Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Renegades Rugby's home at Kellyville Park was fine to train on last night. Good drainage and a couple of hours' sunshine, and we're good.
Super Rugby Rnd 2: Waratahs v Reds AKA The 2022 Festival of Hate.
- Thread starter Dismal Pillock
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Renegades Rugby's home at Kellyville Park was fine to train on last night. Good drainage and a couple of hours' sunshine, and we're good.
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Alex Ross (28)
Yes. But it’s west
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Reds tried it a bit last year, it's a viable option but not a great one. That could change if he bulked up a bit more, but it's not the first, second or third place I'd be looking.
Rugbynutter39
Michael Lynagh (62)
Totally - they must be shifting themselves knowing they are about to enter the tahs fortress Leichhardt…
Pass it to Dunning!
Bob Loudon (25)
It's going to be like the third battle of Ypres out there.
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
Leichhardt's much closer to the coast. While Leichhardt had 154 mm in the last two days, Kellyville had 98mm and out here in the southwest Camden had 44 mm.
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
If you leave out the stadium at Parramatta, which is used by multiple codes so it isn't always available, Leichhardt is the least worst option in Sydney. All the other suburban grounds are an abomination or a travel and parking nightmare. The SCG has to be the WORST rugby watching experience imaginable. There are no good alternatives; the Waratahs have chosen the best of the bad.
liquor box
Peter Sullivan (51)
Does the stadium have to meet certain criteria?
When the Super League war ended the broadcasters and league put together a criteria of what was required if you wanted a team, it was based on ground size, lighting, facilities, ground condition etc.
I have never been to Leichhardt for a live game but it looks pretty dated and below the standards that I would expect for a game in 2022.
Have the Tahs ever used Gosford?
When the Super League war ended the broadcasters and league put together a criteria of what was required if you wanted a team, it was based on ground size, lighting, facilities, ground condition etc.
I have never been to Leichhardt for a live game but it looks pretty dated and below the standards that I would expect for a game in 2022.
Have the Tahs ever used Gosford?
upthereds#!
Peter Johnson (47)
I think the Reds should focus on going as well as possible in 2022 and let 2023 be 2023s problem.
PhilClinton
Mark Loane (55)
I agree but at the same time, LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) isn't a shoe in starting selection for me. If say it was McDermott leaving, he's easily the best option at 9 and you'd play him 80mins if needed until the day his contract officially ends.
LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) no means a bad player, but I don't think he's head and shoulders above the likes of Uru for example. And if the Reds have proved one thing, it's they're able to get big bodied players up to Super Rugby speed quite quickly, Smith and Tualima good examples of this.
If there's a line ball selection, I'm sure Thorn will be wary that LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) has one foot out the door when making his choice.
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Peter Sullivan (51)
I agree, I could easily pick a team without him and still be confident we would be just as good with the added bonus that next season our starters would be more experienced.
Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
At present I thinks the criteria is beggars can’t be choosers. Tahs sent out a survey last year asking about venues. I think a majority of fans find the SCG substandard for viewing and Parramatta too far. I personally like the SCG as it’s where my dad took me for the big games (league and union) when I was a kid and Parramatta as it’s state of the art. I think Brookie and Leichhardt are the best of the suburban options. Don’t remember Gosford being used, you wonder if they explored that option as they played in Wollongong last year.
It's currently pissing down and has been for most of the day. I was locked in to go with a group of 9 mates who have now all pulled the pin due to the weather, they will be lucky to get >5k. Now trying to find a pub that is showing it which is nigh on impossible, disaster.
Soft!
I'm still going.
I think it will be a bit better by this evening.
I'm still going.
I think it will be a bit better by this evening.
Hardtackle
Charlie Fox (21)
Is concorde used for rugby still?
It is a building site - it is being redeveloped
Redevelopment of Concord Oval | City of Canada Bay Council
Its custodians are the Wangal people, it housed the convicts who broke the first stones for Great North Road, it was the site of the wallabies’ heartbreaking Rugby World Cup Semi Final loss to France, and now the City of Canada Bay’s beloved Concord Oval is set to be transformed into a thriving...
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Charlie Fox (21)
There you go. Thanks.