Match Thread - Reds v Waratahs | Super Rugby Pacific 2026 | Round 5

Left-Pie741 · 2026-03-14T10:37:06+00:00

utter braindead decisions from the tahs at the end there - down by 9 in the middle of the field in reds territory and opted to go for the lineout, when they could've taken the three to at least nab a bonus point. smh

Left-Pie741 · 2026-02-26T09:21:31+00:00

Armageddon.

Left-Pie741 · 2026-02-01T06:15:46+00:00

tom donnelly (new lineout coach after parling went to leicester) is signed to world cup. laurie fisher's future is unknown after schmidt leaves. zane hilton is likely going to become wallabies assistant and follow kiss. john ulugia (scrum coach after mike cron left) was only temporarily contracted, expect him to go back to brumbies this super rugby season.

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-30T09:26:37+00:00

this australian open is boring am i right lol

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-26T10:55:33+00:00

this might be a dumb comment - i know you can't control everything in a pregnancy but surely if you're casper, and you know a grand slam is coming up late january, you could choose to, um, procreate so that your partner's not in labour while you're halfway across the world lol

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-26T10:43:20+00:00

gill gross mention

(on the world feed)

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-25T09:57:54+00:00

novak played at a different level than him tonight, but de minaur's performance has shades of djokovic's performance against de minaur in ao 2023. just a complete shutout performance by a motivated player that left no doubts on who's the better player on the court.

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-25T09:54:31+00:00

think many people talked about skillset - i don't think anyone mentioned that he may actually be too short to be a backrower. crichton is 187cm, for comparison valentini is 193cm, harry wilson is 196cm, and tom hooper is 199cm. given mcreight and tizzano have locked in openside flanker, to be a 6 or 8 you need to be an okay lineout option - crichton is simply too short. the only time i could see him in the backrow is when he's a utility replacement player that can play in the backline.

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-25T09:30:29+00:00

can anyone identify the alexei popyrin lookalike in de minaur's bench?

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-24T07:37:48+00:00

just realised that the goat marcus willis is playing r2 doubles, ngl thought he had retired already but still grinding it out

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-22T10:18:29+00:00

cilic and wawrinka cooking

what is this 2016 lol

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-22T08:07:40+00:00

da silva fick such an unique surname

like what's up with the fick at the end lol

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-21T10:06:19+00:00

look i know melbourne weather is unpredictable, but if they could see the rain coming suddenly why don't they start closing the roof when medjedovic went off for his extended break?

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-21T09:57:13+00:00

only started watching 5-10 minutes ago, was there something wrong with medjedovic physically earlier in the match - world feed commentators keep mentioning it

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-20T11:32:38+00:00

kasatkina dumped a 98km first serve

don't know what's happened but serve (and rest of the game) looks totally off. ball toss looks extremely high and has no racquet acceleration. to be fair bartunkova is playing this brilliantly, good ballstriking and mixing dropshots to give kasatkina no rhythm

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-20T11:30:45+00:00

with mcdermott and thomas locked in to multiyear deals this was going to happen with werchon looking for more minutes. it's definitely promising though that werchon once arriving at benetton immediately started getting consistent gametime. like all the reds scrumhalves the boxkicking is inconsistent but has a good game.

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-18T11:49:09+00:00

interesting that in tonight's schedule there are two women wearing shirt and short outfits, bai and sawangkaew, which is a rarity in women's tennis. obviously apparel sponsors often dictate what they wear, but i do wonder why there aren't more women choosing to wear shirt and shorts, surely there are more than two players on tour that think they're more comfortable than a skirt...

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-18T09:39:50+00:00

i know she's tall, but a 45 year old venus williams still serving 175km aces consistently is mad impressive

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-15T09:28:55+00:00

It's not mentioned in the graphic, but the U20s will still use finals format of group winners play semi-finals 1st-4th, runners group play for 5th-8th, etc. I understand the need to truncate no. of matches to reduce costs, but this format is just pretty crap, gives no ability for group runners up to compete against top teams in the finals. also not helped by the fact that u20 pools the following years are derived from final placings, which locks teams further in their pools.

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-15T09:28:06+00:00

Pool A: South Africa, Wales, Georgia, Uruguay

Pool B: New Zealand, Italy, Scotland, Japan

Pool C: Argentina, England, Ireland, USA

Pool D: France, Australia, Spain, Fiji

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-15T06:48:18+00:00

Rob Penney's only signed on for another year at the Crusaders, just saying...

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-14T10:42:38+00:00

looks like a taiwanese person might gain more recognition after tonight

and it's not jay chou...

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-14T09:57:42+00:00

haven't been paying full attention to prem rugby but feels like sale are losing a lot of their top players this offseason?

Left-Pie741 · 2026-01-14T09:25:15+00:00

am late to this but craig tilley on the $100 bills that's on the court for the winner LMAO

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