Waratahs vs Kings: Super Rugby live scores, blog

Hi BB, I just can't see that happening. The Bulls have a rich rugby history, been the only SA team to win the Super Rugby trophy. Merging the Bulls and Lions will mean and end to the Trans Jukskei rivalry/derby. I still think the Cheetahs will be culled and pulled into the Lions to form the Cats of old. I think the Kings, although a politically formed team, will be culled and pulled into the Sharks, to form the "Coastal Sharks".

I suspect they will try to merge the lions and bulls and drop the Cheetahs

Hi Bb Who do you think SARU will cut ... or merge ?

The one that gets me all rebellious is the misspelling of the English word defence to the yankee DEFENSE. Don't people know how to turn their spell-check from American imperialism to Australian English?

Hi Connor, you must be feeling embarrassed and whacked after being force to concentrate on that game. You deserve a VC after that one. And btw, your prediction was 34 points out. Ouch! :)

Hi Cadfeal, and it should have been a loss by 3, except for some reason the ref didn't award a penalty try against the Kiwi team. Funny that! :) As for this match, I didn't want to waste my hard-earned watching a team as pathetic as the Kings, even if that have road-runners, meep meep, in their back three. Am so glad I didn't go, the Waratahs were even worse. I likely would have jumped under the bus on the way home, or worse emigrated to New Zealand and sign up as a Wellingtonian. Instead I sat home, watched this disaster on Foxtel and filled my body with ethanol to try to forget asap. You know your team is paddling up poop street when you miss Dean Mumm. At least the Tahs lineout would have functioned. S.Kepu is the only high class prop in the side and far too many forwards not wanting to get their hands dirty in the tough stuff. Maul defence seems to be stand back and watch, then when critical (and too late) charge in. Scrum was like an Italian tank in WWII with 4 reverse gears only. Add a backline with slow runners and worse slow passing. The Kings centres were rushing up and shaking hands with I.Folau and D.Horwitz before the ball left B.Foley's hands. Any attack plans are wrecked by horrible catching. In the previous match, twice a Hurricane player, almost at full pace, stooped low and caught the ball almost off their toes. At the Tahs, even passes straight onto the chest were dropped. Shoot me now, even Subbies can catch. As much as I and other Tahs fans talk up our team, the Tahs just do not have the cattle this year. There are at least 5-6 positions each week that are fielding useful Shute Shield players instead of battle-hardened quality SR players. I don't know what the multitude of coaches are doing, but its pretty obvious that these so-called professional players seriously need 20 hr/week of basic skills coaching and how to quickly use the 6 inches between the ears. While they are at it, they may want to do something about that "easily-fixed defence" also.

Well the Kings may bring out some of the cheesiest clichės, such as, they can't beat time, can't beat an egg, can't hit their way through a wet paperbag, and everyone may expect them to be gone by end of season. But they beat the Tah's, once not so long ago Super Duper Rugby Champions. But the likelyhood is the Kings will be here next season, and the one positive light for the Waratahs is they get the opportunity to revenge this loss. ;)

Well done, Kings...always good to see an underdog bite someone !!

Who's Spicer??

Massive massive improvement from Kings. From getting smashed last by Tahs 72-10 to beating them at home this year. That's pure coaching. Tahs have six international players. Kings have zero. I like the open sider Chris Cloete for the Kings. Completely outplayed the Australian Skipper Hooper.

Do a beep test at your ARU academies. The reds are even worse than the tahs. It's an across the board by the ARU that is coming home to roost like I said it would. Anyone could see that you neglect your domestic comps at your own peril. You don't learn rugby in the gym

Spot on. They rued the missed opportunity last week against the Reds, and they worked hard to make sure they stayed in touch through the first half. They worked hard for turnovers, and used their set piece well. The Reds ate their scrum last week and this week they returned that to the Tahs, what does that say about the NSW pack?

I`v been watching the Tahs for 50 years, the worst coached how does Gibson Malone Blades have jobs, the worst group of players Horwitz Mumm Ryan only grade players at best and the whole squad are unfit , they must have a hopleess strenght and conditional program , all mistakes come from lack of fitness both mentally and physically, the coaches of the 20 program have never coached a bloody discrace, and I who have been a member for 15 years will never join again last night was about death the team has no pride no Anzac spirt and no ability to play rugby .Positive note Foley Clarke Phipps Gordon Hanigan Can feel proud. If Roger Davis doesn't sack the coaches, rugby in NSW will disappear.

If no players are being developed who are overseas teams contracting out of Australia then? Are they cloning the players from the 90s?

Why does Larkham? Why does Stiles? ...because someone has to do it.

The Hurricanes had a 10 minute malfunction. The Brumbies were terrible let's not beat around the bush.

Crowd attendance at Napier's McLean Park, capacity 19,700, was reported as 13,118 for last night's Hurricanes Brumbies match. Maybe it was the NZ accent, thirty sounding like thirteen?

What about the 2002 model that had 96 points put on them?

Agreed. They aren't as bad as they were in seasons past.

Lol trump and spicer how did you manage to drag them into it you clown?