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You should be thankful for its existence - Australia would have considerably more depth, skill and power were it not for this game ;-). Just imagine if the NRL happened to be a Union competition what effect that would have on the Wallabies. As for the Shawks... Jake White needs to understand...

God I hope the 'Tahs can do this... but at the same time I have this nagging feeling that if the Brumbies could choke us for territory then the Crusaders will find it pretty easy too, only they'll be far more dangerous with the field position. The boys have been awesome all season, but the...

I'm far from a wealthy man, but I'd happily spend twice that for this game.

The Semi Final was a big deal, but the Grand Final is bigger and it's against a team that historically draws some the largest home crowds for the Tahs. The location of the stadium is an issue for the round robin, but for the grand final no one will give a flying fuck unless they aren't really...

I seriously think it's possible for them to get 70-80k. The rarity of the event, the large kiwi expat population, the likely interest from your more casual sports fans. I meaning fucking hell in almost 20 years this is the first ever home final nsw have had! Surely the public has to get pumped...

Fucking oath. Nothing worse than being at a home game in Aus and being in the bloody minority... Like when I went to the Bledisloe at the MCG a few years back - more black than gold at that fucking place! Good thing we won haha.

Agree. I obviously prefer the SFS for its proximity and it's better suitability to watching any football code played in a rectangular ground, but no force on this planet will prevent me going to our first ever home final! If we could get 80k screaming Waratahs fans going nuts like we did this...

Homebush is a mission for people from the East and North, but perfect for people out west (hence why 30k rocked up for the last Brumbies game there), so hopefully the rarity of the event will see every 'Tahs fan - even the part timers - out there in force no matter where in Sydney they live. On...

Atmosphere was absolutely immense mate! Best Waratahs game I've ever been to and probably one of the best full stop in terms of atmosphere. Shame it wasn't a sell out, but it sure looked and felt like it was.

That game was fucking intense! Set piece was a bit of a nightmare again, and the brumbies insistence on going for the try really made our defence work, but also saved us conceding easy points. Atmosphere and intensity of the match was just insane - I'm pretty well ready to buy my Tahs...

True, which is why it's so good for Australian Rugby to have sides like the Brumbies, Force and Rebels - it gives those guys who've been passed over a chance to shine. Seriously can't wait to see the Wallabies back line in action though after all this - having Speight and Folau linking up...

Don't take it personally mate, it's all just trash talk to counter the crap from some of the cockier trash-talking Brumbies boys like Tomikin here. Canberra certainly punches above its weight, but let's not forget most of its players are products of the NSW and Qld development systems.

If the Tahs win it will be a massive for Rugby in Sydney. Seriously, so many people have been waiting for a win for so long that they ought to get a parade if they can go all the way. That said, the management under Cheika have made a real point of focussing on the playing philosophy first and...

Yeah mate, massively nervous for this one - going to be an insane atmosphere with it looking like 40k+ ... The boys haven't said a word in their favour all year, keeping things very low key and just going about their business though (none of this "this is our time" BS that we've heard in prior...

Realistically it's one day, and that shouldn't have stopped them playing the Sharks-Saders today - which is another way to split it. I also think that you're almost certain to get higher TV ratings by splitting it, as casual fans often don't watch back to back matches.

Mate, I lived there for two years. Sundays were always a nightmate - it's like being on the set of the fucking walking dead after midday. Seriously, the place is Australia's biggest sinkhole ;-).

On related topic - why the fuck are both finals games on the same day and back to back? Stupidest fucking scheduling... Why not have one on the Sunday? Or at least spread them out enough that both sets of fans going to the games can watch them.

Wait... Hang on I just need to go check something. Ah, there it is: http://www.superxv.com/m/table.asp Where are the Brumbies again? Oh, and seriously... even if it was true that Canberra had the "best rugby team" all your shops close at 4pm.

They weren't - played poorly away all season in '04. We beat them at home that year and you lot got to play them in Australia's most life sapping "city" - they were always gonna do it tough ;-) . In 2005 they were tougher and finished on top.

You mean like a couple years back when the Brumbies recruited pretty well the entire Wallabies squad, earning the nick name the Aussie "Real Madrid", and they did... nothing? As for the Tahs, well, they've made two finals in two seasons where they were out and out the best Aussie team by miles...