Waratahs v Highlanders trial - Thursday 16 February 2017

[Dave Beat]

Hooper - as above and great line, he was carrying the whole team in his back pack.

Matty Lucas, clearly the best 9 of the 3 that played last night, he had the fowards doing their job and gave great ball. Gee whilst he was on the pitch we climbed back and almost took the game.

 

[fatprop]

Being served up by Naholo is not unusual, the Roar had the first Landers try up, it was some nice rugby.

 

[Braveheart81]

They were caught short on the first try but the big defensive error was from Latu.

He rushed out of the line but rushed at no one. He needed to go straight at Naholo who was always going to get the ball.

The cover that needs to come across in this defensive structure where you are leaving space on the outside needs to be faster. It wasn't close to being up to scratch last night. Hopefully they don't take long to get it right otherwise they will leak some soft tries.

 

[wamberal]

They were caught short on the first try but the big defensive error was from Latu.

He rushed out of the line but rushed at no one.

So he needs to keep two thoughts in his mind at the same time? Rush at the line, AND tackle someone.


Big ask.

 

[Braveheart81]

So he needs to keep two thoughts in his mind at the same time? Rush at the line, AND tackle someone.


Big ask.

As a Sydney Uni player, is that the rugby equivalent of doing a double degree?

 

[fatprop]

Robinson was a very high % goal kicker in the NRL.

The challenge is that nearly all those kicks are conversions, so they don't take into consideration rugby's need for hard penalty kicks

 

[fatprop]

As a Sydney Uni player, is that the rugby equivalent of doing a double degree?

wasn't he driving a fork lift while a Sydney Uni player? ie not actually studying there

 

[Braveheart81]

Robinson was a very high % goal kicker in the NRL.

The challenge is that nearly all those kicks are conversions, so they don't take into consideration rugby's need for hard penalty kicks

Foley doesn't take them from much outside 40 so it's not really a concern for the Tahs. Surely Robinson has more distance than that.

It does seem that he only kicked due to Foley having a groin complaint but those were tough conditions to kick in last night and he did well.

I'd certainly look at him as the kicker for the start of the season and see how he goes. He's definitely in my starting XV.

 

[Scrubber2050]

Wow !

The Tahs certainly have some pints in them.

No doubt RED hot favourites for the Australian Conference

 

[fatprop]

Wow !

The Tahs certainly have some pints in them.

No doubt RED hot favourites for the Australian Conference

Clearly, they are the hot, hot favourites for the whole comp

 

[Dave Beat]

Great night live - would be awesome seeing more games down there like that.

 

[Micheal]

Great night live - would be awesome seeing more games down there like that.

With 5004 people there the ground was almost at capacity - is that commercially viable for the Tahs?

 

[Braveheart81]

With 5004 people there the ground was almost at capacity - is that commercially viable for the Tahs?

Not as a regular season game, but a great option for a trial.

 

[Dave Beat]

With 5004 people there the ground was almost at capacity - is that commercially viable for the Tahs?

I'm not sure about that number, and i hear the ticketing went belly up b4 the game. Having seen league crowds down there - league is spinning some shite. I would have thought it was closer to 10k - and that was for a trial on a weekday.

Just saying.

 

[Micheal]

I'm not sure about that number, and i hear the ticketing went belly up b4 the game. Having seen league crowds down there - league is spinning some shite. I would have thought it was closer to 10k - and that was for a trial on a weekday.

Just saying.

They announced that number in the last quarter - there was more capacity on the hills and the stands behind one of the try lines.

Perhaps it could get to 7.5k if it was 100% full but I don't think it could get much further than that.

Great ground for viewing though.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Not sure if this is a typo or not.

It is. I usually post using by tablet and it's not uncommon for me to hit the wrong character if I'm not paying enough attention to where my thumbs are going.

 

[wamberal]

As a Sydney Uni player, is that the rugby equivalent of doing a double degree?

With triple pike and twist.

 

[Scrubber2050]

fatprop

I understand your jest about the whole competition but you guys sure can pile on the points.

Aussie conference a certainty particularly with Israel playing well.

Hooper starts off like he left off. By far and away the Tahs best player (yep even better than Folau)

 

[I like to watch]

They were caught short on the first try but the big defensive error was from Latu.

He rushed out of the line but rushed at no one. He needed to go straight at Naholo who was always going to get the ball.

The cover that needs to come across in this defensive structure where you are leaving space on the outside needs to be faster. It wasn't close to being up to scratch last night. Hopefully they don't take long to get it right otherwise they will leak some soft tries.

I'm not that keen on this structure, there are wingers in this comp,you simply can't allow to get the ball on the run,with a couple of metres of space.
Having said that,in the first half if they decided not to beat us on the edge,they strolled through the middle.
There is a lot of work to be done, we can't rely on opposition teams to be benching their A team at 1/2 time for us to be competitive

 

[Moondog]

Robinson was a very high % goal kicker in the NRL.

The challenge is that nearly all those kicks are conversions, so they don't take into consideration rugby's need for hard penalty kicks

Robinson was a very good goal kicker in NRL but a turnstyle in defense