Superb finish to come away with winning bonus point after that first half.
Tahs will be ruing all those missed chances.
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@Steven-Harris said in Waratahs v Blues:
Funaki and Lam were the picks for me Behree not far behind
Possibly Funaki’s best in a Blues jersey
Superb win after looking a beaten team after the first 40
Throw in Barnes too he's been very good
@KiwiMurph a step up from Wrampling
@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
What did Pat Lam do while an AB that has seemingly led to all Lams being banned from the ABs.
his whole family were stitched up and Lam-inated? Or maybe it was just a process of e-Lamination.
@Steven-Harris said in Waratahs v Blues:
Funaki and Lam were the picks for me Behree not far behind
Possibly Funaki’s best in a Blues jersey
Superb win after looking a beaten team after the first 40
Blues don't win if Funaki doesn't come on.
@akan004 said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
@KiwiMurph Insane that he was not an AB.
Especially when you consider how many tests ALB has played.
yes I couldn't see why they were playing an out of form, yellowcarding, recently injured ALB over Lam...maybe I was not alone. Plays more positions than ALB too...
@KiwiMurph I believe he’s looking to come North either Auckland or Northland
@Steven-Harris said in Waratahs v Blues:
@KiwiMurph I believe he’s looking to come North either Auckland or Northland
Nice.
Papalii said in his after-match interview that he's been nursing an injury the last few weeks and was struggling when he came off.
@Steven-Harris said in Waratahs v Blues:
I would rest Dalton next week if he’s got an injury
Absolutely.
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
Papalii said in his after-match interview that he's been nursing an injury the last few weeks and was struggling when he came off.
Explains why he was seemingly quiet, still an impressive tackle count.
@Bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
How have the tahs replaced their ginge fullback with an identical ginge fullback
It's a straightforward case of reverse erythristic discrimination...
Barnes to start next week with Papalii rested or out?
Sotutu back to 8. Wrampling some things to learn.
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
Barnes to start next week with Papalii rested or out?
Sotutu back to 8. Wrampling some things to learn.
Reckon Segner is worth trying at 7.
We’ll take the win. Awful first half, not enough possession and we kept turning it over. We were lucky not to be down 35-8.
Bench really got us back in it. Funaki, Barnes and Tupaea carrying strong.
I think we will cover the loss of Hoskins and Papali’i given what we’ve seen from Segner and Barnes. Wrampling showed glimpses but we’ll need to see more. We need an out and out 7, not sure Segner will cut it at 7.
A couple of pleasing things about this game. The youngsters needed to dig the team out of a hole and they did it well. Funaki played well and there's no reason for Nock to be in the 23 again apart from injury
Barnes isn't the finished product yet but has massive potential. The team really missed Akira last year and Barnes is filling that role nicely. Good workrate, lots of hard carries and cleanouts in the middle of the field. He also has that wrestling style upright defence.. it can lead to maul turnovers but it generally slows down the opposition ball and makes defence in the next phase easier
@Bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
That's an odd missed conversion
It was even odder when the blues were leading 7-0
Never were.
@Duluth said in Waratahs v Blues:
A couple of pleasing things about this game. The youngsters needed to dig the team out of a hole and they did it well. Funaki played well and there's no reason for Nock to be in the 23 again apart from injury
Barnes isn't the finished product yet but has massive potential. The team really missed Akira last year and Barnes is filling that role nicely. Good workrate, lots of hard carries and cleanouts in the middle of the field. He also has that wrestling style upright defence.. it can lead to maul turnovers but it generally slows down the opposition ball and makes defence in the next phase easier
Something that was never mentioned about Akira's game what you pointed out there.
Even though we struggled in the first half, I was impressed with our goal line D. That try they got given was ridiculous.
A real character building performance, where our bench came on and got us out of a hole. I think we learned plenty from that win.
Before Vern we would lose this sort of game. The goal line defense was impressive, and Dalton saved a line break with a one handed tackle. Much to enjoy.
Barnes is the real deal.
@booboo said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
That's an odd missed conversion
It was even odder when the blues were leading 7-0
Never were.
I take it you weren't looking at the score in the on screen graphics... for many minutes....
@Bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
@booboo said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
That's an odd missed conversion
It was even odder when the blues were leading 7-0
Never were.
I take it you weren't looking at the score in the on screen graphics... for many minutes....
I watched the touchies not put their flags up.
@booboo said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
@booboo said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Bones said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:
That's an odd missed conversion
It was even odder when the blues were leading 7-0
Never were.
I take it you weren't looking at the score in the on screen graphics... for many minutes....
I watched the touchies not put their flags up.
Nevermind.