none after Pietsch's cross-field stepathon was murdered by the hail mary instead of the simple score 15m from touch. He's pretty much opened the door for Harrison to return, even tho I don't like how deep Harrison plays.

Yes there were positives, but the negatives remain, and one of them is Horton's lineout throwing. It just isn't up to scratch, regardless of conditions. Get the Gordon chap (Mahe?) in there next week.

Losing Cridge is going to hurt us - very good for our scrum power next to Holloway and does the dirty work around the field. Hope it isn't a break, or is a mild one if so.

I didn't think we'd win against a full-strength Reds, but their bench wasn't much to look at and we couldn't beat them.

 

[Confucius Say]

One isolated incident. What about the punch Williams hit ASY (Angus Scott-Young) with when the Tah scrum collapse?

 

[Wilson]

but was he wrong?

enquiring minds want to know .......

We're leaving that sort of junk selective referee analysis back in 2021

 

[Pfitzy]

On the refereeing:
- no point giving a YC warning if you're not going to follow through.
- if you're going to ping NSW for the latching player going straight to deck up one end, then you've got to do it to QLD down the other in the dying seconds.

Other than that, it basically evened out.

 

[Confucius Say]

You could go back through the tape and find lots of grubby incident.

 

[Pfitzy]

The TMO: I found it interesting for Perese's no-try that they completey ignored the fact he got an accidental arm to the head, when if it was a Wallaby in the UK it would be grounds for murder

 

[Confucius Say]

Perese leading with head after try saving tackle by Reds etc…

 

[7137]

Cheika now doing his one eyed review. Should not be on STAN. Not impartial.

Is he wrong?

 

[Cancelled Account]

Tahs 85 attacking rucks
Reds 22 attacking rucks

Tahs 20mins in Reds 22
Reds 3 mins in Tahs 22

Tahs 16 points
Reds 20 points

I didn’t want to see that. Can we just say the Reds are not good in the wet.

 

[Confucius Say]

Is he wrong?

Why open the can without reviewing every incident? It is lazy commentary.

 

[Cancelled Account]

On a positive I thought Spencer Jeans held well. Stewart defended well. But that’s about it.

 

[cyclopath]

I didn’t want to see that. Can we just say the Reds are not good in the wet.

Reds winning with those stats in the wet? You'd have to say they're very good in the wet, no?

 

[7137]

Why open the can without reviewing every incident? It is lazy commentary.

But is he wrong?

 

[Cancelled Account]

Reds winning with those stats in the wet? You'd have to say they're very good in the wet, no?

An absolute fucking NO. WE SUCK IN THE WET.

 

[Pfitzy]

Cheika now doing his one eyed review. Should not be on STAN. Not impartial.

What has impartiality got to do with it?

 

[RugbyReg]

An epic game. Reds did brilliantly to win that considering the massive injury pre and during the match. When Tate went off we had one sole playmaker and he was very average.

In fact we had a few passengers. And no possession.

So yes. A brilliant bloody win led by Wilson massive through the game and then big late impact by McReight, Uru and Smith.

Two wins in wet weather. Very in-Australian

 

[Wilson]

On a positive I thought Spencer Jeans held well. Stewart defended well. But that’s about it.

His service wasn't great, but it looked more like nerves causing him to put a bit too much on the passes than anything else. Should be much better for the run