Waratahs v Rebels

[Duluth]

Waratahs
Angus Bell, Dave Porecki, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Hugh Sinclair, Max Douglas, Lachlan Swinton, Carlo Tizzano, Will Harris, Jake Gordon (c), Ben Donaldson, James Ramm, Lalakai Foketi, Izaia Perese, Alex Newsome, Jack Maddocks
Reserves: Joe Cotton, Tetera Faulkner, Darcy Breen, Jeremy Williams, Michael Wood, Charlie Gamble, Jack Grant, Tane Edmed

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Rebels
Cameron Orr, Jordan Uelese, Cabous Eloff, Rob Leota, Ross Haylett-Petty, Michael Wells, Brad Wilkin, Isi Naisarani, Joe Powell, Matt To'omua (c), Marika Koroibete, Campbell Magnay, Stacey Ili, Frank Lomani, Tom Pincus
Reserves: James Hanson, Matt Gibbon, Pone Fa'amausili, Steve Cummins, Richard Hardwick, Josh Kemeny, Carter Gordon, George Worth

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Team	Played	Won	+/-	Bonus	Points
Queensland Reds	7	7	104	4	32
Brumbies	8	6	102	5	29
Western Force	7	3	-48	2	14
Rebels	7	2	-15	4	12
NSW Waratahs	7	0	-143	3	3

Reds already in the final
Brumbies already in the qualifying final

Rebels can make the qualifying final if they win and the Force lose

Tahs still without a win

[Gunner]

@duluth said in Force v Reds:

Team	Played	Won	+/-	Bonus	Points
NSW Waratahs	7	0	-143	3	3

:face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Is it wrong that this gives me more enjoyment than it probably should.

[Duluth]

@gunner said in Waratahs v Rebels:

Is it wrong that this gives me more enjoyment than it probably should.

Oh it's funny

Terrible for rugby in that part of the world that such a huge market is fucked though

[NTA]

3 close losses and a bunch of blowouts.

[Higgins]

No sign of Sam Caird yet again. Oh yes there is if you are intending on attending the 3.30pm match at the Glen Willow Stadium in Mudgee where you will see him fronting up for Sydney Uni in their Shute Shield encounter with Eastwood.

https://www.sydneyunirugby.com.au/team-list.html

Obviously limited opportunities with a very limited Super Team over there have hounded him after his limited opportunities over here.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300148666/giant-lock-sam-caird-is-leaving-new-zealand-for-super-rugby-chance-with-the-waratahs

[Duluth]

@higgins said in Waratahs v Rebels:

Obviously limited opportunities with a very limited Super Team

Caird had 5 starts in a row at the beginning of the season. He looked out of his depth

[NTA]

@duluth said in Waratahs v Rebels:

@higgins said in Waratahs v Rebels:

Obviously limited opportunities with a very limited Super Team

Caird had 5 starts in a row at the beginning of the season. He looked out of his depth

Unfortunately a few of those were next to The Big No aka Jack Whetton. For a couple of big lads, they're less than the sum of their parts. I thought Caird was alright around the park but the scrum push was terrible when they were on together.

[NTA]

@higgins said in Waratahs v Rebels:

No sign of Sam Caird yet again. Oh yes there is if you are intending on attending the 3.30pm match at the Glen Willow Stadium in Mudgee where you will see him fronting up for Sydney Uni in their Shute Shield encounter with Eastwood.

P.S. Don't see him on the team sheet, unless he's playing the part of the second Grade trophy aka Colin Caird.

[Duluth]

@nta

Whetton’s mobility was the worst thing, maybe he had a niggle? Considerably below his NZ standard. In the Force game Whetton looked like he was putting in a huge effort to catch up to a break then you could see Thrush gently jog past him.

[Higgins]

@nta He was on it yesterday (with an asterix next to his name) so they must have either dropped him or he was won a recall to the Waratah train wreck. Will see what I can get from my contacts at Sydney Uni (two of my nephews play there).

[Higgins]

@nta Can confirm the text of return text is "Nephew is saying Caird is a late call up to Tahs duties" He did not elaborate on what the Tahs duties entails.

[Stargazer]

Stacey Ili scoring a very quick try for the Rebels.

[Stargazer]

Handbags.

[Stargazer]

Red?

[Stargazer]

Naisarani goneburgers.

[Bones]

That's a bullshit call. Naisarani was bent horizontal. No mitigation eh, sure.

[Stargazer]

@bones Yeah, not sure what he was supposed to do.

[Bones]

@stargazer I'm perplexed as to how the officials ignored that completely. It was pretty clear the ball carrier was stooping if Naisarani is bent right over to hit him, only thing he could have done is drop to his knees.

[Stargazer]

@bones Hopefully, the Foul Play Review Committee gets it right.

[Stargazer]

Not the best clip. There were better camera angles, I think ...

https://twitter.com/rugbycomau/status/1385911242536067074