Waratahs v Highlanders R1
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Something I noticed, and it will be interesting to see how it unfolds, is both locks looked quite tired by the end. I am all for this gameplan, but I think we probably should have sacrificed Dunshea rather than Renton. The big bodies were anonymous in that final passage.
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@frugby said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@NTA Yeah the gameplan was literally just kick it for Suaalii.
Which worked once?
@NTA said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@frugby said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@NTA Yeah the gameplan was literally just kick it for Suaalii.
Which worked once?
He was well contained. The Clan did their homework there.
But the important thing for Oz rugby is the Tahs start with a win in an entertaining, close contest. That gives them confidence and the crowds a reason to keep turning up.
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@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
Nah. That's bullshit. This is a Highlanders side and, apart from blue and gold has very little to do with Otago.
When Otago played we lacked ideas and game plan. We lost to teams we had lesser players than us.
This was a team that everyone said during the week should have been well beaten. Has one current international. The opposition, has heaps. We should have won. We didn't. We went to their house and nearly snuck away with the china.
We had a game plan. It was scrapy, but we stuck to it and it nearly came off. Yeah we made mistakes. It happens. But, there is a lot to build one. I'm looking forward to knocking over the Blues next week.
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The guy who scored 2 tries including the winner lost 25kg in preseason. Read his fave hobby lol
@NTA Same
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@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
Nah. That's bullshit. This is a Highlanders side and, apart from blue and gold has very little to do with Otago.
When Otago played we lacked ideas and game plan. We lost to teams we had lesser players than us.
This was a team that everyone said during the week should have been well beaten. Has one current international. The opposition, has heaps. We should have won. We didn't. We went to their house and nearly snuck away with the china.
We had a game plan. It was scrapy, but we stuck to it and it nearly came off. Yeah we made mistakes. It happens. But, there is a lot to build one. I'm looking forward to knocking over the Blues next week.
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
Nah. That's bullshit. This is a Highlanders side and, apart from blue and gold has very little to do with Otago.
When Otago played we lacked ideas and game plan. We lost to teams we had lesser players than us.
This was a team that everyone said during the week should have been well beaten. Has one current international. The opposition, has heaps. We should have won. We didn't. We went to their house and nearly snuck away with the china.
We had a game plan. It was scrapy, but we stuck to it and it nearly came off. Yeah we made mistakes. It happens. But, there is a lot to build one. I'm looking forward to knocking over the Blues next week.
Well the proof will be in the pudding when they play the Kiwi sides. I don’t see this ending well
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@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
Nah. That's bullshit. This is a Highlanders side and, apart from blue and gold has very little to do with Otago.
When Otago played we lacked ideas and game plan. We lost to teams we had lesser players than us.
This was a team that everyone said during the week should have been well beaten. Has one current international. The opposition, has heaps. We should have won. We didn't. We went to their house and nearly snuck away with the china.
We had a game plan. It was scrapy, but we stuck to it and it nearly came off. Yeah we made mistakes. It happens. But, there is a lot to build one. I'm looking forward to knocking over the Blues next week.
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
Nah. That's bullshit. This is a Hoghlanders side and, apart from blue and gold has very little to do with Otago.
When Otago played we lacked ideas and game plan. We lost to teams we had lesser players than us.
This was a team that everyone said during the week should have been well beaten. Has one current international. The opposition, has heaps. We should have won. We didn't. We went to their house and nearly snuck away with the china.
We had a game plan. It was scrapy, but we stuck to it and it nearly came off. Yeah we made mistakes. It happens. But, there is a lot to build one. I'm looking forward to knocking over the Blues next week.
That gameplan was noticeably different to the one we have used since JJ left. It was reminiscent of what we did in 2014, which then evolved in 2015 with more dynamic attackers.
I kind of figure that once Millar and JRK are up to speed this will improve, and when Pledger comes in, it will up tick again because I am assuming he’d be quicker the ruck than other options.
I’ll go against the grain, I don’t think Fakatava was woeful. He was very rusty no doubt, but that is why he didn’t start. He has been a slow starter to the season for a few years now, so again, by the middle of the season, so long as we avoid too many key injuries this side will be humming with the ball.
Defensively, it was textbook back the defence. That game was not exactly a barometer, because it was so open, but in large patches the defence was good. They just need to sort the balance of who starts in the pack and who comes off the bench. By the end we lacked size/the sizeable guys were shagged, which made us too easy to pick off. The simply fix next week would be to start Broughton, and have Naeta come on for Dunshea around the hour mark.
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@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
Nah. That's bullshit. This is a Highlanders side and, apart from blue and gold has very little to do with Otago.
When Otago played we lacked ideas and game plan. We lost to teams we had lesser players than us.
This was a team that everyone said during the week should have been well beaten. Has one current international. The opposition, has heaps. We should have won. We didn't. We went to their house and nearly snuck away with the china.
We had a game plan. It was scrapy, but we stuck to it and it nearly came off. Yeah we made mistakes. It happens. But, there is a lot to build one. I'm looking forward to knocking over the Blues next week.
Well the proof will be in the pudding when they play the Kiwi sides. I don’t see this ending well
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@SouthernMann said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@KiwiInLondon said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
@Canes4life said in Waratahs v Highlanders R1:
Fuck. Unlucky Landers.
Nothing unlucky. Just the usual dumb decisions that have plagued us over the last 4-5 years
Dude. We played well. Was a hard fiest round game. That is a quality Tahs side and we fought well.
I get that and if it was fresh set of players and they were genuinely trying to implement a new game plan, I’d cop it. But it’s the same mistakes, by the same players, at the same moments. Its been an Otago issues, it’s been a Highlanders issue. I just don’t see that change in mindset or composure so the same mistakes will keep on happening
Nah. That's bullshit. This is a Highlanders side and, apart from blue and gold has very little to do with Otago.
When Otago played we lacked ideas and game plan. We lost to teams we had lesser players than us.
This was a team that everyone said during the week should have been well beaten. Has one current international. The opposition, has heaps. We should have won. We didn't. We went to their house and nearly snuck away with the china.
We had a game plan. It was scrapy, but we stuck to it and it nearly came off. Yeah we made mistakes. It happens. But, there is a lot to build one. I'm looking forward to knocking over the Blues next week.
Well the proof will be in the pudding when they play the Kiwi sides. I don’t see this ending well
Wrong thread but (sigh), ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’
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..Another enjoyable game, Highlanders went as well as I hoped, not bad at all. They need some more locks, if they don't start giving Holland and Dunshea a bit iof a break, they will be buggered in a couple of weeks. The game was played at good pace etc, and everyone was stuffed at end.
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Best Highlanders : Tangitau, Tavatavanawai, Hastie, Withy.
Rather good : Manson, Renton, Lasaqa, Hurley, Broughton, Ma'u, Kautai
Could have done better : Robinson, Telea, Dunshea
Unratable : Bell, DLB, Cameron -
@cgrant can't say I was impressed by Lasaqa. Haven't seen him before and the only noticeable thing to me was how much of a midget he was (a busy midget, but yeah).
