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Reds 2020

Micheal

Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Story by Wayne Smith in today's Australian reporting Scott Johnson has lodged a formal complaint to SANZAR about the poor officiating in the last two Reds games.

Apparently focuses on the scrum of the Reds not being rewarded for their dominance and makes particular reference to the penalty against TT that then got piggy backed up the field for a rolling maul try ( and yellow card to Wright) and no yellow card against the Lions for repeated infringements despite the number of infringements reaching the threshold for an automatic yellow. Both game changing moments.

First time RA has lodged a complaint on behalf of a Super team. Johnson claims the poor officiating cost the Reds two away wins. Will be interesting to hear if SANZAR's response is any different back to a home nation and if the complaint carries any more weight coming from RA.

I also like that this has been done without a great deal being made of it in the Press by RA.

It looks a lot better for us if we air grievances through the right channels, as opposed to Cheika doing it by screaming at some poor journo in a Press Conference.
 

Dctarget

John Eales (66)
Wilson discussing Higgers:
"Everything I do I just want to attack it and just do it as hard as you can. I love the way Higgers just played eyes-up footy in attack and defence.
"It's definitely something to emulate. When I play rugby I don't like playing just boring stuff and that's probably why I really liked learning from Higgers and just watching in general."

Cool, Scott was always one of my favourite Reds players and Wilson could do worse than emulate his career. But here's hoping he goes even better than Scotty.
 
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Bobby Sands

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Story by Wayne Smith in today's Australian reporting Scott Johnson has lodged a formal complaint to SANZAR about the poor officiating in the last two Reds games.

Apparently focuses on the scrum of the Reds not being rewarded for their dominance and makes particular reference to the penalty against TT that then got piggy backed up the field for a rolling maul try ( and yellow card to Wright) and no yellow card against the Lions for repeated infringements despite the number of infringements reaching the threshold for an automatic yellow. Both game changing moments.

First time RA has lodged a complaint on behalf of a Super team. Johnson claims the poor officiating cost the Reds two away wins. Will be interesting to hear if SANZAR's response is any different back to a home nation and if the complaint carries any more weight coming from RA.

Love this.

Some folk want to not watch the game and just assume it’s sour grapes.

Rugby is very much a game of interpretation, which unfortunately can also mean corruption. Lions game was annoying, but Jaguares was as bad as it gets.

I don’t want a square up, an Aussie to blow teams off the park, I just want normal & neutral refs.
 
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Bobby Sands

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When is Fraser McReight, right? He will add plenty coming off the bench.
 

Tomikin

Simon Poidevin (60)
It’s what we’ve predicted for a while - this time last year - but who knows.

Fraser will hit Super as quickly as Harry has.

All I know is keep Lukhan at 5.

Be interesting to see, I think you need LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) in the pack, and probably at Lock, he offers a bit of ball running and muscle, guess we will see if Wright is a 6.
 
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Bobby Sands

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Be interesting to see, I think you need LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) in the pack, and probably at Lock, he offers a bit of ball running and muscle, guess we will see if Wright is a 6.

Wright is definitely not a six in terms of the ways Aussies see the game, but I think with Wilson at 8, we can have a very effective French style backrow.

Wilson as the Picamoles, dominant carry skillful guy.

Wright as your Dusautoir, taller openside.

McReight as your traditional 7.

They could even play them as left and right flankers which is a very French set up as well.

Seems to be a trend in international rugby too, which makes the Lukhan experiment all the more unusual: https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-strange-death-of-the-blindside-flanker/
 

Up the Guts

Steve Williams (59)
Wright could easily be a rangy Fardy type 6 that does a lot of the scrappy ruck work. Although, I still think he is underweight for his height and his running game, already quite good, has room to improve so that he fills more of the bullocking 6 mould.
 

Garry Owens

Alan Cameron (40)
Bearing in mind that Lukhan at Left Lock gives you increased mobility as well.

Wright gives you a legit 3rd jumping option too.

I wouldn't be too worried by trying to play "traditional/positional" body types in the back row. That shit gets dwelled on way too much. Play your best guys and if that gives you a different type of match up advantage with increased speed and mobility - so you can play with some tempo , without compromising your set piece ,then fantastic.
 

Adam84

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Wilson is young, young guys struggle as the season goes, games like the Sunwolves might be a good opportunity to rest him, or bring him off the bench. With Hockings and McReight returning from injury, they have the luxury of depth to do it.
 
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Bobby Sands

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Wright doesn’t lose too many collisions which is all the counts I suppose!

Fraser actually has a very good running game as well, in that he finds gaps and links well.

Can’t wait to see him out there.
 

dru

Tim Horan (67)
We just need a win right now. All well and good to have depth but if you're not winning and there is no momentum, 'rotation' turns to 'dropping'.

Yes we do.

But hopefully the coaching team has the courage of it’s convictions for the win. Let’s say that the plan may have been to back of Wilson’s game time and perhaps to continue the development of Lucas at 10. Then do it. Don’t be shied of the 0-3.
 

The Nomad

Bob Davidson (42)
Fraser has been training the whole time the senior squad has been away with the U20's, think he would be a chance of a bench spot this week.

Maybe ASY (Angus Scott-Young) back to 6 with Rodda and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) as locks , Fraser at 20 and either AB or HH to miss the match day squad?
 

Garry Owens

Alan Cameron (40)
Comments around Wright and lack of size for 6 sort of gets you thinking around a bigger issue about how backward Rugby is in its thinking compared to other contact / collision football codes here in Australia and also overseas.

The focus should be more orientated toward power to weight rather than just raw mass for raw mass sake because it is aesthetically pleasing in what we imagine the benefits of what it brings.

I think League has cottoned on to this idea better than Rugby has over the last 10 years and the end result is more power in the collision and pace-speed that comes off the back of that.

Best performing running backs in the NFL range between 5'10 to 6'1 (lower center of gravity)and come in between 96kg to 102kg. They take an absolute beating as well but are able to make bigger linemen/ defensive backs miss or power through contact with better power/weight efficiency and pick up decent post contact yards- which,irrespective of the football code, is increasingly what its all becoming about for ball carriers. Yeah yeah yeah....Derrick Henry some may say who at 6'3 and 108kg led the NFL in rushing yards this last season. But he is definitely the outlier and an old fashioned running back bully boy.

Increasingly, in other collision codes , it's about carrying less mass and projecting more power and speed.

So.......I'm not phased in a seemingly more unorthodox line up in the back row , if it were to pass, that ran Wright /McReight/Wilson as our starters.

You can build your own advantage with that.
 
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Bobby Sands

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Fraser has been training the whole time the senior squad has been away with the U20's, think he would be a chance of a bench spot this week.

Maybe ASY (Angus Scott-Young) back to 6 with Rodda and LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) as locks , Fraser at 20 and either AB or HH to miss the match day squad?

Don’t tease me. Would be ideal.
 
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