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Darby Loudon (17)
I’d certainly be happy if the Tahs had as much ticker as you clearly do, my friend.
Round 3: Waratahs v Highlanders - Friday 8 March 2024
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Simon Poidevin (60)
Is this still about defining mongrel?
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Nev Cottrell (35)
They won't be that great they only just beat a terrible Tahs side
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Watty Friend (18)
Ordinary
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Peter Burge (5)
What's the story with Miles? They talked him up big time but he has had minimal impact to date. Seems to have a very low work rate.
Edmed was probably feeling the pressure of all the premature Wallaby talk. Not his best night.
Based on that performance tonight, both teams will struggle to make the top 8.
Edmed was probably feeling the pressure of all the premature Wallaby talk. Not his best night.
Based on that performance tonight, both teams will struggle to make the top 8.
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George Gregan (70)
Fortunately pulled myself short on going twice in a row. One win over the Crusaders live will do me for the next five years really.
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George Gregan (70)
What? He (should be) light years from a Wallaby cap (but may not be which is depresso)
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George Gregan (70)
Practice. Rugby is about pushing the boundaries the ref has set. If you are constantly learning how to push that line from game to game you get very good at it.
If you come from a very competitive environment you learn to garner whatever advantage you can. Their development just lends itself to knowing how and when to push the ref.
Its bullshit to say that the kiwis cheat or whatever. Rugby is basically about cheating to the extent you can and they are good at it.
Edit: Haka is cheating bullshit fuck you
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Steve Williams (59)
I wish he stayed injury free. Such a gun
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Steve Williams (59)
I get that. And play the whistle for sure. But as soon as the tahs do it it gets penalised. Same in the rebels game. It's inconsistent and tahs got unlucky
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Did the 'tahs captain say anything to the ref? If he did & got ignored that's unacceptable & an issue for his ref's assessment; if not he has to wear it.
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Tim Horan (67)
Unfortuneaely mate the trouble with many so called supporters. They support winning, but not teams as such? I would suggest Tahs suppoerters should be out there giving them support , it does help I believe.
Anyway I was pleased for the Clan, though (like Reds/Canes last week) I wouldn't of been too upset if the last kick went over, not a lot between the team. I had been a bit concerned for Clan with Harmon and Withey being dropped to bench, but what was I thinking?? I also had been a bit wooried with no lock cover, but they fortunately lasted the game.
So ......................... for long periods of this game the Tahs were getting though contact and yet at no time did we look like leveraging that advantage
The clan played rope a dope, absorb the pressure, wait for the turnover and pounce. Spread the ball wide through effective catch pass (the stuff in front of the receiver and chest height (the basic stuff we can't do))
I don't know what Coleman's game plan has beyond crash ball trying to speed up play and hope that a back gets a one on one
I don't get the Edmed love, he is an effective kicker (usually) and defender but his distribution is pedestrian. His running is seems to be dear in headlights stuff when his outsides are covered. But the runners outside him are so static, so my caveat is what is the plan? Where are the runners giving him options? Which outside units are talking to him about where the opportunities are etc etc
And Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) ....................................... another physically talented kid who would rather do the fancy stuff than the basics, like dive on the f*cking ball, put your body on the line, f*ckin kick pass.
The clan played rope a dope, absorb the pressure, wait for the turnover and pounce. Spread the ball wide through effective catch pass (the stuff in front of the receiver and chest height (the basic stuff we can't do))
I don't know what Coleman's game plan has beyond crash ball trying to speed up play and hope that a back gets a one on one
I don't get the Edmed love, he is an effective kicker (usually) and defender but his distribution is pedestrian. His running is seems to be dear in headlights stuff when his outsides are covered. But the runners outside him are so static, so my caveat is what is the plan? Where are the runners giving him options? Which outside units are talking to him about where the opportunities are etc etc
And Mark N (Nawaqanitawase) ....................................... another physically talented kid who would rather do the fancy stuff than the basics, like dive on the f*cking ball, put your body on the line, f*ckin kick pass.
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Almost as badly as Gleeson. I thought our backrow was average in supporting the runner and attacking the breakdown. Gordon went back to his pointing and taking his time, a Wallaby contender he ain't (unless he plays every week like last week).
The Tahs played that game at only 75% of what they put in last week. Should have, could have - BUT didn't.
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David Codey (61)
That's not the spot where the penalty was given, that's the spot where Murphy calls advantage. The commentary at the time states it's a late penalty call. When he does go back for the penalty Murphy can be heard saying "Let's get this mark right" and appears to get the location on comms, from an AR or TMO (most likely AR given the current setup). That's likely also where the penalty call came from.