Brumbies win Sydney snoozefest
7 Jul 2012
SIMON BORCHARDT saw Jake White’s side take another step towards the Australian conference title with a 19-15 victory against the Waratahs.
The Brumbies, who will play the Blues in their final league fixture in Canberra next weekend, are now five log points clear of the Reds, who will host the Waratahs. However, whoever wins the Australian conference will have to up their game substantially to avoid being knocked out of the competition by the team that finishes sixth on the combined standings (probably the Bulls or Sharks).
The Brumbies were well below their best at Sydney’s Olympic Stadium but fortunately for them they were up against a team that has made a habit of losing games they should have won. The Waratahs dominated the breakdown in the second half and had most of the ball, but were unable to kick on from Berrick Barnes’ try that gave them a 15-9 lead with 20 minutes to go.
The Brumbies hit back shortly after with a Henry Speight try, which was followed by touchline conversion and penalty kicks by Zack Holmes and Jesses Moggs respectively.
The less said about the first half, the better. Tatafu Polota-Nau barged over for a try on the half-hour mark after Barnes had taken a quick penalty tap, but three penalties saw the Brumbies lead 9-5 at the break.
The second half was a bit more entertaining, with two tries scored, but this was yet another Australian derby that will quickly be forgotten.
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8 Jul 2012, 17:48 pm
@nama1(nama1)-100:
Watch this. I’m going to post without insulting you. PS Why would I know what Nama is/means???? I’ve answered your ‘anc’ question in the previous post. It was tongue in cheek. I’m sorry if you couldn’t see that.
Okay here we go:
A real round robin means every team plays every other team. The Stormers missed out on playing the Chiefs, and the Sharks missed out on the Crusaders. 4 top teams missing out on each other. How is that fair to other teams who maybe miss out on playing the Lions or the Rebels?
Next. Wining is a habit. By playing in a ‘weaker’ conference (which I think Aus has) you build momentum that you never should have had in the first place.
Let’s now look at the Crusaders. Do you think they would have topped the Aussie pool? Or should I put it this way. If the Crusaders could have played in the Aussie Conference I would bet my house on them finishing top of the OVERALL log.
The system is flawed. The OLD (Super 14) system was NOT because every team played everyone else (the same amount of times) and that was that. This by the way should be enough to highlight the flaws in the conference system.
Look, that’s my opinion. I’m done here. You the one who jumped to conclusions (seriously, what does Nama mean?? Are you from SA?) and started the insults. If you like the conference system, good for you, but don’t get all defensive for no good reason when someone disagrees with you.
8 Jul 2012, 21:48 pm
Trying to take the high road wrt insulting when you were the one who started with the insults.
“F*** dude grow a brain.” (p. 78)
In any case. A real round robin means every team plays each other, HOME AND AWAY. The competition winner is the one that ends up with the most log points. No semi final, no final.
So, we don’t play a real round robin in rugby when we play semis and finals unlike soccer.
With the Sharks not playing the Reds and the Saders, who both end up higher on the log than them, it means that the Sharks were actually NOT HAMPERED in their bid to reach the semi finals or final. Most people will argue that they were in fact advantaged.
The old system was also flawed because it gave a team that ended up in 4th place (maybe 10 points behind the log leader) a chance to surprise in the semi and the final and walk away with the title.
Also, by playing every team just once, it means that you might face some of the stronger teams on their home ground in a given year where your chances of winning are significantly slimmer. There by reducing your chances to make the semi in that given year. So, you see it wasby no means perfect.
Winning may be a habit, yes. But, you really don’t want to tell me that if you play in a weak competition where you consistently win, that you will carry that habit over to a tougher competition. That’s just stupid. I mean, do you really believe that just because the EP team win a lot of games in the B-section of the CC that they will now carry that momentum with them if they play a team from the A-section and beat them? That’s insane. Also, if the Crusaders were playing in the SA conference, I bet my house that they would’ve been on top of the log every year. Does that mean the SA conference is weak also?
It is so easy to make silly comments and then just claim afterwards that it was tongue in cheek if you are called out on it by someone or accuse people of jumping to conclusions when they read the hidden meaning behind the words etc. I don’t buy into that. Sorry.
PS: I’m no big fan of the conference system myself. I just don’t believe in putting the blame on outside sources if my team is not doing well. I was just stringing you along because you are a Sharks fan and because you are trying to blame the system for the fact that the Sharks are struggling to make the top 6. I still believe though that because every team knows exactly how it works before the start of the competition, the system is fair to everyone.
So, enjoy the rest of the night and the week ahead.
9 Jul 2012, 00:01 am
OK little namakins, just where does Centurion imply that he doesn’t like the current format “because his team is struggling to finish in the top 6″?
You are such a sensitive little soul too, mostly in regards to race I notice.
9 Jul 2012, 01:54 am
@chch(chch)-36:
Where do you live…..woop woop? Australia’s version of timbuktu!
9 Jul 2012, 01:56 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-103:
In a orevious thread…their conversation has been going on for sometime!
9 Jul 2012, 02:04 am
@RL(RL)-46:
Or the weakness…bulls and stormers gathered 18-20 points from their two weakest teams. Putting them top. Take a gimme game from either of them and the bulls are out and stormers fourth.
9 Jul 2012, 08:03 am
@101
NAMA is corrupt irish institute
9 Jul 2012, 08:03 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-103:
Ja, I never ONCE blamed the system for where the Sharks are. He/she is making assumptions and is (as always) super sensitive and likes to look for drama when there isn’t any.
9 Jul 2012, 08:06 am
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-105:
Huh??? The Namster and I have being having a go on this thread ONLY.
Man, you also like making things up.
9 Jul 2012, 08:07 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Asset_Management_Agency
10 Jul 2012, 10:57 am
@wooden spoon(wooden spoon)-103:
When somebody tries to tell me that I like to get something that I haven’t earned, I getv sensitive.
Much like you when you are told that you only got what you have because of apartheid and that you did not work for it, OK!!!
@Fern is not a stud,he is merely no19(Fern)-110:
So, so stupid Fern. Even more than usual.
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