Force (3) 3 / Waratahs (17) 31 (Final Score)
The Western Force hosted the Waratahs at NIB Stadium, Perth at 14:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Waratahs scored 4 tries and earned their bonus point in a win where the Western Force looked like a totally spent force.
Scorers:
Force: 1 Penalty James O’Connor
Waratahs: 1 Penalty & 4 Conversions & 1 Try Kurtley Beale, 1 Try Tom Carter, 2 Tries Drew Mitchell
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Teams:
Western Force: 15 James O’Connor, 14 David Smith, 13 Nick Cummins, 12 Gene Fairbanks, 11 Cameron Shepherd, 10 Willie Ripia, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Jono Jenkins, 6 Richard Brown, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ben Whittaker, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Tevita Metuisela, 20 James Stannard, 21 Rory Sidey, 22 Pat Dellit.
Waratahs: 15 Lachie Turner, 14 Atieli Pakalani, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Kurtley Beale, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Pat McCutcheon, 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm (captain), 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Al Baxter, 18 Sitaleki Timani, 19 Dave Dennis, 20 Chris Alcock, 21 Brendan McKibbin, 22 Daniel Halangahu.
Referee: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Assistant referee: Steve Walsh (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: Steve Lesczcynski (Australia)
Waratahs should take this one, but my Bru picks have been sooooooo shitty!
About 40 minutes before the match kicks off
See you guys in about 20 minutes
OK, couple of minutes to go…. saddle up!
Game ON!!
Early penalty for the Tahs, kickable
Kurtley Beale misses to the left
I picked the Waratahs by 16 on Bru
Penalty Waratahs, from a scrum
Waratahs 3 / 0
Beale misses another penalty, now 1 from 3
Penalty in front for Force, O’Connor will slot it.
3 / 3
Penalty Force, on Waratahs 10m line… O’Connor at goal
Missed left
Come on Tahs. Need some points on bru. 🙂
Tryyyyyyyyyyy Tom Carter for the Tahs!
14@ Puma:
Seems like your inspiration worked… hehe
Waratahs 10 / 3
Penalty Force, 40m out, O’Connor goes for goal
He misses again to the left
Try Tahs.
Try Drew Mitchell, wonderful effort
It seems the difference between SA players in general and those from Ozzie and NZ is that the Ozzies and New Zealanders are willing to try things, whereas the South Africans play deep within their structures.
Waratahs 17 / 3
They play the spaces so much better….
Lemoenetyd
… oh and when the Saffas play individually, they overdo it… like the Lions and even the Cheetahs… and all structure goes out the window and becomes a helter skelter lottery
Hello all , the blogs are abuzz with advice for the Bulls and concerns for the Springboks. Just hope the other 2 SA teams show us some rugby.
This comment i read on a blog made me think, hope some of the Bulls management can see this type of comments.
Schalk Cloete2:25 pm
Hehe, the Bull circus put on a good show today. The things they did with the greatest conviction were to shout ‘skew!’ at every opposition lineout, argue with the referee and do the classical Bull headshake. Comedy at its best 😀
My prediction for the next two Bull related articles on Supersport.com: “Matfield calls for greater accuracy,” and “Ludeke blames execution, not gameplan.”
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The Bulls have retained their outdated, boring and negative gameplan against overwhelming evidence to the contrary so many times that they will now seriously have to be considered a danger to the rugby society and sent to the ‘groendakkies’. The Afrikaner nation has never been very good with handling change, but man, this is just getting ridiculous.
So, dear Snor, Vic and Frans: traditional negative Bulls rugby kills the initiative and creativity of players. Initiative and creativity are the most important factors in the modern game where the ruck rules strongly favor an approach of keeping the ball through many phases. If you do not have these qualities, you cannot do anything with the ball once you have it except for kicking an up-and-under. This greatly reduces the spectator value of the sport, but most importantly, it kills the confidence of players to take initiative and play instinctively. Terrible, terrible mistake…
Snor’s tragic resistance to change last year has totally derailed Bryan Habana’s carreer and almost did the same to Jean de Villiers. Spies, Steyn and Van den Heever are now suffering at the Bulls and Basson will soon join them on the slippery slope. So please guys, save SA’s rugby players and adopt a more positive gameplan!
2nd half on!
Penalty Waratahs and a chance at goal
Beale misses to the left again, seems as if kicking conditions are difficult
@ grootblousmile::)
They can win just don’t need em to get a bonus point though….hehehe.
Who would have thought. The Rebels are ahead of the Force and Brumbies in their conference.. 😯
28@ Puma:
Yes, agree!
Game has fizzled out a lot so it looks likely that our wishes will be answered
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