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Waratahs v Blues

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
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    Some guesses for this weeks selection

    I presume Lam and Zarn will be missing? Maybe Telea too? So a back three of Clarke, Forbes & Tangitau/Heem?

    Ofa should come back. Maybe Papali'i's turn on the bench if they are comfortable having Angus as captain?

    McWhannell had a strange game he did a lot right but wound up on the wrong side of a lot of missed tackles. Perhaps he drops back to the bench and Beehre starts?

    Oh and back to a 5/3 split. Cashmore to cover ten

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    • NTAN Offline
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      #2

      Blues by 20

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      • NTAN NTA

        Blues by 20

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        nzzp
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        @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

        Blues by 20

        The cricket and now this? Really?

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        • nzzpN nzzp

          @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

          Blues by 20

          The cricket and now this? Really?

          NTAN Offline
          NTAN Offline
          NTA
          wrote on last edited by NTA
          #4

          @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

          @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

          Blues by 20

          The cricket and now this? Really?

          The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

          Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

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          • KiwiMurphK Online
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            KiwiMurph
            wrote on last edited by KiwiMurph
            #5

            I'd like to see someone other than Christie at 9.

            He simply is not a good enough player not to have pressure put on his spot in the team.

            Rewarding Funaki with a start after he put an in impressive shift on the wing makes sense to me.

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            • NTAN NTA

              @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

              @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

              Blues by 20

              The cricket and now this? Really?

              The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

              Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

              nzzpN Online
              nzzpN Online
              nzzp
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              #6

              @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

              @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

              @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

              Blues by 20

              The cricket and now this? Really?

              The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

              Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

              not twenty point favourites!

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              • nzzpN nzzp

                @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                Blues by 20

                The cricket and now this? Really?

                The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                not twenty point favourites!

                NTAN Offline
                NTAN Offline
                NTA
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                #7

                @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                Blues by 20

                The cricket and now this? Really?

                The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                not twenty point favourites!

                Fine. 17 points.

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                • NTAN NTA

                  @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  Blues by 20

                  The cricket and now this? Really?

                  The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                  Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                  not twenty point favourites!

                  Fine. 17 points.

                  nzzpN Online
                  nzzpN Online
                  nzzp
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                  #8

                  @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                  Blues by 20

                  The cricket and now this? Really?

                  The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                  Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                  not twenty point favourites!

                  Fine. 17 points.

                  1. My best offer.
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                  • NTAN NTA

                    @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    Blues by 20

                    The cricket and now this? Really?

                    The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                    Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                    not twenty point favourites!

                    Fine. 17 points.

                    nzzpN Online
                    nzzpN Online
                    nzzp
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                    #9

                    @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                    Blues by 20

                    The cricket and now this? Really?

                    The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                    Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                    not twenty point favourites!

                    Fine. 17 points.

                    seriously, though TAB has a 11.5 start for the Blues

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                    • A Offline
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                      African Monkey
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                      Last season I'd go into this game expecting a bonus point, this season however with how things have gone, you're gonna have to work a lot harder for your wins.

                      Jordan Lay is an underrated loss for us too.

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                      • nzzpN nzzp

                        @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        Blues by 20

                        The cricket and now this? Really?

                        The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                        Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                        not twenty point favourites!

                        Fine. 17 points.

                        1. My best offer.
                        NTAN Offline
                        NTAN Offline
                        NTA
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                        @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        @NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:

                        Blues by 20

                        The cricket and now this? Really?

                        The Tahs are due to have a good week given the pattern of bad-good-bad-good but it won't matter.

                        Are you saying the Blues aren't heavy favorites?

                        not twenty point favourites!

                        Fine. 17 points.

                        1. My best offer.

                        I'll take it because of Blues injuries.

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                        • DuluthD Offline
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                          Duluth
                          wrote on last edited by Duluth
                          #12

                          From a stuff article

                          All Blacks Ofa Tu’ungafasi and Caleb Clarke return to shore things up in their spots, while there were encouraging signs in-form fullback Zarn Sullivan’s head knock against the Canes might not be far-reaching.
                          
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                          • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                            I'd like to see someone other than Christie at 9.

                            He simply is not a good enough player not to have pressure put on his spot in the team.

                            Rewarding Funaki with a start after he put an in impressive shift on the wing makes sense to me.

                            KirwanK Offline
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                            Kirwan
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #13

                            @KiwiMurph said in Waratahs v Blues:

                            I'd like to see someone other than Christie at 9.

                            He simply is not a good enough player not to have pressure put on his spot in the team.

                            Rewarding Funaki with a start after he put an in impressive shift on the wing makes sense to me.

                            Funaki started the Highlanders game, so what you are asking for is already happening.

                            Whatever you think about Christie, there is a drop off when he's not there. What has happened is Funaki has claimed the number two spot (Nock has been terrible) and is pushing Christie hard, which is great.

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                            • KirwanK Kirwan

                              @KiwiMurph said in Waratahs v Blues:

                              I'd like to see someone other than Christie at 9.

                              He simply is not a good enough player not to have pressure put on his spot in the team.

                              Rewarding Funaki with a start after he put an in impressive shift on the wing makes sense to me.

                              Funaki started the Highlanders game, so what you are asking for is already happening.

                              Whatever you think about Christie, there is a drop off when he's not there. What has happened is Funaki has claimed the number two spot (Nock has been terrible) and is pushing Christie hard, which is great.

                              DuluthD Offline
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                              Duluth
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                              @Kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:

                              What has happened is Funaki has claimed the number two spot (Nock has been terrible) and is pushing Christie hard, which is great.

                              Nock has been his normal good pass mixed with brain farts

                              A completely unprovable criticism - imagine how bad Nock would've been if he had to play 65mins as a winger

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                              • DuluthD Duluth

                                @Kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:

                                What has happened is Funaki has claimed the number two spot (Nock has been terrible) and is pushing Christie hard, which is great.

                                Nock has been his normal good pass mixed with brain farts

                                A completely unprovable criticism - imagine how bad Nock would've been if he had to play 65mins as a winger

                                KirwanK Offline
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                                Kirwan
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                                @Duluth said in Waratahs v Blues:

                                @Kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:

                                What has happened is Funaki has claimed the number two spot (Nock has been terrible) and is pushing Christie hard, which is great.

                                Nock has been his normal good pass mixed with brain farts

                                A completely unprovable criticism - imagine how bad Nock would've been if he had to play 65mins as a winger

                                Certainly wouldn't have defended as well as Funaki did, nor would he have bumped people off cleaning up in the 22. Funaki was bloody excellent.

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                                  The ticket pricing structure for this match is not conducive to bigger crowds. $25 general admission at the ends, then $65 for anywhere decent, and $50 for a few random spots that are ok but not great seats.

                                  I've had two mates pull out as they'd rather watch on TV than the ends, and $65 is not worth it to them for franchise rugby.

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                                    ticket prices for everything have fucking skyrocketed. i was appalled by what i have to pay for an AFL and NRL game now.

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                                    • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                                      ticket prices for everything have fucking skyrocketed. i was appalled by what i have to pay for an AFL and NRL game now.

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                                      Nepia
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                                      @mariner4life said in Waratahs v Blues:

                                      ticket prices for everything have fucking skyrocketed. i was appalled by what i have to pay for an AFL and NRL game now.

                                      I don't notice it as much with the Warriors games, maybe as I'm never the one actually ordering the tickets as my uber Warriors fan mate always grabs them early and I just transfer whatever number he specifies.

                                      I guess I don't understand the economics of it as I would have thought lower prices and bigger crowds would be better than higher prices and smaller crowds.

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                                      • NepiaN Nepia

                                        @mariner4life said in Waratahs v Blues:

                                        ticket prices for everything have fucking skyrocketed. i was appalled by what i have to pay for an AFL and NRL game now.

                                        I don't notice it as much with the Warriors games, maybe as I'm never the one actually ordering the tickets as my uber Warriors fan mate always grabs them early and I just transfer whatever number he specifies.

                                        I guess I don't understand the economics of it as I would have thought lower prices and bigger crowds would be better than higher prices and smaller crowds.

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                                        KiwiMurph
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                                        @Nepia Tahs offered a 2 for 1 ticket deal for last week's match and all nsw school rugby players and junior referees get free entry.

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                                        • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                                          @Nepia Tahs offered a 2 for 1 ticket deal for last week's match and all nsw school rugby players and junior referees get free entry.

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                                          Nepia
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                                          @KiwiMurph said in Waratahs v Blues:

                                          @Nepia Tahs offered a 2 for 1 ticket deal for last week's match and all nsw school rugby players and junior referees get free entry.

                                          Well that doesn't help me and my middle aged mates this weekend. 😉

                                          Sadly, I haven't seen any deals this week.

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