Blues expect a wrestle against Waratahs March 22, 2013 - 2:57AM Blues coach Sir John Kirwan is expecting a wrestling match up front as they take on the under-fire Waratahs in their Super Rugby clash. The Blues beat the Hurricanes and the Crusaders largely through their exciting back play, but found the forward might of the Bulls and their pressuring game plan too tough in round three. The Waratahs have had a poor opening to their Super Rugby campaign but their forwards have shown strength and Kirwan rated them the most physical of the Australian sides ahead of their clash in Sydney on Sunday. They lost last weekend (to the Cheetahs) but they did some really good stuff with the ball in hand, good hard running at the line, so we're going to have to be up for that... it's going to be a WWF-type battle. The Blues have had a bye since their 28-21 loss to the Bulls and Kirwan says it came at the right time, enabling the team to have a mental break and be refreshed for the Waratahs clash. Kirwan said the problem came with poor execution of their game plan and an inability to change tack when their game wasn't working. We technically didn't get it right against the Bulls and we didn't have the ability to adjust on the football field. We need to be able to do that this week, because the Waratahs will throw different stuff at us. You can train out here as long as you want, but the Waratahs I'm sure will be bringing something different, and we need to be able to adapt on the run. Fullback Charles Piutau said the loss was a good wake-up call for the team. "We weren't fully there mentally and we didn't really implement our game plan that we were given," he said. The guys were hurting but it is a good lesson and if we learn from that it'll be a good thing for us. The guys really want to go back out there and just improve on our last performance.