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USARugger

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John Thornett (49)
Happy to Chat said:
I can't see how endlessly kicking away possession and then having to defend without gaining any ground could be beneficial to any team. It would be a good tactic once or twice a game and you actually had someone under the ball to challenge!!!!
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Our chase was actually pretty good (most of the time). CFS was getting used quite a bit as the kick chaser. Putting it up high may cut down on the distance of the clearance but it also guarantees those backs are going to be bringing it down in traffic and under pressure, not in an open back field with time to set other players (or themselves) up.

Scrubber2050 said:
Ready is the starting hooker at the Reds at least for 2016. He is an outsider to get a call-up to the Wallabies wider squad.

No doubt he will be a bit miffed next year with the arrival of one, Mr Moore, and takes a bench spot for 60 -70 minutes each week.

Moore has been great and hopefully he can continue for this year and the next (at the reds). We shall see !!!
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At the same time, having Moore there for a season to pass down a lifetime of rugby knowledge could potentially be the best thing that's ever happened to Ready's development as a player.
 
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USARugger said:
At the same time, having Moore there for a season to pass down a lifetime of rugby knowledge could potentially be the best thing that's ever happened to Ready's development as a player.
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Andrew Ready agrees:

“I’m still young at 22 so I only see it as a great benefit both for myself and the Reds to have the Wallabies hooker coming to the club next season,” Ready said.

“I’d like to think I’ve got plenty of years ahead of me and can learn from those lead-from-the-front qualities that he showed at last year’s World Cup.”

“I was lucky enough to have Stilesy as Brisbane City head coach in the NRC and everyone buys into what he says,” Ready said.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/c...b/news-story/c272bd8db33adac0a5e16d212dd6b40d
 
Tomikin

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Simon Poidevin (60)
Peter Toohey said:
Regardless of if or when he comes back, hes an unbelievable talent who will be irreplaceable, but im glad that he will at least get the recognition he deserves overseas. I think hes gonna pull a rocky and dominate club rugby up north and im gonna be supporting any team he plays for.
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I would say more a G.Smith .. and dominate around the world

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Mark Ella (57)
Tomikin said:
I would say more a G.Smith .. and dominate around the world

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Difference is that George was top of the tree here foe a long time.

Liam is probably number 3 or 4 in Australia (that is not my personal view - probably no. 2 behind Pocock)

Talk of world domination is a bit of a stetch
 
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Bob Loudon (25)
Watched the Highlanders game first half again last night paying particular attention to the box kicks. They were definitely good and contestable but we still lost every one of them. The Highlanders got crunched as soon as they got the ball which meant they couldn't do any of their fancy counterattacks, so that was a positive, but we were still gifting away possession for minimal territory gain.

The only kick we won that I could see was the mis-timed bomb by McIntyre that resulted in Frisby's try.

It was still pretty good kicking though, even if we didn't regain possession. If they did it that well every game I don't think it would be worth of its own hashtag like it is currently. #bantheboxkick
 
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Tony Shaw (54)
That's how I remember it Simon so I'm glad you re watched it and confirmed but I should add that I don't think the primary purpose of the box kick from 22-40m is to regain possession, its an exit strategy and to that end it worked well and was out best option.
 
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Bob Loudon (25)
Yeah I know it's an exit strategy in that situation. Question is whether it's the right exit strategy for the Reds team to be the standard go-to tactic. Certainly it's a lot better strategy when it's consistently contestable, which it hasn't been for most of the last two seasons.
 
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Chris McKivat (8)
Simmons is back for this weekend's game and Neville has been dropped to the bench, with Matwijow starting. I might have to go back and rewatch the last game but my gut feel was that Neville has been the more impressive of the two. Perhaps the coaches are just trying to 'poke the bear' a little to keep Neville hungry/fired up.
 
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Andrew Slack (58)
fo!!ower said:
Simmons is back for this weekend's game and Neville has been dropped to the bench, with Matwijow starting. I might have to go back and rewatch the last game but my gut feel was that Neville has been the more impressive of the two. Perhaps the coaches are just trying to 'poke the bear' a little to keep Neville hungry/fired up.
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He's played 516 minutes so far this season. That's plenty for a lock.

Might be time for a (slight!) rest
 
Tomikin

Tomikin

Simon Poidevin (60)
Scrubber2050 said:
Difference is that George was top of the tree here foe a long time.

Liam is probably number 3 or 4 in Australia (that is not my personal view - probably no. 2 behind Pocock)

Talk of world domination is a bit of a stetch
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I meant he will travel through different leagues and be a champion in all, go to France, then Japan then England.. Im sure he will be very good in them all
 
Scoey

Scoey

Tony Shaw (54)
He looks to enjoy contact. The guy he ran at and subsequently ran over to score that try was standing in the in goal area! :)
 
Scoey

Scoey

Tony Shaw (54)
I agree Reg. Looks much more at home playing Rugby than many of the Leaguies that come across with 'Union experience'. Looks like his experience is the real deal.
 
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Bob Loudon (25)
I'm glad to see the old ginger doing well for the Sunwolves. Unfortunately for Quirk the Reds were oversupplied with backrow stocks last year and he was competing with Gill, Thomson, Browning, Robinson and Schatz for a spot, and if I remember right was injured for a fair bit of the season too. Tui and Lolo were in the picture by the end of the season also, and the young blokes like Gunn and Korczyk.

This way he gets to be to be a genuine starting player, to show what he can do, instead of always the bridesmaid and never the bride. Also, let's not forget every player seems to step up when removed from Graham's coaching, so that's probably helped.
 
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