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Bobby Sands
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Really?
Beer Baron
Phil Hardcastle (33)
i think its no surprise due to injuries. May have been a different story had Hockings, Rodda and McReight all been fit.
Unbelievable depth.
Unbelievable depth.
great pick up. They've all surprised me so far. The Zander / Fotuaika emergence over the last couple of years is a real credit to Thorn (and his staff, Lilycrap in particular). Neither was really on the radar but they've come on and helped build greater depth.
Would it shift substantially if a few of the injured players who would ordinarily make the gameday 23 were back?
Hoopert - Brothers
Hockings - UQ
McReight - Brothers
Wood - Brothers
The Nomad
Bob Davidson (42)
Agree Adam
Thought initially, probably like a few, that Thorn was just taking a bit of heat off his young guns of Wilson , McReight and Lucas by mentioning the three he did.
Great to see they have made the most of the opportunity.
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John Thornett (49)
Cheers for listing the injured guys BH. I had absolutely no idea Harry was at Brothers. Shame really, being a country boy you'd hope he would have wound up at Wests or GPS.
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Bobby Sands
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Brothers have a simply incredible crop coming through.
Wilson, Flook, Faessler, Wood, McReight, Creighton, Ryan Smith, Pappin etc + probably a whole heap more Nudgee boys like Vella etc.
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Bobby Sands
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He is simply our best 8.
Finsbury Girl
Trevor Allan (34)
Harry is a beast, absolutely deserves the number 8.
Fried_Chicken_and_Beer
Stan Wickham (3)
Would the Stadiums that the Northern Pride and Mackay Cutters play out of in Q Cup be viable options? NRL have taken games up there. Might be options outside of Townsville and GC.
the Mackay stadium is actually pretty damn excellent.
Barlow Park in Cairns is fine and has hosted NRL games. The Reds have played their in a trial v the Rebels (my commentary debut!). It's decent too, although has a running track around it.
Sunshine Coast Stadium is very good and has got funds to turn it into a rectangular field rather than an oval.
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Desmond Connor (43)
Yes we do. Harry Vella just finished school last year. Looking forward to seeing more of him but don’t think we have locked him up at Brothers yet.
The Nomad
Bob Davidson (42)
Think you have your man Rob .
UQ thought they had Vella’s services at one stage last year , but the word is he will be at Crosby.
TheKing
Colin Windon (37)
The Queensland Reds have no choice but to launch an all-out offensive in Canberra as bushfire smoke threatens their Super Rugby season opener.
Liam Wright says the game 'is in the hands of the rugby gods.' Very curiously, if smoke forces the game to be cancelled midway through, the team leading at halftime will get the win.
More details: https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.a...s/news-story/f61a23afc70c0c9ad9431b7af21e9b3d
Liam Wright says the game 'is in the hands of the rugby gods.' Very curiously, if smoke forces the game to be cancelled midway through, the team leading at halftime will get the win.
More details: https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.a...s/news-story/f61a23afc70c0c9ad9431b7af21e9b3d
Adam84
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Brumbies maul looks to have maintained the same momentum as 2019... reds maul defence looked shaky at times during the trials
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Bobby Sands
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I was very interested in Michael Woods comments about defensive mauls, it sounds like they have done a fair bit of theory in terms of how they want to set up. I hadn’t heard any commentators talk about maul structure like he was.