Waratahs (6) 20 / Force (9) 15 (Final Score)
The Waratahs hosted the Western Force at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney at 11:40 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.
In a hard game with a massive attrition rate, the Waratahs win by 5.
Scorers:
Waratahs: 5 Penalties James O’Connor
Force: 2 Penalties & 2 Conversions Kurtley Beale, 1 Try Ryan Cross, 1 Try John Ulugia
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Teams:
Waratahs: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Sosene Anesi, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Ben Mowen, 7 Pat McCutcheon, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Sitaleki Timani, 4 Dean Mumm (captain), 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 John Ulugia, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Ben Roberts, 17 Al Baxter, 18 Kane Douglas, 19 Chris Alcock, 20 Brendan McKibbin, 21 Daniel Halangahu, 22 Tom Kingston.
Western Force: 15 Patrick Dellit, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 James O’Connor, 11 David Smith, 10 Willie Ripia, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tim Fairbrother, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 James Stannard, 21 Rory Sidey, 22 Alfie Mafi.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: James Leckie (Australia), Andrew Lees (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Game On!
Penalty Waratahs, Kurtley Beale will have a shot at goal
Missed to the right
I picked the Waratahs by 13 on Bru, but the ideal result for SA Teams would be a lowscoring win for the Force… but by more than 7.
O’Connor slots a penalty
Force 3 / 0
Stuart Dickenson determined to blow the game to pieces, again
Another penalty opportunity for Beale
3 / 3
Ciao bigblu
…. the right referee for a low-scoring, penalty ridden match…
Penalty Force, O’Connor going for goal
Force 6 / 3
8@ The_Young_Turk:
Hellooooooooooo Turkey!
What’s your take on the match?
8@ The_Young_Turk:
Are you near Rozzano, Italy?
O’Connor is short with a penalty attempt to goal
Yet another Force penalty… easy one
Force 9 / 3
Saffa teams don’t have anything to fear from these overseas teams. There’s been a lot of really poor matches with poor handling and poor option taking and weak game plans. Even the Saders and the Reds as the top 2 teams have looked vulnerable. Our top 3 teams all look competitive and I feel the way the Cheats are playing, they may even knock over the saders next week.
I am in Milan
16@ The_Young_Turk:
Big words, those…. we’ll have to see how the Stormers and Saders go this afternoon
Am really looking forward to the main event later. Will be interesting from so many points with the world cup in mind.
Force 9 / 6
17@ The_Young_Turk:
How do you manage to watch the games… have you got an online link you can share?
@ grootblousmile:
Don’t mean to say that our teams are all going to go through. Just mean to say that sa rugby is not inferior or far behind the anzacs. We have our problems but nothing that can’t be fixed. I’m just trying to say that the other teams often play rubbish rugby too. The only lost cause is the lions……
@ grootblousmile:
The two sites I use : http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/rugby.html and
myp2p.eu
17@ The_Young_Turk:
Milan, ah OK… it’s not too far from Rozzano, I see…
23@ The_Young_Turk:
On which one are you cathing this game…. and do you have a good stream going?
Beale going for goal to even things up
@ grootblousmile:
On the vip one and the stream has been excellent so far today
Hits the upright… that was a bad miss
27@ The_Young_Turk:
What is your vocation there in Italy, if I may ask?
Lemoenetyd
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