Force brace for physical pre-season contest

[palitu]

Here are my few points from the night!


- I love the look of most of the first back line - matheson, holmes, godwin, not sure about junior still, badger.
- wasn't impressed with Marcel, he was caught out of position on one occasion and seemed to get back slowly on turnover ball (esp with that wind), got bundled into touch taking the wrong option, and seemed to dawdle a little bit.
- The saffa 4 looked pretty good, solid in the line out too
- Skills were really good, i didn't see too many dropped balls at all. They managed to keep on the front foot a lot, though not super competition
- discipline was really good
- kicking was minimal!!!!
- some of the kicks were crap, kicking way too high into the howling wind.


HIGHLIGHT: Alby got smashed in a tackle, and had to come off... because he had lost his shoes... SHOES!!! thats right, he got knocked out of both his shoes. he seemed a little pissed as he needed to find some more shoes. What had us all really puzzled was, where did he put his shoes, he didnt come off with them... pretty sure a Samoan forward ate them, only explanation really...

Shaping up to be a tight unit, and will be good to see them against a quality side.

[SNOB]

Saw him loose the first one over the far side, were I was. I thought Marcel was ok. Also think that wind was something that nobody really knew how to deal with. (Something the coaching staff should have known about). Think it was 10 that kicked within about 5 mins(on the far side) and watched the ball curl back and land about were it was kicked from. Didn't happen again in that half.
Couple of days later and I'm still feeling better than last year.
By the by.. Stopped of for a meal in Rocky for a meal before the game and meet CEO Mark Sinderberry who happily showed he Aithch and myself the play sheet for the night. Was fantastic to be able to tell the people around us who was coming on next or in a couple of places who they were!
I love this team!

[Muddly]

Was a solid night. I thought Marcel played ok. Luke has pace to burn and has firmed as my pick for the FB spot, Zack looked good at 10, but Sias wasn't too bad either. At the end on the day we scored 20 more points than in the corresponding game to last year which shows some improvement in attack and we didn't get any tries against!! Looking forward to Friday night, should be a better hit out and hopefully some more improvement!!

[brokendown gunfighter]

has anyone any info on the make up of the Argie team?I guess most of their better players are in Europe

[GAFFA]

has anyone any info on the make up of the Argie team?I guess most of their better players are in Europe

ICBC Pampas XV Squad
No.
PLAYER
CLUB
UNION
POSITION

1
Ahualli Antonio de Chazal
SIC
URBA
Eighth

2
Matias Alemanno
La Tablada
Cordovan
Second line

3
Rodrigo Baez
Liceo RC
Whose
Third line

4
Bruno Rodrigo
Jockey Villa Maria
Cordovan
Third line

5
Thomas Carrio
Elves RC
Rosary
Wing

6
Santiago Cordero
Regatas Bella Vista
URBA
Fullback

7
Matias Cortese
Liceo RC
Whose
Hooker

8
Thomas Cubelli
Belgrano Athletic
URBA
Scrum half

9
Jerónimo de la Fuente
Elves RC
Rosary
Center

10
Thomas De la Vega
CUBA
URBA
Third line

11
Patricio Fernández
Jockey Club
Rosary
Opening

12
Santiago González Iglesias
Alumni Association
URBA
Opening

13
Ramiro Herrera
Hindu
URBA
Pillar

14
Iglesias Santiago Valdez
Academic
Tucumán
Hooker

15
Facundo Isa
Eighth

16
Martin Landajo
CASI
URBA
Scrum half

17
Thomas Lavanini
Hindu
URBA
Second line

18
Román Miralles
Elves RC
Rosary
Fullback

19
Manuel Montero
Pucara
URBA
Wing

20
Julian Montoya
Newman
URBA
Hooker

21
Matías Moroni
CUBA
URBA
Center

22
Ramiro Moyano
Lynx RC
Tucumán
Fullback

23
Lucas Noguera Peace
Lynx RC
Tucumán
Pillar

24
Matías Orlando
Huirapuca
Tucumán
Center

25
Javier Ortega Desio
SIC
URBA
Third line

26
Guido Petti Pagadizabal
SIC
URBA
Second line

27
Bruno Postiglioni
The RC Silver
URBA
Pillar

28
Lucas Ponce
CUBA
URBA
Second line

29
Tomas Ramirez
Jockey Club
Cordovan
Pillar

30
Javier Rojas
Academic
Tucumán
Center

[jargan83]

has anyone any info on the make up of the Argie team?I guess most of their better players are in Europe

Canon fodder...

[brokendown gunfighter]

agree,especially when they have 3 jockeys playing

[jargan83]

Let them bring their horses, should make it interesting

[Alison]

Is anyone else feeling slightly nervous after reading about how well the Reds, Rebs and Tahs have played against 'proper S15' opposition in their trial matches? 60-odd points against a 'cobbled together' Samoan team (no disrespect intended) doesn't mean the same to me as 20-odd points against a seasoned Chiefs or Hurricanes or Blues outfit.

Am I being unduly pessimistic?

[jargan83]

Is anyone else feeling slightly nervous after reading about how well the Reds, Rebs and Tahs have played against 'proper S15' opposition in their trial matches? 60-odd points against a 'cobbled together' Samoan team (no disrespect intended) doesn't mean the same to me as 20-odd points against a seasoned Chiefs or Hurricanes or Blues outfit.

Am I being unduly pessimistic?

I don't think it's unduly at all to be honest.

[SNOB]

I do find it a bit disturbing that we can't find a more worthy opponent. I assume Rugby WA pays the way for the visiting teams. If that's the case why couldn't we have bought over one of the SA teams? Or is it because we want to keep our powder dry and surprise everyone? That's the one I'm telling my self!

[Sheikh]

Canon fodder...

Haven't we had enough issues with the Catholic Church recently - we don't need to be throwing Argentinians at them

[Stone Cold]

Haven't we had enough issues with the Catholic Church recently - we don't need to be throwing Argentinians at them

Brilliant

[GAFFA]

Highlights from the match



does anyone else think our jersey looks schmick on camera?

[James]

Is anyone else feeling slightly nervous after reading about how well the Reds, Rebs and Tahs have played against 'proper S15' opposition in their trial matches? 60-odd points against a 'cobbled together' Samoan team (no disrespect intended) doesn't mean the same to me as 20-odd points against a seasoned Chiefs or Hurricanes or Blues outfit.

Am I being unduly pessimistic?

I didn't look over the Hurricanes line up but the Blues and Chiefs were undermanned. Others might call me pessimistic, but we face up against the Waratahs in Sydney in the first round and it might not matter if we aren't seasoned because we'd probably get smoked anyway.