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Lets see if we have a better year than last year.
Good start to the year, although it was only the CATS but a wins a win and were were not at full strength.
Beale had a reasonable debut from the bench, he certainly is a goer.
Waratahs beat Lions after flight plan pays off
New South Wales outmuscled the Lions 25-16 in their Super 14 opener at Ellis Park in Johannesburg this morning, after their gamble of arriving in South Africa only 53 hours before the match paid off.
Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie chose to arrive late in Johannesburg rather than risk jet lag after an 11-hour flight from Sydney.
The new-look Waratahs team showed no ill-effects as they took a 15-6 lead into half-time with fly half Daniel Halangahu and flanker Rocky Elsom brushing off poor tackles to bustle in for tries from 15 metres out.
Winger Peter Hewat converted the second to add to his earlier penalty, which contrasted with two penalties from Lions fly half Louis Strydom, who was a late replacement for injured Springbok number 10 and team captain Andre Pretorius.
The Lions, formerly known as the Cats, struck back two minutes after the restart when wing Louis Ludik sped outside Lote Tuqiri to score in the right-hand corner. Strydom converted to reduce the Waratahs' lead to two points.
Hewat slotted a second penalty to restore some of the Waratahs advantage before McKenzie cleared his bench, introducing among others highly-rated fly half Kurtley Beale who turned 18 only a month ago.
Beale immediately looked at home and had a hand in the move that led to the decisive moment in the match when Lions centre Jaque Fourie was yellow-carded.
Beale moved the ball to Tuqiri who was spear-tackled by Fourie. From the resulting penalty, the Waratahs set up a line-out drive and replacement hooker Adam Freier scored the Waratahs third and conclusive try.
Hewat converted and the Waratahs had too much experience and enough energy to close out the game.
http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200702/s1839455.htm
Good start to the year, although it was only the CATS but a wins a win and were were not at full strength.
Beale had a reasonable debut from the bench, he certainly is a goer.
Waratahs beat Lions after flight plan pays off
New South Wales outmuscled the Lions 25-16 in their Super 14 opener at Ellis Park in Johannesburg this morning, after their gamble of arriving in South Africa only 53 hours before the match paid off.
Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie chose to arrive late in Johannesburg rather than risk jet lag after an 11-hour flight from Sydney.
The new-look Waratahs team showed no ill-effects as they took a 15-6 lead into half-time with fly half Daniel Halangahu and flanker Rocky Elsom brushing off poor tackles to bustle in for tries from 15 metres out.
Winger Peter Hewat converted the second to add to his earlier penalty, which contrasted with two penalties from Lions fly half Louis Strydom, who was a late replacement for injured Springbok number 10 and team captain Andre Pretorius.
The Lions, formerly known as the Cats, struck back two minutes after the restart when wing Louis Ludik sped outside Lote Tuqiri to score in the right-hand corner. Strydom converted to reduce the Waratahs' lead to two points.
Hewat slotted a second penalty to restore some of the Waratahs advantage before McKenzie cleared his bench, introducing among others highly-rated fly half Kurtley Beale who turned 18 only a month ago.
Beale immediately looked at home and had a hand in the move that led to the decisive moment in the match when Lions centre Jaque Fourie was yellow-carded.
Beale moved the ball to Tuqiri who was spear-tackled by Fourie. From the resulting penalty, the Waratahs set up a line-out drive and replacement hooker Adam Freier scored the Waratahs third and conclusive try.
Hewat converted and the Waratahs had too much experience and enough energy to close out the game.
http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200702/s1839455.htm
