Super Rugby Trials: Blues Blitzed As Tahs Turn On the Razzle Dazzle
by Paul Cook -
In a game built up as a clash between Israel Folau and Benji Marshall, one superstar who has seemingly conquered both codes and another hoping to match him, it was an unheralded recruit from Sydney club rugby that stole the show as far as the fans were concerned, as the Waratahs racked up five tries in a convincing 33-12 victory over fellow Super Rugby rivals, the Blues.
Alofa Alofa – so good they named him twice - came on in the second half for his home debut and showed plenty of razzle dazzle as he scored one and had a hand in another, rousing the Tahs faithful from their seats and in tandem with fellow excitement machines Folau, Peter Betham, Ben Volavola, Jono Lance and returning hero Kurtley Beale, offered up plenty of promise for an entertaining year at Waratahs H