Super Rugby Round 5, Waratahs vs Rebels - Sunday 18 March @ 4pm
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Sportsbet have Waratahs $1.80 favourites for this game.... still riding the wave of being pre-season champions. Rebels have some good odds at $2.00
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Greg Davis (50)
Hardly runaway favourites but but worth a flutter on the Rebels at that price.
Folau moves to the wing. Hegarty to fullback.
Hanigan cleared fit and Simmons and Kepu return.
Jake Gordon out injured after concussion symptoms returned. Mitch Short is apparently healthy and starts.
Hanigan cleared fit and Simmons and Kepu return.
Jake Gordon out injured after concussion symptoms returned. Mitch Short is apparently healthy and starts.
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
What has Phipps done to himself?
hurt his calf
Waratahs:
1. Robertson
2. Fitzpatrick
3. Kepu
4. Hanigan
5. Simmons
6. Wells
7. Hooper
8. Holloway
9. Short
10. Foley
11. Folau
12. Beale
13. Foketi
14. Rona
15. Hegarty
16. Roach 17. HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) 18. Ryan 19. Staniforth 20. Miller 21. Snowden 22. Newsome 23. Naiyaravoro
WARATAHS (15-1): Bryce Hegarty, Curtis Rona, Lalakai Foketi, Kurtley Beale, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Mitch Short, Jed Holloway, Michael Hooper (c), Michael Wells, Rob Simmons, Ned Hanigan, Sekope Kepu, Damien Fitzpatrick, Tom Robertson
Reserves: Hugh Roach, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Paddy Ryan, Tom Staniforth, Will Miller, Mick Snowden, Alex Newsome, Taqele Naiyaravoro
Reserves: Hugh Roach, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Paddy Ryan, Tom Staniforth, Will Miller, Mick Snowden, Alex Newsome, Taqele Naiyaravoro
Genia behind a pretty dominant pack is going to have a field day
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
His loss is massive. If the Waratahs had any chance before I reckon its gone now. Short's injury was supposedly season-ending. He's made a miraculous recovery.
Gibson is starting with the "Hegarty at fullback, Folau to the wing" formation. It will be interesting to see how this pans out because to my eyes Folau has looked a bit out of it at wing - unable to get as involved as often as he should be.
God help us if Hooper is injured. I guess Wells would go to 7, Hanigan to 6 and one of Palmer/Staniforth to 4.
Big T to get 10 minutes again. Gibson reminds us (as if we had forgotten) that he doesn't understand the need for power and bending/breaking the line.
Ryan's being kept as the THP replacement. I hope Kepu can play 80, though the Rebels scrum is much less scary than most others, especially with Uelese out. I guess they've been impressed with HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) (as I have) but I would have put Vui at 18.
Tex
Greg Davis (50)
With that big back row it looks like the plan is to bash 'em up for an hour and then bring on Colby and Hardwick. I hope it works
My thoughts exactly. Hooper is fit as fuck but it's a heavy workload for one bloke, particularly when you've got Hardwick's pace at the end of the match.
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
With that big back row it looks like the plan is to bash 'em up for an hour and then bring on Colby and Hardwick. I hope it works
Sure looks like the plan. I would have had RHP and Colby starting, with Timani and Hardwick to finish.
By gee, Parling is getting a nice all expenses paid holiday in Australia. Can't even make the bench.
He got injured soon after coming on the field in his first match (was that last week or the week before?).
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