Waratahs v Fijian Drua

NTA

You'd think the Tahs are going to take this one.

You'd think

KiwiMurph

Good idea to have Wallaroos vs Fijiana as the curtain raiser.

Duluth

Tahs had to make a lot of tackles in the first 8mins

Duluth

That was pretty good by the Tahs. Loads of inside balls keeping them honest and then nailed the passes when they went wide

5-3

nzzp

Tahs had to make a lot of tackles in the first 8mins

Drua look very physical. Tough side to beat -a dn they are starting to ride some waves of penalties. Hooper's skating on very thin ice

Duluth

YC?

nzzp

Jeez, casual coathanger from Drua 7. Possible red?

Stargazer

Terrible coathanger. Definitely a card, but which colour will O'Keefe give?

nzzp

WTAF - only a penalty? I have no idea what the framework is any more.

Stargazer

Huh?

Duluth

SR refereeing getting further and further away from the rest of the world

nzzp

So I get
Yes, Yes and then an argument about whether it was moderate or high danger.

The 'off the ball' nature escalates for me. Plus the sheer stupidity - Hooper was so close to a card. Dumb, dumb dumb and then lucky.

Did anyone hear the justification?

Stargazer

@nzzp Not sure, but I think I heard O'Keefe say something like the arm hit the shoulder, so I assume that means there was no head contact.

Duluth

Nice pass Jorgensen

KiwiMurph

There's not much to the Drua attack offloads aside.

Perese offers little. Just tucks and runs ineffectively

Duluth

Hooper 5 missed tackles in that half. He had a few sloppy games on defence earlier in the season too.

Stargazer

Hmm, that Drua player being pushed into touch looked dodgy to me.

Duluth

Tahs have attempted 216 tackles, Drua 100. Tahs might fade in the last quarter

Duluth

Ha that was good. Mark N with the casual pass and then Waltons pass somehow managed to stick

20-13 Tahs

KiwiMurph

@Duluth horrendous midfield clearing kick by Drua and Tahs make them pay.

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