Waratahs v Blues
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@godder said in Waratahs v Blues:
If the Ockers want to be competitive, they need to ditch another team.
Haven't shown any promise from ditching one team. Ditching another one won't help.
The "development" "pathway" is utterly broken, and only getting worse as it contracts into the core of the private schools.
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Really enjoyed the chase of Ioane and good call by the ref - like others, it annoys me the number of times refs let people carry on after being tackled, similar to allowing turnovers by players flopped over rucks. (and on that note, what happened to the early weeks adjudication that hands weren't allowed once ruck is formed - seems to be back to the free for all now).
On Ioane's pace, a bit hard to judge as Tahs winger is obviously quick and didn't really haul him in so much as match him for pace over an extended distance. The most impressive part was that me actually made the tackle, see lots of chases like that where they get in position to make the tackle and fluff it.
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@nta said in Waratahs v Blues:
@godder said in Waratahs v Blues:
If the Ockers want to be competitive, they need to ditch another team.
Haven't shown any promise from ditching one team. Ditching another one won't help.
The "development" "pathway" is utterly broken, and only getting worse as it contracts into the core of the private schools.
I'm always happy to have a competition where the Australian contribution is to bend over and take it from our teams, but that's simply not sustainable for professional sport because the fans lose interest, followed by the local athletes losing interest in that sport as an option.
The success of the Brumbies with the leftovers blinded everyone to the point that there aren't enough good players in Queensland and NSW to support 4 or 5 fully professional teams. If the Rebels and Force had only recruited local players, it might have been different, but then they'd have been slaughtered even more than they were without recruiting at least some players from outside the catchment areas.
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@godder said in Waratahs v Blues:
I'm always happy to have a competition where the Australian contribution is to bend over and take it from our teams,
Really? I hadn't noticed ...
but that's simply not sustainable for professional sport because the fans lose interest, followed by the local athletes losing interest in that sport as an option.
Well you're looking at the death spiral. Nothing has really changed much on the domestic rugby front: unless you're an avid follower and/or have pay TV, you have no fucking idea which teams are from where.
But a couple of Wallabies victories and everything is right again
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@taniwharugby said in Waratahs v Blues:
don't worry guys, they will win this weekend and all will be well with the Blues...
Told ya
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Pffft hahaha that's it, switch off the life support, Aus Rugby is officially dead.
How did it come this far? It puts the woes of our Blues brethren in perspective when an entire country is this far gone.
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@mariner4life Jeffrey'd
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@kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:
@bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
That wasn't very smart from Ioane...
Had time to place it and go again
Could have popped it up to a support.
Having said that I didn't think he was held on replay. Did think he was at normal speed.
Watched recording this a.m. First half Peyper made some "interesting" calls IMO.
- The above
- Manu "past the horizontal": it wasn't but uf it was it should be a yellow
- contest in the air where it came forward of the Blues player and he was penalised
- Blues new player Parparly's (must have been his debut ... late replacement for Papali'i) high shot: I thought you removed the player who committed the offence when considering the "probable " outcome, thus probable try
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@mimic said in Waratahs v Blues:
@kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:
@bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
That wasn't very smart from Ioane...
Had time to place it and go again
If he was held, then I believe he would've placed it.. But he wasn't so he stood back up..
Even I didn't know he had to place the ball.. Does this rule apply to ankle taps?Don't think so. Not held you can go again can't you?
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@kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:
@gt12 said in Waratahs v Blues:
@steven-harris said in Waratahs v Blues:
All this pressure because Pulu has not taken responsibility of the exit and also guilty of throwing crap passes
This.
The exits and kicking are worse when he starts. Last 20? Off the bench? Sure. But he’s no starter. And captain, fucking ha ha.
Apparently the game plan is to try for 80m trys. Not kidding.
Worth 7 in some comps
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@kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:
@bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
Manu looks handy... Shitty pass from Duffie.
It was a no look pass, why?!? A basic pass would have been more effective
Saw him do that on a couple of occassions. Think it's his passing technique not a deliberate no look.
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@nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:
@gt12 said in Waratahs v Blues:
That Ioane call is hard. (Watching replay now)
made worse by commentators wanking on about how it's a great call
Hoiles. Fuck. The new Kearns.
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Consecutive posts. Made I laugh.
@kirwan said in Waratahs v Blues:
Thank fuck they kicked it.
@nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
Why did they kick that????
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@wurzel said in Waratahs v Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Waratahs v Blues:
On the upside - I thought Papali'i outplayed Hooper. Be nice of the commentators could learn now to pronounce his name.
Dalton and his family pronounce it Papali not Papali'i.
Really. My apologies to the Parparlys.
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@wurzel said in Waratahs v Blues:
@kiwimurph said in Waratahs v Blues:
On the upside - I thought Papali'i outplayed Hooper. Be nice of the commentators could learn now to pronounce his name.
Dalton and his family pronounce it Papali not Papali'i.
I wonder if the owner if the name gave up correcting them.
I guess this is what happens in intercultural relationships (assuming Dalton isn't full Samoan)
