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@Landers92 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
This penalty count is really starting to climb…
They have to look after their average 
@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
Dropped it or try?
That is clearly pretty well grounded mate
on what planet is that control of the ball?
This is the problem with slow motion TMO. In real time it looked like a try. Award it.
@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
Our backline caught out of position. Nice kick and try by the Tahs.
Winger* I’ll give you 1 guess who it was
@Landers92 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
Our backline caught out of position. Nice kick and try by the Tahs.
Winger* I’ll give you 1 guess who it was
I think RR was defending on the wing and Fihaki was moved to fullback when Johnny Mac went off.
Happy with that win away against a desperate tahs and no Jordan,Taylor,Barrett,Newell and Blackadder.
Reihana,Christie and McNicol were really good.
Bench was good Bell,Bower,Cahill,Kellow and OConnor were very good off the bench.
@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
@Landers92 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
Our backline caught out of position. Nice kick and try by the Tahs.
Winger* I’ll give you 1 guess who it was
I think RR was defending on the wing and Fihaki was moved to fullback when Johnny Mac went off.
You are right Reihana came in off the wing Fihaki was at FB at that stage.
@Landers92 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
@ACT-Crusader said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
Our backline caught out of position. Nice kick and try by the Tahs.
Winger* I’ll give you 1 guess who it was
Maybe watch the game instead of guessing. It was Reihana
@SBW1 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
They will need to go up a notch next week for the Brumbies in Canberra. Probably bring in the guys who were rested you would imagine.
They play the Highlanders at home next. Should have most of their players back in time for the Brumbies.
@Landers92 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
Shalfoon showing his true grub colours and walking away when a bigger man than him gets involved. lol
What's he supposed to do? Stand there and act tough? Start a fight? He'd be criticised for that too.
@Grooter said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
@george33 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
@Chris-B Crusaders by probably 15 or more.,
Cheers George 🤌
Yeah - nice one, @george33!
Tahs will be disappointed with a lot of the tries they let us score. Sometimes seemed like it was Christmas in Sydney.
Then for a while in the second half, seemed like the Grinch might steal Xmas back. In the end they left themselves far too much to do - so just another exchange of gifts at the end.
When I played under-11s last century, the one thing you did as a wing was look at where the opposing wing was standing - and mark him.
It seems that it's still apparently a tactic to have a compressed defensive line and leave the wide wing alone - invite the cross kick. But even at Super level, these days most first fives are good enough to find their wing with a cross kick most of the time, so I don't get why that kick is ever left uncontested.
Not sure who the comms were (think Turunui was one), but quite tiresome around the disputed tries.
In both cases the decision was both wrong and right. Process in both cases led to decision on clear and obvious, but you'd have to argue that on balance of probabilities was wrong.
@Crazy-Horse said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
@Landers92 said in Waratahs v Crusaders:
Shalfoon showing his true grub colours and walking away when a bigger man than him gets involved. lol
What's he supposed to do? Stand there and act tough? Start a fight? He'd be criticised for that too.
The grub ran in from 10-15metres away to escalate it and backed off when a lock bigger than him confronted him. Just pointing out the fact he’s a grub, nothing more.