Waratahs vs Blues
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Strange feeling after that. Not used to us winning after being fairly poor for large parts of the game, which says a lot about how bad the Waratahs really were.
The scrum and Mark Telea were the 2 big positives for me. 9 and 10 still remains a problem. Plummer was extremely poor when he came on, and our goal kicking is still horrendous.
Plenty to work on still going into the Crusaders game next week, especially coming off a loss.
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Tahs will be lucky to beat the Highlanders.
@antipodean can't even see them troubling the canes.
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@Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Blues:
There was no one there at all.
Super Rugby really is dead and buried.
Play in front of two half asleep men and a dog in Super Rugby or in front of a noisy crowd of 70,000+ in London, Paris or Cardiff?
Who can blame the players for heading to Europe?
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@Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Blues:
There was no one there at all.
Super Rugby really is dead and buried.
Play in front of two half asleep men and a dog in Super Rugby or in front of a noisy crowd of 70,000+ in London, Paris or Cardiff?
Who can blame the players for heading to Europe?
@sparky said in Waratahs vs Blues:
@Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Blues:
There was no one there at all.
Super Rugby really is dead and buried.
Play in front of two half asleep men and a dog in Super Rugby or in front of a noisy crowd of 70,000+ in London, Paris or Cardiff?
Who can blame the players for heading to Europe?
Completely agree. Super Dull
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@Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Blues:
There was no one there at all.
Super Rugby really is dead and buried.
Play in front of two half asleep men and a dog in Super Rugby or in front of a noisy crowd of 70,000+ in London, Paris or Cardiff?
Who can blame the players for heading to Europe?
@sparky said in Waratahs vs Blues:
@Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Blues:
There was no one there at all.
Super Rugby really is dead and buried.
Play in front of two half asleep men and a dog in Super Rugby or in front of a noisy crowd of 70,000+ in London, Paris or Cardiff?
Who can blame the players for heading to Europe?
But average premiership crowds are around the same, or lower, as super rugby, but they do have big peaks in some games and Heineken cup (as was)
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To be fair though Newcastle is hardly a Rugby Union town, with the poor weather added to that. They barely get out to support their League side these days. Obviously Brookvale Oval was unavailable?
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To be fair though Newcastle is hardly a Rugby Union town, with the poor weather added to that. They barely get out to support their League side these days. Obviously Brookvale Oval was unavailable?
@African-Monkey I agree , why would you take it to a league stronghold..?,makes no sense..,Brookvale even thought it’s the home of Manly would have been a much better option ..at least it’s not far all the rugby heads to travel
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@Kirwan said in Waratahs vs Blues:
Lineout looked much better when Parsons came on, so he should start again.
He was fine. One of the more under rated players in NZ. I’m not saying he’s that good.. prob the 10th, 11th or 12th hooker in the country but no where near as bad as most people claim
@Duluth he is a solid super level 2, worthy of a spot in the Blues (particularly with all the young guys, by all accounts is a top bloke) issue is more if he is the main starting rake...but then that isn't his fault I guess.
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Is Perofeta possibly the poorest 1st in any NZ franchise ..?, because if he can’t manage a team around the paddock or kick goals , what the hell does he do..?
@Steven-Harris said in Waratahs vs Blues:
Is Perofeta possibly the poorest 1st in any NZ franchise ..?, because if he can’t manage a team around the paddock or kick goals , what the hell does he do..?
Handsome lad. Wears the jersey well.
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@Steven-Harris said in Waratahs vs Blues:
Is Perofeta possibly the poorest 1st in any NZ franchise ..?, because if he can’t manage a team around the paddock or kick goals , what the hell does he do..?
Handsome lad. Wears the jersey well.
Important at this level.@Frank it is true, beauty is rarely questioned
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Well that was refreshing to see the Blues maintain their composure. Forwards were excellent and the defense pretty outstanding. When PT hits someone it is a thing of beauty. Perofeta was not bad in the first half and at least his kicking was better than Plummer. Dalton P is playing well and Kart T was a handful and I see him walking back into the ABs.
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Newcastle, apart from being a shithole, is where Australian teams go to lose. Add to that the weather and it's perfectly obvious we wouldn't have got a crowd.
The Tahs don't have a home while this is Allianz Stadium:
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Okay, a guardedly optimistic Blues supporter here.
The forwards, especially when OTA came on were excellent. Karl T is really looking the goods, made yards with every carry.
The fact that they were able to diffuse the 'Tahs mauls and were dominant in the scrum.
With Beaudy to come in and steer the cutter behind that pack has me looking forward to the remainder of the tournament.
And... Akira who?
Sotutu played really well and didn't deserve that yellow card. What has impressed me most is his work-rate. With him and Patty T working in tandem we have two imposing defenders.Akira came on and looks fat and disinterested, yet again. That guy just doesn't seem to have it between the ears. All the talent in the world but doesn't look to have the drive.
There was that one tackle where his jersey got pulled right up exposing his trunk and quite frankly, what you saw was very disappointing for what should be a first class athlete.
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Okay, a guardedly optimistic Blues supporter here.
The forwards, especially when OTA came on were excellent. Karl T is really looking the goods, made yards with every carry.
The fact that they were able to diffuse the 'Tahs mauls and were dominant in the scrum.
With Beaudy to come in and steer the cutter behind that pack has me looking forward to the remainder of the tournament.
And... Akira who?
Sotutu played really well and didn't deserve that yellow card. What has impressed me most is his work-rate. With him and Patty T working in tandem we have two imposing defenders.Akira came on and looks fat and disinterested, yet again. That guy just doesn't seem to have it between the ears. All the talent in the world but doesn't look to have the drive.
There was that one tackle where his jersey got pulled right up exposing his trunk and quite frankly, what you saw was very disappointing for what should be a first class athlete.
@RoninWC said in Waratahs vs Blues:
With Beaudy to come in and steer the cutter behind that pack has me looking forward to the remainder of the tournament.And... Akira who?
Sotutu played really well and didn't deserve that yellow card. What has impressed me most is his work-rate. With him and Patty T working in tandem we have two imposing defenders.Akira came on and looks fat and disinterested, yet again. That guy just doesn't seem to have it between the ears. All the talent in the world but doesn't look to have the drive.
There was that one tackle where his jersey got pulled right up exposing his trunk and quite frankly, what you saw was very disappointing for what should be a first class athlete.
So he's fa..., sorry, "working on his conditioning".
