Waratahs v Crusaders

[Derpus]

@KiwiMurph I'm here. Chuffed with that.

[sparky]

Well done the Tahs, pleased for @NTA.

[Bovidae]

@Kirwan said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

Tahs 11 is my MOM

As a back, he just needs to avoid joining mauls.

The Tahs are much improved under Coleman.

[Kirwan]

@Bovidae said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

@Kirwan said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

Tahs 11 is my MOM

As a back, he just needs to avoid joining mauls.

The Tahs are much improved under Coleman.

Felt like he learned a new Law tonight.

[chimoaus]

I hope Fozzie was taking notes.

[Derpus]

I dont want to come across as whining about the ref but the bloke who ended Hoopers night with a high tackle should have already been sent from the field a few minutes earlier for direct contact to the head.

O'Keefe failed on the player safety front IMO.

[Kirwan]

@Derpus said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

I dont want to come across as whining about the ref but the bloke who ended Hoopers night with a high tackle should have already been sent from the field a few minutes earlier for direct contact to the head.

O'Keefe failed on the player safety front IMO.

At least a penalty. Have seen similar get carded, most agreed live with that view.

The second was awful. Scott Barrett level awful.

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

Didn't realize Dalzell was a Chiefs WTG member this year.

He played for the Chiefs in that game of 3 halves in Queenstown.

Dalzell has obviously been taking tackling lessons from Barrett.

[antipodean]

@Derpus said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

I dont want to come across as whining about the ref but the bloke who ended Hoopers night with a high tackle should have already been sent from the field a few minutes earlier for direct contact to the head.

O'Keefe failed on the player safety front IMO.

A penalty for the technical violation, sure. But if you're sending players from the field because they bend over and inadvertently knock heads with a player who is spinning and dipping, the game is ruined.

[Derpus]

@antipodean he was spinning but barely dipped at all. Defender made no effort to lower his body height.

[Kirwan]

@Derpus said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

@antipodean he was spinning but barely dipped at all. Defender made no effort to lower his body height.

Second part isn’t true, he was just tall. He bent at the hips, that’s the main thing that saved him.

Should have been a penalty IMO, he still hit the guy high.

[Frank]

@antipodean said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

Havili and Goodhue demonstrated they're not the answer for the All Black's midfield.

@Kirwan said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

I think being outside DH was the biggest problem for him,

@antipodean said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

Whitelock looked old tonight. Crusaders backrow badly dominated too.

My Safe White boy XV looks bang on and I think I might add Cullen Grace after tonight.

[Frank]

You an count on Havili to go missing when the pressure comes on.

[Tim]

Didn't watch the game, but how bad would Blackadder have been?

[Tim]

Man, who was the ref? One assumes ....

[Kirwan]

@Tim said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

Didn't watch the game, but how bad would Blackadder have been?

All the loosies were inaccurate so he would have fit right in.

[Mattasaurus]

@Tim they missed him badly

[Derpus]

@Frank Havili doesn't seem like a centre to me.

[Victor Meldrew]

@number9 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

So what is Fossie going to do now Sader Blacks were terrible. Tahs Loosies were awesome.

On the plus side, Jack Goodhue was starting to get back into his traps in the last 30 minutes and Reece seemed to do OK.

[NTA]

@sparky said in Waratahs v Crusaders:

Well done the Tahs, pleased for @NTA.

Cheers.

Missed most of it as I'm at my son's 18th birthday party while simultaneously having a migraine. Something to do with playing most of first grade at THP I think.

First two tries were nice. Dylan Pietsch is the ex-7s player who had been threatening for a while.

Coleman has given these guys work ethic.