Does anyone know any details for the QF games yet, eg venues, times?
So does anyone know if the winner of the Waratah Cup still gets a spot in the Waratah Shield or doesn't that happen anymore?
Augustines are playing Farrar at Rat Park on Wednesday morning. 10am kick off I believe.
Auggies beat Farrer 42-7. Score was 12-7 at half time. But the score wasn't indicative of the game. It blew out in the last 15 minutes when a couple of crucial injuries and fitness took their toll on Farrer. John Papahatzis apparently said it was one of the toughest games they have played this year. Well done to both teams for a fair and tough game
I wasn't at the game, just got reports. But apparently Auggies made a few replacements in the 2nd half so I assume that they put their gun players in.Did the Augustine's rep boys play? They would have had a lot of rugby in the hols and also some injuries too I think.
I finally got some sense out of NSWRU re the Waratah Shield QFs. The QFs are scheduled for 23/07 at this stage. Because there are still 2 pool matches to be played, the venue can't be decided until the seeds are known. The 2 pool matches to go are Auggies V Farrer and Stannies V Westfields, both to be played tomorrow. There is some flexibility to change the QF date. I would suggest that Auggies will be the top seed, even though I am a Farrer supporter, I can't see them beating Auggies by more than 70 points to gain top seed in Pool A, and whoever wins in Pool C between Stannies and Westfields, would need to win by 70 points or more to catch up to Auggies. So I would assume that the QF will be played at Auggies.
Knox have forfeited to Augustines.
Waratah Cup match tomorrow for a spot in the qf, St Pauls Manly vs Brisbane Waters Woy Woy, hopefully going to be a good match, to bad that the cup winners don't have a spot in the shield qf anymore