Waratahs 2024
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Wouldn’t make much difference to the annual report …
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Phil Kearns (64)
Aside from the fact that it's last year's annual report, Edmed is kicking at something like 85% for the season, I'm not sure you can pull out the "if only he'd made a couple of kicks" line. It's more a case of how much further behind the tahs would be looking if he was kicking at a more average 75%.
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Herbert Moran (7)
Good kicking percentage but on Friday they had a pen 30m out next to the posts and opted for goal. Then ithe ref changed the mark and moved it to 10-15m in from touch and they changed to kick to the corner. Not exactly confidence in the kicker.
Unfortunately for Tane, no matter how well he kicks everyone knows our other 10 is a better goal kicker.
Dctarget
Tim Horan (67)
Is Donaldson more reliable than Gordon?
Edmed is a good goal kicker. He has been all season.
The decision of kicking for the corner vs kicking for goal based on the penalty location is absolutely an analytics decision. Even if the success percentage might only be 5% lower where the penalty was moved to they've decided that in a neutral game situation they'll kick for the corner there.
I don't think it really says anything about the level of confidence in the goal kicker.
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Arch Winning (36)
I think they are similar but he seems - on face value - to have done more goalkicking over the journey and therefore have a greater body of work. I guess you could then argue he has reached his level and Gordon could still get better? I prefer Gordon on the field to Donaldson, to be clear. I also prefer Lynagh to Donaldson, but perhaps had in my head that Donno was a much better kicker than he is.
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Tim Horan (67)
yeah I was being a bit facetious in my question, Donaldson is definitely more reliable in that he never does Gordon's bizarre in front misses but for 2024 season they have the exact same percentage.
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Watty Friend (18)
Dragon News : Centre Wilson signs for Dragons
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Steve_Grey
Darby Loudon (17)
He had to move somewhere - couldn't play for Easts under a Waratahs contract indefinitely.Dragon News : Centre Wilson signs for Dragons
Expect Teddy Wilson will be lining something similar up also.
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Watty Friend (18)
Or insufficient $$$$
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Watty Friend (18)
SRU on verge of landing Mosese Tuipulotu from Tahs
Gregor Townsend is on the verge of luring NSW Waratahs inside centre Mosese Tuipulotu to Scotland to reunite with elder Sione, just a...
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Darby Loudon (17)
Another Easts player on a Waratahs Contract - Coleman's player management went way too long backs vs front row - 20/20 hindsight easy of course.SRU on verge of landing Mosese Tuipulotu from Tahs
Gregor Townsend is on the verge of luring NSW Waratahs inside centre Mosese Tuipulotu to Scotland to reunite with elder Sione, just a...
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Billy Sheehan (19)
SRU on verge of landing Mosese Tuipulotu from Tahs
Gregor Townsend is on the verge of luring NSW Waratahs inside centre Mosese Tuipulotu to Scotland to reunite with elder Sione, just a...
A shame to see 2 quality young players heading OS but I don't really blame them. Hopefully they go away and improve and come home again one day bigger and better players. Unlikely for Tuipulotu who will likely align himself with Scotland but not an impossibility.
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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
How many MORE frontrowers should they have contracted before the start of the season? Contracting is not the problem for the front row this year - S&C might be.
Steve_Grey
Darby Loudon (17)
More than they had - when you have 4 or 5 backs playing Shute Shield each week, you know you have the balance wrong.
I don't doubt S&C was a problem across the squad also.
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Watty Friend (18)
I actually thought either of this two young players would have replaced Izaia Perese