Waratahs aiming to go one better

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All four of Australia's Super 14 rugby union teams will play their first pre-season trial matches this weekend ahead of the expanded competition which starts next month.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}

[Sagerian]

I'll most likely be there on Sat so I'll have some new pics up on wearblue.

[Burgs]

What format are they playing the scratch match Sage?
The Force match is being played as four quarters.
Look forward to hearing how it goes.

[Sagerian]

Hmm, from memory I think the trials are 4 quarters, I'd forgotten all about that. I haven't found any info on the specific format of the Tahs/Brumbies game... Guess I'll find out Saturday.

[luke_the_pom]

What format are they playing the scratch match Sage?
The Force match is being played as four quarters.
Look forward to hearing how it goes.

i didnt know it was in 4quarters!
how long are quarters?
anything else diff i should know about?

thanks mate

[Burgs]

I think they are 20 mins each Luke.
I think there may also be a bit more turnover from the bench allowed too but not sure about this.
As a scratch match fixture it allows a few more players to get decent exposure I guess.
Will be interesting though as I understand the Cheetahs to be bringing their full blown XV where as Mitchell is resting all our Internationals for this and maybe the next fixture.
Be prepared for a "loss" on the night, that's why the first "Force" match is against the Brumbies.
It was announced that they will be wearing the away jerseys for the preseason and only blooding the blue on the 10th for the first S14 fixture.

[Sagerian]

Ya I was going to mention that. Don't be upset if your team loses their pre-season games. The Force in particular have alot of experimenting to do (and I'm not talking about Matt Henjek's type of experimenting)...

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Got my tickets today so I'll do my share of spying and try to figure out what kinda lineup McKenzie is going with. Word on the street is Sailor will be trialed at 12 at some point.

Hmm, my ticket numbers are 2733 and 2734... Either it's not gonna be a big turnout or people are just gonna buy tickets at the gate.