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Kiwis will exploit that ...Mark is gambling on intercepts way too much. He's causing a try, just don't know which way.
Kiwis will exploit that ...Mark is gambling on intercepts way too much. He's causing a try, just don't know which way.
RA fault. Hahaha. True toys out of the cot line from you. Such a good side that couldn't make the finals in 10 years of existence. Two of the three 2017 Force players starting this weekend are born and bred NSW players anyway.Force are just shocking now. No idea what happened to the team who played in the first 2 rounds. It's hard to see all the ex force players put the knife in. The ARU ruined the force. They had such a good side and now all those players are starting in all the other super sides in Australia and the force were left to rebuild again.
The last play was a penalty try all day. It's been like that for at least 2 years now. No idea how Gardner thought it was ok.
so we are shit,unlike the tahs the previous 2 years,lolRugby Australia fault. Hahaha. True toys out of the cot line from you. Such a good side that couldn't make the finals in 10 years of existence. Two of the three 2017 Force players starting this weekend are born and bred NSW players anyway.
The ARU ruined the force. They had such a good side and now all those players are starting in all the other super sides in Australia and the force were left to rebuild again.
Yeah, destroying a team and needing to rebuild from scratch definitely not a factor.Rugby Australia fault. Hahaha. True toys out of the cot line from you. Such a good side that couldn't make the finals in 10 years of existence. Two of the three 2017 Force players starting this weekend are born and bred NSW players anyway.
Nor constant white anting from Rugby Australia (note leaked stories in the last few weeks from Rugby Australia in regards to Sampson being replaced, FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) (Fergus Lee-Warner) leaving, etc., as well as the obvious history)
I watched early part of game and wento bed so don't know how game looked in 2nd half. I was surprised how poor defence was by Force, but did I hear they had some late changes re covid? They seem to of been pretty disconnected through backline.
I said early in season that Force was becoming my favourite Aus team,so I a little disappointed that some supporters are feeling like victims, and don't feel they getting fair go, I thought those days were gone. Still I hope they get a bit of their mojo back, and we see improvement
Let's get this straight these comments have been made in a game thread where the Force had 60% of the ball huge periods of time in the tahs 22m but we not able to convert.so we are shit,unlike the tahs the previous 2 years,lol
Pull my head in. Righto champ.Yeah, destroying a team and needing to rebuild from scratch definitely not a factor.
Nor continually having a severe disadvantage in salary cap.
Nor constant white anting from Rugby Australia (note leaked stories in the last few weeks from Rugby Australia in regards to Sampson being replaced, FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) (Fergus Lee-Warner) leaving, etc., as well as the obvious history)
Nor zero certainty on a long term place in super rugby with Rugby Australia not making any real reforms as requested by twiggy, our Rugby Australia vote for having a super rugby franchise still not being reinstated, etc.
We're just throwing our toys out of the cot.
Horrible performance from the force, but maybe pull your head in mate and stop drinking the Koolaid
Oof. Would you have believed the best tackle of the night would be Marky Mark (Nawaqanitawase) on Mataele?
Tahs didn’t win a game last year...new coach must be ok!
Pity marky N does not have speed of other wingers as his career looks very much back on track with potential to reach higher honours in timeOh ye of little belief.
Rarely do teams go from last to first in one season. We think it can happen because the occasional outlier does, but its exceedingly rare. Mid-table is what you'd expect from the squad we have, no more, because we lack experience and/or talent in a few key positions. If we can retain 80% of the team and add a few in key positions then we can shoot for top four next year. We still lack serious experienced depth at hooker, prop, lock, 10, wings and are one or two injuries away from younglings.To be fair, considering all their resources, Rugby Australia support and player numbers last year was the aberration. Great to see them doing better this year but they’re still underperforming
My opinion too. Plus the slow starts (a problem all year) has meant the Force has been chasing tries when they could have been taking penalties if they were closer.There was a few key late omissions due to Covid. To me that was as much a deciding factor as anything else.
I believe Reg's point is that the Waratahs should never have been in the situation that they were in and that they should be considered to be underperforming when they are not one of the best teams in the competition.They're not under-performing, they're exactly where you'd expect them to be.