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    Quote Originally Posted by hertryk View Post
    Why on earth wasn't this warrior MOM ????
    wrong shade of blue jersey. have to be a tah to get mom here in sydney

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    At SFS yesterday they were running a promotion during pre-game and half time to text the name of the Waratah you thought would be man of the match. Not sure if the Fox Sports man of the match was linked to this but that could be an explanation.

    I would have thought Fox Sports would have their own award.

    I'm probably being far too optimistic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jargan83 View Post
    At SFS yesterday they were running a promotion during pre-game and half time to text the name of the Waratah you thought would be man of the match. Not sure if the Fox Sports man of the match was linked to this but that could be an explanation.

    I would have thought Fox Sports would have their own award.

    I'm probably being far too optimistic.
    Its the same as at nib. Only the Force player gets man of the match win lose or draw

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    I see fox commentators like fast bowlers in cricket,,, They have short memories... Example Stuart Broad and Mornay Morkel bowling bounces and body shots to Mitchell Johnson in the 1st innings so whats MJ going to do when he gets a chance to bowl just the same but faster... Kearnsey has to come to NIB and boy will I bag him as try's to enter the stadium like I did to Tim Horan last yr...

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    Watching the highlights show tonight I noticed an interesting one.

    They missed showing a penalty and a try for the force. Van Wyk's slips catch of Kurtley Beale was conspicuously absent, but Brache's fumble over the line was replayed a couple of times.

    I can't figure out which tah was saved by them not showing the penalty which was converted into points, but I would have considered points scored to be more valuable in a highlight reel than errors which ultimately had no impact on the outcome.

    The voices in my tinfoil hat are telling me to post that it depends who you are whether your mistakes get covered up.

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    C'mon the

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    Correct Sheikh

    Briant is confirmed.

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    By the way what was the issue with Junior's boot? I heard Phipps picked it up and threw it into the crowd and it wasn't seen by the red or linesmen. Then the Force gets blasted for being tardy when they're having to wait for Junior to get his boot back. Did TWFers who were there see what happened?

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    didnt know it happened

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    No, I missed that one!

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    Have done an analysis of the Ruck Stats for the Waratahs vs Western Force game on the weekend.

    Some good efforts but also some telling signs.

    As discussed last year, the system isn’t perfect:
    1. Early means 1st or 2nd AFTER the ball carrier has been tackled and brought to ground.
    2. Impact means active engagement: strong physical contact, changed shape of ruck, clean-out, protecting ball etc. (more than hand on someone’s bum or arriving after the hard work has been done). Yes it’s subjective - but as I collect all data at least it’s consistent.
    Note: Impact DOES NOT equate to Effectiveness.
    I’ve concluded that coming up with an effectiveness measure is just too difficult in the time that I have available.

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    Comments:
    1. Both sides showed the same trend which began in the latter stage of the 2014 RC and continued through the EOY Tests: standing off defensive rucks and only engaging when there was a clear advantage and opportunity to gain a turn-over. For both side’s rucks in Attack outnumbered rucks in Defence 4:1.
    2. By any measure Angus Cottrell had the best Ruck Stats from either side.
    3. Chris Alcock outpointed his opposing No7, Michael Hooper, with better early engagement and impact rewarded with 2 turnovers to Hopper’s 1.
    4. Nathan Charles put in the type of effort, and strong support for the ball carrier, which helped gain him Wallaby selection in 2014. TPN marginally earlier to rucks but similar impact.
    5. Mitch Chapman’s work rate for his 32 minutes was impressive.
    6. Will Skelton is slow to arrive with minimal impact. His solid defensive ruck involvement was rewarded with 1 turnover.
    7. Steve Mafi’s stats (33 minutes only) are much the same as Will Skelton’s for timing and impact but with higher involvement. Mafi also earned 1 turnover.
    8. Sam Wyke’s involvement was comparable to that of Jacques Potgieter.
    9. Wycliff Palu had more ruck engagements than Ben McCalman. However, McCalman arrived earlier, had more impact and earned 2 turnovers.
    10. Francois van Wyk was the best performing Prop (57 mins) with 1 turnover. However Ben Robinson also put in a sound effort.
    11. Sekope Kepu had the least ruck engagements of the Waratah forwards but with better arrival and impact than he showed in the EOY Tests.
    12. Ruck involvement was clearly not a strong point for Tetera Faulkner with slowest arrival and minimal impact.

    The following tables show ruck involvement for each 10-minutes of the match.

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    Comments:
    1. With the standing off on Defensive rucks, to some extent, these stats mirror possession.
    2. The Waratahs were effectively “missing” from ruck engagement for the first 15 minutes.
    3. The consistency of players such as Hooper, Cottrell and Alcock is clearly apparent.
    4. Might effort by Nathan Charles in the 50-60 - a ruck a minute!

    Other commendable ruck efforts:

    Waratahs Horne - 12 rucks (58%/83%); Foley – 11 rucks (100%/100%);
    Beale – 11 rucks (82%/73%); Ashley-Cooper – 10 rucks (90%/100%)

    WForce Brache – 11 rucks (91%/91%); Rasolea – 10 rucks (80%/90%)
    Coleman (47 mins) – 9 rucks (89%/100%); Ebersohn – 8 rucks (75%/75%)

    PS. This is going to get posted on G&GR under the name of ForceFan. Should encourage some interesting discussion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by valzc View Post
    By the way what was the issue with Junior's boot? I heard Phipps picked it up and threw it into the crowd and it wasn't seen by the red or linesmen. Then the Force gets blasted for being tardy when they're having to wait for Junior to get his boot back. Did TWFers who were there see what happened?
    Phipps is a Prat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrewg View Post
    Have done an analysis of the Ruck Stats for the Waratahs vs Western Force game on the weekend.
    love your work, but the attachments dont work (for me)? can an Admin assist?

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    Quote Originally Posted by UNCLE BOOG View Post
    love your work, but the attachments dont work (for me)? can an Admin assist?
    Bugger Uncle Boog...just shows that it's too long between seasons!!!

    Will work on it!


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    Quote Originally Posted by UNCLE BOOG View Post
    love your work, but the attachments dont work (for me)? can an Admin assist?
    Andrewg - When you've uploaded your photo, right click on it and choose "copy image URL" and then paste this link in as an "insert image"

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    Quote Originally Posted by SinBin View Post
    Andrewg - When you've uploaded your photo, right click on it and choose "copy image URL" and then paste this link in as an "insert image"
    Thanks mate

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