Waratahs vs Hurricanes

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life It will be interesting to compare some of the team selections over the next few months with those of last season. Where does the new coach differ from the previous one, in case he has (almost) the same players available in some positions.

[Unite]

It’ll probably be a flogging ala Brumbies v Hurricanes a few years back. Happy to be proved wrong though!

[Canes4life]

@Unite with the Tahs, Saders, Ponies & then the Landers - it could be a very sobering start for the Canes. Also happy to be proved wrong.

[Hooroo]

@Nepia said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:

@antipodean Sounds like it will be a good crowd though - there's talk of it being a sellout at Brookvale.

I'm waiting on two options for free tickets - hopefully I don't miss out on buying tickets if they don't come through.

Ha ha! Good one! Super Rugby selling out big stadiums in Oz in Summer!

[KiwiMurph]

@Hooroo

I wouldn't call Brookvale Oval a big stadium but...

Waratahs looking at Super Rugby sellout

A move away from their long-time base at Allianz Stadium is expected to lift the NSW Waratahs' Super Rugby home crowds this season.

Last year's Australian conference champions are tracking for a rare sellout in their season-opener against the Hurricanes at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night.

[Hooroo]

@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@Hooroo

I wouldn't call Brookvale Oval a big stadium but...

Waratahs looking at Super Rugby sellout

A move away from their long-time base at Allianz Stadium is expected to lift the NSW Waratahs' Super Rugby home crowds this season.

Last year's Australian conference champions are tracking for a rare sellout in their season-opener against the Hurricanes at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night.

Well colour me shocked and pleasantly wrong!

[mariner4life]

@Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@Hooroo

I wouldn't call Brookvale Oval a big stadium but...

Waratahs looking at Super Rugby sellout

A move away from their long-time base at Allianz Stadium is expected to lift the NSW Waratahs' Super Rugby home crowds this season.

Last year's Australian conference champions are tracking for a rare sellout in their season-opener against the Hurricanes at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night.

Well colour me shocked and pleasantly wrong!

Brookvale is a toilet

Also, for most of the year

[NTA]

@mariner4life describes most of the NRL's "suburban" grounds. They're fucking awful.

[KiwiMurph]

Referee Angus Gardner
AR1	Ben O'Keeffe
AR2	Damon Murphy
TMO James Leckie

[antipodean]

@KiwiMurph well that's a lottery

[KiwiMurph]

@antipodean A lottery would be O'Thief as the main ref (sorry Brumbies-Rebels). Gardner is the reigning World Rugby Referee of the Year.

[antipodean]

@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@antipodean A lottery would be O'Thief as the main ref (sorry Brumbies-Rebels). Gardner is the reigning World Rugby Referee of the Year.

WHich should tell you two things:

1. the state of refereeing generally, and
2. the ability of World Rugby to determine a good ref.

[KiwiMurph]

@antipodean it tells me the level of your dislike for Gardner. Hopefully he's not a factor in this weekend's game.

[Machpants]

Yeah he's pretty good, compared to the French refs especially

[antipodean]

@Machpants said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

Yeah he's pretty good, compared to the French refs especially

See my previous point. A ref that doesn't know the laws is a shit ref.

[Nepia]

@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@Machpants said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

Yeah he's pretty good, compared to the French refs especially

See my previous point. A ref that doesn't know the laws is a shit ref.

Therefore, all refs are shit - but Gardner is at least good at the laws he does know.

[antipodean]

@Nepia said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@Machpants said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

Yeah he's pretty good, compared to the French refs especially

See my previous point. A ref that doesn't know the laws is a shit ref.

Therefore, all refs are shit - but Gardner is at least good at the laws he does know.

I guess that excludes the tackle and quick tap laws then...

[Nepia]

@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@Nepia said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

@Machpants said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

Yeah he's pretty good, compared to the French refs especially

See my previous point. A ref that doesn't know the laws is a shit ref.

Therefore, all refs are shit - but Gardner is at least good at the laws he does know.

I guess that excludes the tackle and quick tap laws then...

I don't know which specific laws each ref knows or doesn't know, clearly you have a beef with Garnder, myself and others don't have an issue with him. I'd rather he ref a game with my team in it than (for a couple of examples) any french ref or Hometown Jackson, even if it's a hometown game.

[mariner4life]

jesus fuck. the season hasn't even started yet and we have a ref whinge going on

fucking australian super rugby fans are the absolute worst

[NTA]

@mariner4life said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:

jesus fuck. the season hasn't even started yet and we have a ref whinge going on

fucking australian super rugby fans are the absolute worst

Both of them!