You forgot: "My Dad is bigger than your Dad!"
Coherent thought is hard to come by, because each group of fans believe its players are inherently superior. From my point of view, if you're looking at the likely starting XV:
Robinson v Sio - Brumbies
TPN v Mann-Rea - Waratahs
Kepu v Alexander - Waratahs
Potgeiter v Carter - even
Douglas v Power - Waratahs
Hoiles v Fardy - Brumbies
Hooper v Butler - Waratahs
Palu v Mowen - even (offer different styles)
Phipps v White - even
Foley v To'omua - Brumbies
Horne v Coleman - Waratahs (suspect it will be Tomane this week though)
Beale v Lealiifano - Waratahs
AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) v Kuridrani - Waratahs
Alofa v Speight - Brumbies
Folau v Mogg - Waratahs
Individual players aren't necessarily going to decide this though. You'd have to say right now that the Brumbies are ascendant at the set piece, having disrupted the Chiefs early on last night, particularly the lineout. You can basically dismiss most of the wobbles the Tahs had against the Reds - two weeks to fix that when they only need one or two sessions to be a bit smarter and quicker about their delivery.
Scrum should be fairly even - the side feeding is going to be under a lot of pressure particularly if Carter recovers from his ankle injury and Potgeiter starts (as I think he will).
While the Brumbies were limited through injury when they last played in Sydney, their key failing was their default option at the breakdown: killing the ball.Last night they really should have had another guy in the bin after Aki's try, but Joubers is a ref who tends to think a try conceded is enough. That could have really turned the game for the visitors but is history now.
With To'omua back at 10, they'll run much more than they did last time, but a few points in the game White resorted to kicking and didn't get it even close to right.
The problem the Chiefs had was only 6 fit forwards on the park - having two props who get easily tired on defence really cost them, especially as they couldn't get the ball for long stretches. When they DID attack with it, they were in constant danger of being turned over because those two blokes couldn't hack the pace.
The Waratahs suffer neither of these issues. The current hardness Cheika has drilled into this team will ensure they can play the full 80 and the replacements are similarly fit. The defence they boast is a result in part of their attack wearing the opposition out, but I hold no fears that they can scramble even if the Brumbies look likely to bust the game open early.
Goalkicking appears to be a bit of a lottery for Lilo at the moment, while Foley is striking them fairly well, but has limited range.
Though, let's be realistic: both these teams will try to score tries if the conditions allow, and crush their opponent through pressure mounting on the scoreboard, not a sniper-like ability for one of them to put it over from halfway.
The key moments could come down to injuries: without To'omua or Speight, the Brumbies backline has been a bit rough behind a grafting forward pack. Similarly without TPN or Hooper, the Tahs have two players who are key in the mix, while Palu's go-forward is also a prime weapon for gain line ball (though this can be mitigated by Potgeiter et al).
For me, the biggest surprise about last night was how well Murphy threw lineouts when he came on, though I feel the Chiefs missed a trick by not putting more pressure on him. He was bloody awful against the Tahs a few weeks back but worth re-assessing now as a solid backup to Mann-Rea.
And until the ref is appointed, I reckon that's all there is worth saying.
