Brumbies v Waratahs

Duluth

AAP & Nathan Williamson / Mar 1, 2022

‘We bloody love it’: Rivalry brewing for Brumbies as Waratahs hunt for revenge

Brumbies prop Tom Ross couldn't hide his excitement as they prepare for 'Tah Week.'

Brumbies

James Slipper, Folau Fainga'a, Allan Alaalatoa (c), Darcy Swain, Nick Frost, Rob Valetini, Jahrome Brown, Pete Samu, Nic White, Noah Lolesio, Andy Muirhead, Irae Simone, Len Ikitau, Tom Wright, Tom Banks

Reserves: Billy Pollard, Scott Sio, Tom Ross, Ed Kennedy, Luke Reimer, Ryan Lonergan, Chris Feauai-Sautia, Jesse Mogg

Waratahs

Angus Bell, Dave Porecki, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Jed Holloway, Jeremy Williams, Hugh Sinclair, Charlie Gamble, Will Harris, Jake Gordon (c), Ben Donaldson, James Turner, Lalakai Foketi, Izaia Perese, Dylan Pietsch, Alex Newsome

Reserves: Tom Horton, Tetetra Faulkner, Ruan Smith, Max Douglas, Langi Gleeson, Carlo Tizzano, Will Harrison, Tevita Funa

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Ponies by a few in a wet Canboring.

Bovidae

@nta What is the injury status of Cridge? I did read something about a possible fracture.

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@bovidae said in Brumbies v Waratahs:

@nta What is the injury status of Cridge? I did read something about a possible fracture.

The commentator on Friday night reported that Cridge "heard a crack" when he went down, but no more info than "nursing an ankle injury" since. He's not available this weekend.

And that means our scrum isn't going to be anywhere near as good.

Duluth

I didn’t notice Harrison is covering halfback

Nathan Williamson / Mar 3, 2022

Waratahs back Harrison with shock scrum half shift

The Waratahs have thrown their support behind Will Harrison to slot into scrumhalf as they prepare for Saturday's clash against the Brumbies at GIO Stadium.

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@duluth "... IF Gordon has to come off for some reason" being the missing part of that headline, of course.

The guys sitting on the Tahs bench for 9 will not get a lot of minutes this year unless we're thrashing someone. Which is a shame in a way because Jack Grant has quick delivery and is quick to rucks.

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Late changes to Tahs - Turner out, Funa to ring, Roberts onto a 6-2 bench.

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Weather is shit. Rubbish penalty against the Tahs scrum called from the AR

antipodean

Nice exit kick Donaldson.

Carrying on from where he left off last game.

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Brumbies already going the niggle with Swain pulling players through the back of the Tahs ruck.

Their ball speed is good and that try was deserved.

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@antipodean said in Brumbies v Waratahs:

Nice exit kick Donaldson.

Carrying on from where he left off last game.

Harrison on the bench, but he's also the reserve half, so ....

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Try blown at 04:50
Kick taken at 06:19

Why do we bother with the pretense of keeping time for these things?

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Swain being a fuckhead again at the restart

antipodean

How does this clown of a ref not see Slipper's arse pointing at him?

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@antipodean said in Brumbies v Waratahs:

How does this clown of a ref not see Slipper's arse pointing at him?

Berry doesn't have the greatest grasp of scrums.

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I'm about 4 minutes behind, but Alaalatoa tried and offload and the chasing Brumbies player knocked it on. WTF?

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Brumbies get a sniff of momentum and score another try. Tahs aren't going to do this scoring in 3s.

Donaldson pissed away the best break we have in the game of course.

Duluth

Soft

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Wright has the brain of a pea.

Which is to say: leaguie.

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@duluth said in Brumbies v Waratahs: