Waratahs

1 Tom Robertson
2 Tolu Latu
3 Sekope Kepu
4 Jed Holloway
5 Rob Simmons
6 Ned Hanigan
7 Will Miller
8 Michael Wells
9 Nick Phipps
10 Bernard Foley
11 Taqele Naiyaravoro
12 Kurtley Beale
13 Curtis Rona
14 Alex Newsome
15 Israel Folau

Reserves
16 Damien Fitzpatrick
17 Harry Johnson-Holmes
18 Paddy Ryan
19 Tom Staniforth
20 Brad Wilkin
21 Jake Gordon
22 Bryce Hegarty
23 Cam Clark

@stargazer said in Lions v Waratahs - SF:

Waratahs

1 Tom Robertson
2 Tolu Latu
3 Sekope Kepu
4 Jed Holloway
5 Rob Simmons
6 Ned Hanigan
7 Will Miller
8 Michael Wells
9 Nick Phipps
10 Bernard Foley
11 Taqele Naiyaravoro
12 Kurtley Beale
13 Curtis Rona
14 Alex Newsome
15 Israel Folau

Reserves
16 Damien Fitzpatrick
17 Harry Johnson-Holmes
18 Paddy Ryan
19 Tom Staniforth
20 Brad Wilkin
21 Jake Gordon
22 Bryce Hegarty
23 Cam Clark

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Someone remind me how the Highlanders lost to that?

@act-crusader They had the high workrate and low impact of Luke Whitelock.

@tim said in Lions v Waratahs - SF:

@act-crusader They had the high workrate and low impact of Luke Whitelock.

Primed for a move to the Blues then

Lions by plenty

@act-crusader Well, Luke Whitelock is to Top Level Rugby as Murphy Taramai is to any Super Rugby.

Andries Coetzee, Ruan Combrinck, Lionel Mapoe, Harold Vorster, Aphiwe Dyantyi, Elton Jantjies, Ross Cronje, Warren Whiteley (c), Lourens Erasmus, Kwagga Smith, Franco Mostert, Marvin Orie, Ruan Dreyer, Malcolm Marx, Jacques van Rooyen

Reserves: Corne Fourie, Dylan Smith, Johannes Jonker, Hacjivah Dayimani, Marnus Schoeman, Dillon Smit, Courtnal Skosan, Howard Mnisi

It's the travel that's going to hurt us. Tahs by 20.

haha

@taniwharugby

Five minutes played and the Tahs are leading 7 - 0. Lions have had much ball yet.

Now, Folau with the try. Lions are a bit shit.

Brilliant try from Dyantyi (sp)!

Correct decision. Definitely a knock-on.

Lions try from a line-out maul. The Tahs' dominance lasted about 10-15 minutes. It's all Lions now.

19 - 14 Lions after 36 minutes.

Too easy that try from the Tahs' prop. Element of surprise.

Half time: 19 all

Very entertaining half of rugby.

Jackson has done well so far.

@kiwimurph That try from the Lions' 11 was awesome.

@stargazer said in Lions v Waratahs - SF:

@kiwimurph That try from the Lions' 11 was awesome.

Brilliant - one of the tries of the year.

Marx, he's so good.

YC for Damien Fitzpatrick.

Tahs will struggle now you'd think.

@kiwimurph Yeah, most teams get into difficulty after 50 - 60 minutes at altitude. With the Lions now 8 points ahead, it will be difficult to come back for the Tahs.

@stargazer yeah Tahs defence is now shot.

The Lions will be the deserved winners of this SF, but I doubt the Crusaders will be shaking in their boots.

3rd straight final for Lions.

@kiwimurph Hopefully, also a 3rd straight loss.

@stargazer Yeah, will be a cakewalk for the Crusaders. The Lions defence is way too leaky as entertaining as they are to watch.

Tahs found their way through the Lions early but couldn't compete as the game got more physical. They were monstered in the set piece and couldn't complete at altitude.