Waratahs v Blues
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Tahs their own worst enemies at times - when down in that corner with 2 opposition flankers missing, get the fucking ball out of the scrum and use the extra space. As it was, the Blues tight five had clearly practiced a lot together and were better all night. Tahs have a real THP issue at the moment.
I'm not sure putting Hanigan in there helped the scrum TBH. Sure, Holz is a kid and was getting snapped, but we didn't have the same stability we did most of the year. Losing Porecki early didn't help.
Last penalty to level it up: why? Go for the corner, use your superior lineout, and try to come away with 5. Also uses up more time and the whole golden point thing is the last thing you need heading into finals.
The Blues are clearly doing good things in terms of culture and building depth. There were a LOT of errors - particularly the kicking game - but winning ugly is a good sign. Much better at the ruck as Gordon said post-game.
The Tahs played fairly well but it only coalesced in a short period after half time with the two tries. After that they fell away and just weren't accurate enough in the rest of the game.
Ultimately it changed nothing about the finals makeup at that point, the Ponies having lost
but now we face the prospect of any Aussie teams left being knocked out in the first week.Rebels need to do the Force a favour and win today by a lot.
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@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia Akira Ioane.
I saw his yellow. I thought there was another one. I must have misread the visuals on the screen.
@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia Akira Ioane.
I saw his yellow. I thought there was another one. I must have misread the visuals on the screen.
Choat was first, both for head high tackles.
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@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia Akira Ioane.
I saw his yellow. I thought there was another one. I must have misread the visuals on the screen.
Choat was first, both for head high tackles.
@Kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia Akira Ioane.
I saw his yellow. I thought there was another one. I must have misread the visuals on the screen.
Choat was first, both for head high tackles.
Ah cool, I saw the ref admonishing Choat but the highlights package didn't show him walking off.
Thanks guys. :thumbs_up_medium_skin_tone:
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@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia Akira Ioane.
I saw his yellow. I thought there was another one. I must have misread the visuals on the screen.
Choat was first, both for head high tackles.
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@KiwiMurph Team high count. He was one of my M.O.M. votes for that and that he was pretty much error free in an understandably messy kind of game.
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@Kirwan both looked pretty soft to me, the Choat one the attackers knee was almost on the ground, the Akira one looked like a scrag of the collar (although highlights didnt replay his one)
@taniwharugby said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Kirwan both looked pretty soft to me, the Choat one the attackers knee was almost on the ground, the Akira one looked like a scrag of the collar (although highlights didnt replay his one)
Just watching replay now. I thought the Akira one was super marginal head high - Choat a clear arm to the forehead, but Akira's was tough
just went full GAGR without the arrows. You can see him reach across and grab Blue 18 jersey. He rides him to the ground. It's high, but I don't think it was a head high. Marginal penalty for me
you can see him mid turn here
Still, it's in the books now. Remarkable effort by Lay to win a penalty at the scrum - shows the relative power of Romano and Godohue, compared to Darry I reckon
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@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia Akira Ioane.
I saw his yellow. I thought there was another one. I must have misread the visuals on the screen.
Choat was first, both for head high tackles.
@Kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia Akira Ioane.
I saw his yellow. I thought there was another one. I must have misread the visuals on the screen.
Choat was first, both for head high tackles.
One of them was direct yellow.
The other was just a penalty but they were on a warning for repeated offences. -
@taniwharugby said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Kirwan both looked pretty soft to me, the Choat one the attackers knee was almost on the ground, the Akira one looked like a scrag of the collar (although highlights didnt replay his one)
Just watching replay now. I thought the Akira one was super marginal head high - Choat a clear arm to the forehead, but Akira's was tough
just went full GAGR without the arrows. You can see him reach across and grab Blue 18 jersey. He rides him to the ground. It's high, but I don't think it was a head high. Marginal penalty for me
you can see him mid turn here
Still, it's in the books now. Remarkable effort by Lay to win a penalty at the scrum - shows the relative power of Romano and Godohue, compared to Darry I reckon
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@nzzp spot on re that power in the 2nd row ,hearing that Tom Robinson has taken another head knock and might be in doubt for the QF
@Steven-Harris another on top of the one during training last week?
Yikes
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