Waratahs home games 2011

The demolition and re-build of the football stadium at Moore Park is expected to be completed in Related Posts. Holloway, with 58 NSW caps, left the Waratahs at the end of the season and spent the past year in Japan playing alongside former teammate and Wallabies captain Michael Hooper at Toyota Verblitz. The […]. Last week, in part-one, we looked at the wide-ranging responsibilities of a captain, how these have historically been ill-defined, and how informal and formal leadership groups have become en-vogue, so as to spread the load, and to better prepare future captains.

Darren Coleman was in tears. It was that sort of season. Waratahs complete home fixtures with three games at SCG. Scott Pryde. Autoplay in Up Next No more videos! Playlist is empty - Replay. After two comprehensive victories over newboys, the Melbourne Rebels, and interstate rivals Queensland, the Tahs led halfway through the 1st half in Nelson before they suddenly lost their mojo. Whether it disappeared up the tunnel with the injured Tatafu Polota-Nau is a matter of conjecture, but the confidence, belief, spirit and attacking thrust of the first two rounds was replaced by hesitancy, indecision and a lack of guile.

The Crusaders went through the gears and rolled back the years to run out winners and then there was last week…. It is hard even now to describe or even begin to explain just how poor a performance the Tahs put up against a Cheetahs side who tackled themselves to a standstill, stood firm and stood together, sniffed blood and went in for the kill. I actually think our defence and our defensive line outs were ok but pretty much anything associated with attack was quite poor for us, including attacking line outs, attacking scrums — pretty much any general play in attack was horrible.

Waratahs players in disbelief at the final whistle against the Cheetahs. But once we hit that training field at 4pm on Monday, it was all about this weekend.

For them too, a win over their rivals will help to placate the naysayers and as Mumm knows only too well, history shows that a win at Canberra Stadium has been a rare event for New South Wales down the years. So I think you can look at it across several fronts and take into context the current situation. Traditionally, teams go better at home in this competition so to get those away wins gets you a long way down the road to being in the semi-finals.

But I think their front row will still be extremely strong, so the scrum match up will be a key. With so much history between them and so much on the line for both teams, Mumm also predicts an attritional game, and possibly not one for the neutrals. But if we need to grind it out then so be it. Getting back on that scoreboard and getting that win is more important this week than being entertaining. First published by Ruggamatrix on March 11th, You are commenting using your WordPress.

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