Waratahs vs Hurricanes
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First match (Tahs vs Canes) could be a cripple fight as both teams seem to have problems finding fit props.
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@antipodean Sounds like it will be a good crowd though - there's talk of it being a sellout at Brookvale.
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@antipodean The rest of that Tahs side looks fairly stacked with Wallabies though, will be a bloody tough job going over there and tipping them over without much of a tight five and no Beaudy.
I'm picking they will run with something like this:
- ? 2. Latu 3. Kepu 4. Simmons 5. Hollaway 6. Hannigan 7. Hooper 8. Dempsey 9. Phipps/Gordon 10. Foley 11. Rona 12. Beale 13. Hunt 14. Ashley Cooper 15. Folau
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@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.
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@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.
Saturday evening in Manly, very nice. Two problems; Manly residents and capacity.
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@antipodean third problem - the state of the pitch.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
@antipodean The rest of that Tahs side looks fairly stacked with Wallabies though, will be a bloody tough job going over there and tipping them over without much of a tight five and no Beaudy.
I'm picking they will run with something like this:
- ? 2. Latu 3. Kepu 4. Simmons 5. Hollaway 6. Hannigan 7. Hooper 8. Dempsey 9. Phipps/Gordon 10. Foley 11. Rona 12. Beale 13. Hunt 14. Ashley Cooper 15. Folau
Yes, we should win comfortably.
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From yesterdays news on a fairly hefty injury toll to the tight five I think the 23 to face the Tahs will look somthing like this:
- Armstrong
- Coles (c)
- Eves
- Cridge
- Walker-Leawere
- Fifita
- Henwood
- Savea
- Perenara
- Smith
- Lam
- Laumape
- Proctor
- Aso
- Barrett
- Aumua
- Numia
- May
- Mitchell
- Blackwell
- Christie
- Garden Bachop
- Rayasi
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@Canes4life at least the backline will get a lot of tackle practice before the big games.
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@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.
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@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!
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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. -
@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
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!
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@Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
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
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@mariner4life describes most of the NRL's "suburban" grounds. They're fucking awful.
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@KiwiMurph well that's a lottery
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@antipodean A lottery would be O'Thief as the main ref (sorry Brumbies-Rebels). Gardner is the reigning World Rugby Referee of the Year.
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@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:
- the state of refereeing generally, and
- the ability of World Rugby to determine a good ref.
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@antipodean it tells me the level of your dislike for Gardner. Hopefully he's not a factor in this weekend's game.
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@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.
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@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
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@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...
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@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.
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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
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@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!
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@NTA said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@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!
It must be time for the super rugby fan in North Queensland to rant about SBW...
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@antipodean Nah - @mariner4life is still filthy that his mate Brad Thorn let all the talent go from his beloved Reds.
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good to see a good portion of the "fans" of Super Rugby's biggest underachievers are up and about early this year. I guess reality hasn't kicked in yet.
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@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@NTA said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@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!
It must be time for the super rugby fan in North Queensland to rant about SBW...
@MN5 has copyrighted ranting about SBW for 2019.
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@mariner4life are you talking about the Tahs or the Canes? Just need to know if I should be triggered or not.
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@Nepia said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@NTA said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@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!
It must be time for the super rugby fan in North Queensland to rant about SBW...
@MN5 has copyrighted ranting about SBW for 2019.
In his defense at least he is talking about a player that is actually still playing.
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@No-Quarter said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@mariner4life are you talking about the Tahs or the Canes? Just need to know if I should be triggered or not.
well, i was talking about the 'tahs.
But happy to roll with the 'canes as well.
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@No-Quarter said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@NTA said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@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!
It must be time for the super rugby fan in North Queensland to rant about SBW...
@MN5 has copyrighted ranting about SBW for 2019.
In his defense at least he is talking about a player that is actually still playing.
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@No-Quarter said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@antipodean said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@NTA said in Waratahs vs Hurricanes:
@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!
It must be time for the super rugby fan in North Queensland to rant about SBW...
@MN5 has copyrighted ranting about SBW for 2019.
In his defense at least he is talking about a player that is actually still playing.
Hopefully not for much fucken longer.
Overrated shitcunt.
I'll watch as many blues games as I can just to whinge about him.
