Waratahs v British Lions
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Waratahs team v British & Irish Lions: Tongan Thor part of strong Wallabies presence for tour clash
The Waratahs have named seven Wallabies in their matchday squad for Saturday's eagerly anticipated clash against the British & Irish Lions in Sydney.
15 Lawson Creighton, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Lalakai Foketi, 12 Joey Walton, 11 Darby Lancaster, 10 Jack Bowen, 9 Teddy Wilson, 8 Hugh Sinclair (c), 7 Charlie Gamble, 6 Rob Leota, 5 Miles Amatosero, 4 Fergus Lee-Warner, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Ethan Dobbins, 1 Tom Lambert
Replacements: 16 Mahe Vailanu, 17 Jack Barrett, 18 Daniel Botha, 19 Matt Philip, 20 Jamie Adamson, 21 Jack Grant, 22 Tane Edmed, 23 Henry O’Donnell
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Should go the same way as the first two matches
Competitive until it isn't
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Lions
Keenan, Hansen, Jones, Tuipulotu, Kinghorn, Smith, Mitchell
Schoeman, Cowan-Dickie, Bealham, Beirne, Ryan, Pollock, Van der Flier, EarlReplacements:
Sheehan, Genge, Furlong, McCarthy, Cummings, Morgan
White, M SmithWorking out who's going to be back row cover
Game time for Keenan and Kinghorn
If the Jock midfield fire they'll start the first test
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@MiketheSnow I like that backline, Hansen looks a bit of a spare part though.
He'll have a stormer now.
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Looking at the original squad selection I feel that the back row would start to look a little congested around the No7 shirt, with three out and out 7s plus Earl who plays his best rugby at 7 and Curry who is adept at both 6 & 7. But four matches in and we've had only two starters at 7 - Morgan and JVdF, which seems to me to say that the others are considered as utility players. Before this tour I'd have picked VdF above Morgan but from what we've seen so far I'm leaning the other way.
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@MiketheSnow said in Waratahs v British Lions:
Should go the same way as the first two matches
Competitive until it isn't
Yup, the home sides play on emotion early and are usually good for the first 30 until the pace of the game gets to them and the benches come on where one is proper test quality (obviously), and the other is fringe SR players.
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@MiketheSnow said in Waratahs v British Lions:
Pollock, Van der Flier, Earl
Farrell making the same mistake as Razor - trying to squeeze players onto the field as his first concern rather than where they best fit and complement each other.
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@Catogrande Pollock being picked at 8 and 6, when his best position is 7, feels to be me like they are prepping him for the bench.
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This will be a absolute flogging. Probably a similar score to the Crusaders Waratahs game in 2002.
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@MacDazzler said in Waratahs v British Lions:
This will be an absolutely flogging. Probably a similar score to the Crusaders Waratahs game in 2002.
Sweet. Looking forward to Kinghorns four tries as he’s plying the same position as Caleb Ralph
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@MN5 said in Waratahs v British Lions:
Pretty easy to see four, maybe five Scots in the test backline so far.
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Tupou popped Schoeman and Williams doesn't reward him.
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I'm sitting in bed at home, recovering from whatever the fuck illness this is
A mate over from NZ along with 3 guys from my Rugby club are at the stadium having spent an afternoon getting to know each other over a beer. To say I'm pissed off and jealous doesn't even cut it
