The only Australian Derby for the weekend sees the Western Force travel across to Sydney to take on the Waratahs.
A Waratah win will see them go to the top of the table while a Force win will move them no higher than 7th position.
Will this be a classic derby grind?
Or will this be an exciting game to watch?
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium
Kick-off: 19.40 Local Time, 11:40 SA Time
Referee: James Leckie (Australia)
ARs: Ian Smith (Australia), Daniel Cheever (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Waratahs:
15 Sam Norton-Knight, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Timana Tahu, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Phil Waugh (captain), 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Will Caldwell, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements:
16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Chris Thomson, 19 Luke Doherty, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Kurtley Beale, 22 Peter Playford.
Western Force:
15 Drew Mitchell, 14 Scott Staniforth, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 James O’Connor, 11 Cameron Shepherd, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Josh Valentine, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Ben Castle, 2 Tai McIsaac, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements:
16 Ben Whittaker, 17 AJ Whalley, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Tamaiti Horua, 20 Chris O’Young, 21 Josh Tatupu, 22 Haig Sare.
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6 Waratah picks on LMS none for the Force
Go Force! (For the sake of my mom) 😉
@Rahul (Comment 2) :
NOTHING to do with your team having won on LMS and so many players picking the Waratahs then? 😆
I have picked the Tahs on SB.
I will gladly sacrifice a SB point for a Force win here.
2nd to 7th on the Log separated by 2 points at the moment.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 4) : Me2!!! Even if I am not on SB! “lol”
My “smiley”s are missing?????
@Me2 (Comment 6) : Ooooops!! They back 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : Or the “No Pick Made” ouchie’s next pick being HSBC Waratahs
@Rahul (Comment 8) :
Some early jersey tugging already. 😯
Settle boys, Settle or if you do get into it, make it worthwhile for us to watch.
O’connor into touch 1m out.
Ref overrules the AR and asks for the TMO to check.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 10) : 😆
Good call by AR. In touch
Mentz in my team! but not starting XV
Looks like Jean De Villiers injury are serious… 👿
10min
Waratahs 0 – 0 Force
@Charlie (Comment 15) :
Why do you say that
replay shows the AR called a foot in touch that wasn’t, causing Drew Mitchell who had already crossed the tryline to be called back. 😳
Force screwed out of a try.
Pk Waratahs
Halangahu puts it over
17min
Waratahs 3 – 0 Force
@KSA Shark © (Comment 18) : seem to remember that sort of thing (tmo over ruling) happening in CC, when Sykes should have scored but did not! The guys must learn to touch down, even if called back by whistle. Hope I’m making sense here 😆
Halangahu slots another PK
Waratahs 6 – 0 Force
21min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 21) : WF..please keep yor discipline 😡
@Me2 (Comment 20) :
YIP you are making sense, but they have changed the TMO’s area of responsibilty and can no longer rule or comment on that. 🙁
KSA check your mail boet.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 23) : Oh, that’s right….a 🙄 ll these changes confuse the “Old Girl”
@klempie (Comment 24) : Did you check yours???
@Me2 (Comment 22) : Dirrty mind! 😉
@Rahul (Comment 27) : ❓ ❓ ❓
@klempie (Comment 24) :
Have replied, check YOUR mail 😆
@Me2 (Comment 26) : I did and I’ve replied. Sorry that you can’t come. 🙁
Another PK for Tahs
Halangahu slots it.
Waratahs 9 – 0 Force
30min
Even Phil kearms with Waratahs blood believes the ref is getting the calls against the Force wrong.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) : Already done slow coach. 😉
@klempie (Comment 30) : Me2…but prior committments have to take preference…rule I taught my kids and must now abide by 😉 😉
@Me2 (Comment 28) : 😳 oh, My dirty mind! 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 31) : I don’t rate leckie at all…aweful like most NZ?OZ refs 😀
@Me2 (Comment 35) : Yeh but he’s the only one that “recalibrates”. 😆
@Rahul (Comment 34) : Mama Sharks has forgiven you….lucky she’s got a broad mind 😉
Giteau slots a PK
Waratahs 9 – 3 Force
35min
@klempie (Comment 36) : 😆
@Me2 (Comment 33) : I agree completely. I wish my mates lived by the same creed. 🙄
@KSA Shark © (Comment 38) : That’s better…come on Force!!!!
@Me2 (Comment 37) : Don’t worry. I didn’t get it either and I’ve a VERY dirty mind. 🙄
The crowd is restless…
Caldwell sin binned. Come on Force! Make the most of it.
#5 Will Caldwell for the Tahs yellow card, for a JP Nel.
Shepherd going at goal
It was a afrikaans joke…. KSA said another PK (comment 21) … the Me2 said keep your discipline (comment 22). i didnt realise she was referring to the force 😳
I had a good laugh anyway!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 45) :
Miss.
HALF TIME
Waratahs 9 – 3 Force
@KSA Shark © (Comment 45) : That the official terminology now? A JP Nel. 😈
@Rahul (Comment 46) : P**sklap?
@klempie (Comment 49) : Ja!
@klempie (Comment 48) :
Accept Caldwell is brave enough to do it with adding body armour to his forearm 😛
@klempie (Comment 48) : Whats a JP Nel?
@Rahul (Comment 50) : Ja dan’s dit net jou vuil verstand.
@Rahul (Comment 52) : A filthy high tackle apparently. 😀
Feeling so 🙁 just sold our old faithful Ford Sierra S/Wagon 😥 Took us so safely on so many famiy holidays & outings ❗
@Rahul (Comment 52) :
A Vuilgat, bully, swinging forearm tackle straight at the side of the head.
@klempie (Comment 54) : KSA got a JP Nel in his playing days breaking round the side of a ruck. I remember it vividly…. he’s clean through…. where did he go? 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 51) : “with” 😛 …you mean “without”
@Rahul (Comment 57) :
I was up in a flash and straight in the ref’s face about it 😆
That is if we are talking about the one at the tech fields across the roads from the ice Rink.
@Me2 (Comment 58) :
THAT I do. 😳 😛
@Me2 (Comment 55) : No ways! LOL! How old was it?? I remember we had one for a couple years when I was but 5 or 6 years old so that is going back 23 years! But it was a very good car.
@Rahul (Comment 57) : That still doesn’t explain why it was called a JP Nel as KSA would not have known about him back then. Or maybe he had a premonition? 😕
JP Caldwell back on for the Waratahs.
@Me2 (Comment 55) :
Kette learnt to drive in a Regular Sierra.
Rahul? That Holiday we had in Plett with jimmy way back, was that a Sierra or a Sapphire we drove?
‘across the roads’
@KSA Shark © (Comment 59) : You need to brush up on the sentence strucyure if you want to go to USA 😛
That was the one, I was sommer mad aswell!
Shepherd TRY!!!!!!!!!
Try Shepherd! Go Force!
i am going to go balistic with kuduclub
@Rahul (Comment 65) :
Well there is a median in the middle so it could be roads. 😛 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 64) : 😆 Jimmy, 2.0 Sapphire that only travelled 5km at a time
Converted.
9-10 Force
Giteau slots the conversion
Waratahs 9 – 10 Force
51min
@klempie (Comment 61) : 1992!!!
Caldwell try. 🙄
JP Caldwell try!
Go Force!!
@Me2 (Comment 73) : Ours was like an 85 or something. 😛 How many kilos?
@Rahul (Comment 70) :
No man, the white one. Wasn’t it a 3.0. the one we had the Electrical problem with and that hit the Guinea Fowl.
Try not converted
Waratahs 14 – 10 Force
54min
@Me2 (Comment 76) : Oooooops!! A bit late with that comment 😳
😛 @Me2 (Comment 80) :
@KSA Shark © (Comment 78) : ohhhh, that was a sierra 3.0 that jimmy parked on a pillar!
@klempie (Comment 77) : Not sure..though, 😀 I think it went around the clock twice
@Rahul (Comment 82) :
Ouch.
That’s the one.
@Rahul (Comment 82) : Seems like I started something here 😆
Good memeories for all…now back to rugby, please 🙂
@Me2 (Comment 83) : 😎
@Me2 (Comment 85) : 😳 “memories” ❗
60min
Waratahs 14 – 10 Force
@Me2 (Comment 85) : 🙂
Staniforth over in the corner.
being refered to the TMO
Staniforth TRY!!
Cheers for now….closing up and going home 😀
Maybe catch you all later
TRY AWARDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
try! Go force!!!!!!!
Conversion missed
Waratahs 14 – 15 Force
67min
He got a good knee in the ribs for his efforts. Is that legal?
@Me2 (Comment 92) : Bye bye
Mumm knocks on with HUGE numbers out wide and an open tryline.
15m from the force tryline.
C’mon Force.
Waratahs getting verbal with the ref. 😎
That’s the stuff boys, help your cause by arguing with the ref. 😆
74min
Tahs 14 – 15 Force
Loosing their 😎
PK Force
for Tahu High tackle.
Giteau going at goal from the Tahs 22.
misses quite badly.
76min
Tahs 14 – 15 Force
Git misses
77min
Waugh has the ball on attack and he kicks it to the Force. 😯
@KSA Shark © (Comment 104) : Do you have tickets for me too? how long can I stay? etc etc
79min
Force LO on Tahs 10m line
@Rahul (Comment 105) :
You can stay as long as you like. I have tickets for you for the Sharks v brit lions.
We arrive in Dbn on the evening of the 8th June.
Hooter goes.
Tahs have the ball in their half.
Tahs knock it on.
FULL TIME
Waratahs 14 – 15 Force
LMS! there might only be one in green after this weekend
We may not have to wait until the end of the season to have a last man standing 😆
Log updated
Waratahs go 5th
Force go 8th
@KSA Shark © (Comment 109) : Later boet, Got some eating to do
@Rahul (Comment 110) :
Hehehehehhe.
@Rahul (Comment 113) :
Cheers ou.
Eliminated from LMS
Alberton
Guru lions
Mental Blanks
Mollas
Zambezi Choppers
Loss of a lifeline
Cajun Calamari
predators (I THINK he will be assigned the Waratahs)
Damn… I was weighing up between picking the Lions or the Force…
@bryce_in_oz (Comment 117) : 🙂
13 eliminations already this week, from the remaining 30 players.
one or two more due today. We could have less than 15 left by tonight. with possibly nobody on green.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 118) :
Bullies is on green and his pick has already been played. He picked the Lions.
Bullies will be the only player on green after today.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 107) : So much for keeping it under wraps eh? 😉
thank you force