Waratahs vs Sunwolves
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Israel Folau, Cam Clark, Karmichael Hunt, Kurtley Beale, Alex Newsome, Mack Mason, Nick Phipps, Michael Wells, Michael Hooper (c), Lachlan Swinton, Rob Simmons, Ned Hanigan, Sekope Kepu, Damien Fitzpatrick, Harry Johnson-Holmes
Reserves: Andrew Tuala, Rory O’Connor, Chris Talakai, Ryan McCauley, Tom Staniforth, Jake Gordon, Lalakai Foketi, John Folau
Ryohei Yamanaka, Gerhard van den Heever, Jason Emery, Harumichi Tatakawa, Semisi Masirewa, Hayden Parker, Kaito Shigeno, Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco, Dan Pryor (c), Hendrik Tui, Uwe Helu, Grant Hattingh, Jiwon Koo, Jaba Bregvadze, Pauliasi Manu
Reserves: Nathan Vella, Masataka Mikami, Takuma Asahara, Mark Abbott, Kara Pryor, Fumiaki Tanaka, Takuya Yamasawa, Josh Timu
Israel's brother John on the bench for the Tahs
Is he any good? I presume he didn't have much of an impact in league?
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@Duluth said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
So Sunwolves started in Singapore, next stop Tokyo, then Hamilton, Albany, back to Tokyo, onto Singapore and now off to Aus for 2 more games, a bye, then back to back games in Tokyo before heading back to Aus to face the Reds and Brumbies, then on to SA....nice scehduling.
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@taniwharugby And they're playing in Newcastle which is a couple of hours up the coast from Sydney. Part of the Tahs' plan to take games out of the city while the stadium is rebuilt.
Banana skin game for the Tahs - they've not strung together 2 good performances, and no Foley or AAC.
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@Machpants zero. Kicked everything this year
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@Dice said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
Good win by the Sunwolves.
Tahs probably win if Mason wasn't at 10. That had to be the worst individual performance of the season.
He made a couple of errors, but was hardly the Lone Ranger on that front.
He put the ball right where it should have been a couple of times and the midfield fucked it. He didn't give away stupid breakdown errors in the opposition half like Hanigan or Hooper, and he didn't miss tackles like Beale or kick the ball dead like Gordon.
That said: why the fuck did we change a winning team? Home game against a decent opposition, riding the high of physically belting the Crusaders into submission.
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@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
Parker would waltz into an AB squad if they took 3 10s.
The Landers should have signed him instead of Gatland; I don't know for how long they've signed Josh Ioane, but I think only Marty Banks is off-contract at the end of the season.
Maybe the Canes should sign him next year instead of Garden-Bachop.
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@Machpants said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
Parker is definitely a ten that needs to be playing in NZ, don't care where he goes, but get him on board
good back up for Mo'ounga
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Parker’s always had talent and is a natural 1st 5, but it’s been his inconsistency. Now he’s playing with a bit of confidence and his kicking is superb.
If you let the Sunwolves hang around they do have a style that can put a defence under pressure.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
If you let the Sunwolves hang around
Not for much longer......
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@canefan said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
If you let the Sunwolves hang around
Not for much longer......
You like what I did there canefan 😎
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A bunch of nuffies are out in force blaming Mason for this loss.
Idiots. Mason played to approximately the level you can get of a guy who has had about 30 minutes in a season at Super Level. Made mistakes but where were the senior backs around him taking some pressure as well?
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@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
Parker’s always had talent and is a natural 1st 5, but it’s been his inconsistency.
Plus injuries - had ongoing issues with a shoulder. And then maybe a leg?
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@NTA said in Waratahs vs Sunwolves:
A bunch of nuffies are out in force blaming Mason for this loss.
Idiots. Mason played to approximately the level you can get of a guy who has had about 30 minutes in a season at Super Level. Made mistakes but where were the senior backs around him taking some pressure as well?
You raise a valuable point - if he never plays, how can he get the experience to not put on a display like that again?
How does Hanigan keep getting picked?
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only consolation for my tipping:
