Waratahs vs Force - Super Rugby R2 Sunday 23 February 2014

[Shiggins]

Love the competitiveness talk from foley. Players fighting for positions

 

[Shiggins]

I hope this crowed starts to build

 

[Shiggins]

That force sides looks good but god damn that's one hell of A backline from the tahs. And pack. Amazing side. I don't know how they can afford it.

 

[Shiggins]

Skelton looks a bit smaller. Looking good

 

[Shiggins]

Izzy in after one minute after some great hits from the force defence.

 

[fatprop]

Good start


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[Ash]

Great start, spreading the ball until they find space. Intent shown to go a few channels wide of the ruck at least from the Tahs.

Was god interchange out wide from Skelton, Alofa Alofa and Folau for the try.

Foley misses the conversion, 5 - 0.

Force knock on off the kick off, Robinson drops it cold in return. Tahs scrum on their 22.

 

[Ash]

Incidentally, crowd looks absolutely awful. Hope there is still people coming in through the gate.

Kearns waxing lyrical about the Tahs scrum.

Solid scrum from both teams.

Tahs kick to Morahan, who kicks to Folau who takes it spectacularly over Cummins. Folau gets up and runs, but is isolated and the Force get a penalty.

 

[Shiggins]

Holmes misses a penalty

 

[Ash]

Zack Holmes misses the penalty just to the right from about 40m out halfway to the left touchline.

 

[Shiggins]

Benny mac making these tackles on Skelton count

 

[Shiggins]

Harsh penalty there rolling touch Finder Holmes

 

[Ash]

Godwin kicks high and Folau takes another high ball with ease.

Tahs showing intent again, going at least two passes wide until Ryan gets it midfield and the Force turn it over in a dominant tackle.

Palu (?) rushes up and puts in a big hit, Force recover and get a penalty. Holmes kicks to touch this time, and finds it 5m from the Tahs line.

 

[Shiggins]

That's not far off a penalty try. In for all money if Douglas didn't come in

 

[Ash]

Force throw it to the back and they mail. Douglas comes in from the side on the second go.

Holmes to take the penalty from the right of the posts.

 

[Ash]

Kearns is going to be very annoying tonight, thought that the Tahs were close to collapsing it the first time.

Holmes kicks it.

5 - 3 to the Tahs, 10 gone.

 

[Shiggins]

Kyle Godwin!!! Strait through but loses the ball forward

 

[Ash]

Godwin takes the kickoff and breaks a tackle, runs to 35 out from the Tahs line before Phipps ran him down and forces a knock on from Godwin.

TPN was the culprit with a missed tackle, tried to line up a bit hit at pace and missed.

 

[Shiggins]

Force front ow slipping on the turf. Ripping it up. Penalty against them. Very harsh

 

[Shiggins]

Sloppy play from the tahs. Rusty. Tahs backing the line out