Waratahs v Reds Match Thread

[vidiot]

..... Ant Fainga'a was absolutely everywhere during the first half. He did so much work in defence he may as well have been wearing 7 on his back. Faded a little towards the end ......

Fainga'a A. to 7. Just needs another 5-10kg.

 

[Lee Grant]

Does anyone know whats the word on BKH injury and when he will be back on deck ?. This kid would give us a lot more off the bench than Cross currently does.

I spoke to him at a Junior Tahs game at Forshaw the Saturday before last. He said he was 6 weeks away from running. Maybe his mis-spoke and meant "playing" as he seemed to be walking OK. Disc problems are bloody awful things to have.

As I said in an earlier post: 13. Tom Kingston, who was in the 2009 Oz Schools team and was the last player given a Tahs Super Rugby contract for 2011, is in cracking form for the Junior Waratahs. I don't think that he would be fazed by a run from the bench. I haven't seen him play 12, and Cross is covering 12 at the minute, but further into the season he could be in a 22.

 

[sevenpointdropgoal]

Ahem, Beale didn't get fat 'because the Tahs thought he needed extra weight'. :

Touché. I ignored a seminal rugby truth; Never attribute to the protein shake that which can easily be explained by the cake stall.

 

[Bruce Ross]

Touché. I ignored a seminal rugby truth; Never attribute to the protein shake that which can easily be explained by the cake stall.

Great line.

 

[fatprop]

Watched the game again last night, the Tahs have a lot to work on in attack, they were solid for 16 minutes, then lost their way and became very inaccurate at the back of the ruck.

Too many loose balls bouncing away from the ruck, not enough control.

One their best parts of their game to me was their goal line defense against the rolling maul off lineouts. They were smashing then and driving them back (once by 10m) or just coming straight through the middle

 

[fatprop]

Touché. I ignored a seminal rugby truth; Never attribute to the protein shake that which can easily be explained by the cake stall.

Yeah, you can't stop a guy going through the drive through after training, that is totally up to them

 

[chriss555]

I spoke to him at a Junior Tahs game at Forshaw the Saturday before last. He said he was 6 weeks away from running. Maybe his mis-spoke and meant "playing" as he seemed to be walking OK. Disc problems are bloody awful things to have.

As I said in an earlier post: 13. Tom Kingston, who was in the 2009 Oz Schools team and was the last player given a Tahs Super Rugby contract for 2011, is in cracking form for the Junior Waratahs. I don't think that he would be fazed by a run from the bench. I haven't seen him play 12, and Cross is covering 12 at the minute, but further into the season he could be in a 22.

Hopefully BKH can come back from disc injury and Kingston gets a chance at super rugby.

 

[Finsbury Girl]

Cannot believe how shit Qld was. I could almost paste my post from the week before. Scrum - shit, lineout - shit, forwards - shit, backs - shit.

Absolutely woeful, tahs didn't need to break a sweet.

Forwards need to get some ticker and stop being lazy & hit the rucks.

Congrats NSW did the job well.