Waratahs v Crusaders, Friday 12th April, in Sydney
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Dismal Pillock
Michael Lynagh (62)
Stupid NSFW.
You have ONE job to do.
You have ONE job to do.
A mutterer
Chilla Wilson (44)
Babality?Stupid NSFW.
You have ONE job to do.
Mark Nawaqanitawase is effectively dropped with Reilly getting a chance. No injury reason.
Lewis Ponini comes in as a more experienced prop option. I think this is reasonable given they've had more notice than last time and will likely need them to play a bunch more minutes over the course of the season.
Lewis Ponini comes in as a more experienced prop option. I think this is reasonable given they've had more notice than last time and will likely need them to play a bunch more minutes over the course of the season.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Players unavailable for selection:
- David Porecki - Achillies (TBC)
- Thomas Lambert - Knee (Season)
- Archer Holz - Shoulder (TBC)
- Mesu Kunavula – Knee (Season)
- Ned Slack-Smith - Concussion (TBC)
- Daniel Botha - Achillies (Season)
- Mahe Vailanu - Knee (Season)
- Angus Bell - Toe (Season)
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
Crusaders: Chay Fihaki, Sevu Reece, Levi Aumua, Dallas McLeod, Johnny McNicholl, Riley Hohepa, Noah Hotham, Cullen Grace, Tom Christie (capt), Ethan Blackadder, Jamie Hannah, Quinten Strange, Fletcher Newell, George Bell, George Bower. Reserves: Brodie McAlister, Joe Moody, Owen Franks, Dom Gardiner, Christian Lio-Willie, Mitchell Drummond, Rivez Reihana, Macca Springer.
Fergus Burke now has a calf injury that will keep him out for another two weeks
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Froggy
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
If the Tahs can be competitive in the scrums this season it will be a miracle. We're missing our first and second choice LHP, first and second choice hooker, and second choice THP!! It looks like a front row genocide.
That aside, good to see Hanigan and Gleeson back in the side. Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) being left out probably is a bit of a surprise, having said that he's looked pretty lost this year, his defence has been as soft as ever and I think both Peitsch and Reilly have displayed better form.
I'm looking forward to seeing Harrison start, but I can understand him still coming off the bench, as much he sparked last weekend when he came on he also showed signs that he isn't quite back yet.
I'm pretty sure our season's gone, but gee it would be good to notch up a couple of wins.
That aside, good to see Hanigan and Gleeson back in the side. Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) being left out probably is a bit of a surprise, having said that he's looked pretty lost this year, his defence has been as soft as ever and I think both Peitsch and Reilly have displayed better form.
I'm looking forward to seeing Harrison start, but I can understand him still coming off the bench, as much he sparked last weekend when he came on he also showed signs that he isn't quite back yet.
I'm pretty sure our season's gone, but gee it would be good to notch up a couple of wins.
I mispelled it but then got a great idea for lunch.
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
Dismal Pillock
Michael Lynagh (62)
A sighting of the most mythical of unicorns.
A Designated Messiah beyond designation.
Due to constant injuries, player of 37 matches since 2018.
In fact, if ol' Slackbladder plays all 80 minutes of this one, I will pen a perfectly iambically pentametered sonnet in fawning adoration of the NSW Waratahs Rugby Football team.
Hawko
Tony Shaw (54)
Once again following the trouncing by the Brumbies the only three players to have been demoted or dropped are Fergus Lee-Warner, Teddy Wilson and Mark Nawaqanitawase. I have supported Coleman up till now but this is a bridge too far.
Clearly the Wilson brothers, Jack Bowen and Mosese Tuipulotu are being lined up to be unloaded at the end of the year. We'll go into next year with a new coach almost certainly but instead of being able to have Teddy Wilson and Jack Bowen to bring on we will have Tane Edmed and Jack Grant. Tuipulotu will now head for Scotland (who can blame him) and Harry Wilson will maybe head back to Shute or retire and get a proper job.
That is totally disheartening to me and no doubt to them. Every time Teddy Wilson has come on he has looked a class above Jake Gordon. Sure, Jake has been good at picking up intercepts and other scraps, but his fundamental task is to clear the ball fast and accurately from the scrum and the ruck. Instead, he has box kicked away most of our possession in the hope that someone from the opposition would drop it cold. From the last two weeks it is clear that Harrison is a better alternative than Edmed. But no, we start Edmed again because his last game against the Crusaders in round 2 was good. We haven't won since. We give Grant another go off the bench because his last game two weeks ago was such a ripper (not).
Meanwhile our potential future backline gets to play Shute while journeymen get rewarded. But what do I know?
Clearly the Wilson brothers, Jack Bowen and Mosese Tuipulotu are being lined up to be unloaded at the end of the year. We'll go into next year with a new coach almost certainly but instead of being able to have Teddy Wilson and Jack Bowen to bring on we will have Tane Edmed and Jack Grant. Tuipulotu will now head for Scotland (who can blame him) and Harry Wilson will maybe head back to Shute or retire and get a proper job.
That is totally disheartening to me and no doubt to them. Every time Teddy Wilson has come on he has looked a class above Jake Gordon. Sure, Jake has been good at picking up intercepts and other scraps, but his fundamental task is to clear the ball fast and accurately from the scrum and the ruck. Instead, he has box kicked away most of our possession in the hope that someone from the opposition would drop it cold. From the last two weeks it is clear that Harrison is a better alternative than Edmed. But no, we start Edmed again because his last game against the Crusaders in round 2 was good. We haven't won since. We give Grant another go off the bench because his last game two weeks ago was such a ripper (not).
Meanwhile our potential future backline gets to play Shute while journeymen get rewarded. But what do I know?
Hogan
Herbert Moran (7)
Wasn’t Edmed being talked up on this thread as the Wallaby 10 only weeks ago?
Coleman has lost the plot.
Highlander35
Steve Williams (59)
Something substantial has changed in the past 10 weeks or so if that's the case. Sione was suggesting that conversations were much more positive with Ottavio than they were with Mo' Pre 6 Nations.
Marce
John Hipwell (52)
He looks like he is more focused on the NRL than in Waratahs. We need players right here, right now
Marce
John Hipwell (52)
Is he eligible? 3 good games and straight to the Wallabies. That's how low the bar is