Waratahs vs Sharks - RD5 2012

Speaking of which.. That's 2 in 2 minutes.. Bit too easy for Sharks to hit back there.

Sure early days but i have not seen a SA team look this confident and strong over a Tahs team at home for a long time. If i was a betting man I certainly would have lost money on this game.

One thing they really have gotten terribly wrong here though is bar service. Atrociously long lines caused by one of the most inefficient methods of serving patrons known to man.

How much would it cost to remodel them?

Right side defence from the tahs is very poor - Horne missed his man on the outside: i..e he was wrong footed..U10s stuff.
The tahs are running across field when they have the ball - as a result both Carter and Horne have been cleaned up metres behind the gain line on an inside switch to straighten the attack. Surely someone in Tah land has worked out that the Sharks are more than happy to let the tahs run at the side lines.you dont score tries running at the sidelines.
This is the first real Aussie game Ive watched this season: who is the ninkumpoop doing the Foxtel call?
B Foley looks sharp.
AAC's best play involved the advertising hoarding - he looks completely out of luck, timing and mojo.

I reckon Kearns should only call non-Tahs games, if possible.

Please don't ever drop Carter. He brings so much passion to the team.

This game is awesome, come on Tahs!

Entertaining stuff. Come on Tahs - get the 4th try.

Very important kick considering our discipline.

And they do!

Is this the attacking rugby the fans wanted? Great stuff.

TPN and Dean Mumm are on fire.

Come on Tahs, hold on. Discipline!!

Pollock is very lucky that the penalty he awarded for Carter failing to release did not decide the game. Is only the Tahs required to release the tackled player?
Good ticker but there are some awful options being taken on a regular basis - mind you if the refs are not going to police the release of the tackled player how can you run it from inside your own half..

One penalty and they get a 5m out lineout > rolling maul. Tahs need to find a turnover somewhere.

Mumm was awful in the first half.
Looked to me like carter was given the job to defend on the right of Horne and on the right hand short side - but the frigging shadow on the ground makes it mystery whats going on on the western side on TV

Carter seemed to think the Tahs fans had something to answer for..

Phew.

few things

-Maul defence is a joke, fix it
-Dicipline as a whole is still appaling
-Rob Horne. I believe in you but what's going on??

Sharks are such a good team right now, I don't know how the Tahs won that. Some great induvidual breaks and spot-on kicking probably got them there.

The Sharks are wheeling the maul around to the left for BdP to peel off and score/or get very close. Teams need to find a way to counter this, it's a very smart tactic.

Anyway, I'll be tipping both teams next week as they both looked strong.

That was highly entertaining in perfect weather. Should be more of this Saturday afternoon rugby stuff.

The Tahs need arvo rugby but it's very hard for them to get it with Sydney's market