The second match this Saturday morning sees the Waratahs take on the Force, a team they beat by 50 points a few weeks ago. The Waratahs are at home this time, and one would be forgiven to expect a similar result.
The Waratahs will want to maximase their points from this as they continue to chase down the Reds at the top of the Australian conference. It is an Australian derby but I suspect we will see a few tries run in tonight.
The match kicks off at 11:40, so join us here for live updates.
Waratahs: 15. Kurtley Beale, 14. Lachlan Turner, 13. Ryan Cross, 12. Tom Carter, 11. Sosene Anesi, 10. Berrick Barnes, 9. Luke Burgess, 8. Ben Mowen, 7. Patrick 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
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. Matthew Hodgson, 5. Nathan Sharpe (Captain), 4. Sam Wykes, 3. Matt Dunning, 2. Nathan Charles, 1. Pekahou Cowan
Replacements: 16. Ben Whittaker, 17. Timothy Fairbrother, 18. Tom Hockings, 19. Ben McCalman, 20. James Stannard, 21. Rory Sidey, 22. Alifeleti (Alfi) Mafi
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Tahs 3 – 6 Force
22 mins
Tahs 3 – 9 Force
27 mins
Ok did these guys not get the memo, I picked waratahs to win…
Tahs 6 – 9 Force
32 mins
Waratahs 6 – 9 Force
32 min
@Ben (Comment 4) :howzit ben
@franshark (Comment 3) : The Sharks come first in my books. Will be more than happy with a Force win even though I picked the Tahs on SB
@franshark (Comment 6) : Great thanks and you Franna?
HALF TIME
Tahs 6 – 9 Force
Freak try to the Tahs. Penalty hits the upright, Ryan Cross picks it up and dives over.
Tahs 13 – 9 Force
45 mins
Tahs 13 – 12 Force
48 mins
Tahs 13 – 15 Force
54 mins
Turning out to be yet another boring Aussie derby!
Hi Ben!
All they seem to be doing is exchanging penalties 🙄
@Ben (Comment 14) : Is it just me But I am finding this new format of Super rugby a bit boring…too many “derby” matches between home teams?
Come On the Force!!!
@Me2 aka Mama Shark (Comment 16) : Hey Mama! 🙂 Yeah that’s all thanks to the Aussies, they wanted more home derbys. SA derbies aren’t this boring if you ask me. The commentator mentioned earlier that he noticed when its Aussie Derbies the teams are scared to run at eachother.
Hold on Force.
Shit! Try to the Tahs! John Ulugia
Try converted.
Tahs 20 – 15 Force
71 mins
Did anyone see what John Ulugia looks like? He looks like a fatter version of Adi. 🙂
@Ben (Comment 22) : But he gets gametime. 👿
@Original Pierre (Comment 23) : That’s another difference yes!
Come on Force, 5 mins left. Force still trailing by 5 and attacking from deep.
FULL TIME
Waratahs 20 – 15 Western Force
Had Tahs by 12
well done tahs