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Agreed. I find much of what Deans says to be very flawed and coming from some obscure perspective that clearly, few of us grasp. I presume Link and the rest of the coaching staff at the Reds DO have a clue what they're doing though and whether or not he has a fair point about Taps is irrelevant...

Two interesting articles that appear to be the complete opposite of what we are saying in this forum. Note that the coaches team was put together a few months ago (prior to quades recent form and when shipperley was still in form) and was possibly the reason behind Deans' non selection of the...

Damn it. Got me. I really shouldn't post things after a certain amount of bourbon.

Bruce I always enjoy reading what you have to say because it is insightful, reasoned and balanced, but on this occasion, I can't agree about Helmet. He is Captain obvious and dull as Clarke's commentary. I've said before on another thread that Horan is perhaps the best 12 I've seen for the...

The Greyling hit was a definite red card. However on a brighter note, I was wearing my newly arrived 'McCaw Offside' t-shirt so though I know it was wrong, in an odd way I felt ok.............

I tend to agree with most of this. Obviously QC (Quade Cooper) was sub-par, at least for the first half and did some pretty dumb things. While he's no genius for sure, he seems to have a pretty good rugby brain, or at least Link seems to think so. His couple of games back for the Wallabies have been odd...

Thanks for my laugh for the day. Must be time for a bourbon.

I did a tally of the average age of each squad at the start of the year and the Brumbies were younger by an average of 3 months. However, take out Van, DK and Old Shep and the Reds almost instantly revert to being the youngest. So it's a fair bet the 22 from Saturday night were a touch younger...

I also recall the 'king of rugby insight' - Greg Clarke, suggesting at the start of the season that the Brumbies would struggle because he didn't think the young blokes would listen to Jake as he wouldn't be able to relate to them. Good call genius. it is interesting though, the amount of...

I tend to agree re CL. It's the best season he's played and the confidence he's shown has been infectious for the backline and the team in general. I'm not a Brumbies fan (though the rest of my house is) but the way he has shone was pretty impressive and got me admitting he might even score a...

I just hope Harris is ready for Ma'a; that Digby plays 13 to keep Rene under control; and that Davies realises it's ok to at least try and catch a pass even if it isn't delivered perfectly into his bread basket.........

The challenge for the Reds is that the game has moved on and there is more of a battle allowed at each contact this season and the Stormers just waited for the one out unit and either slowed or turned over the ball. FP I think you make a good point. Also it feels like all the energy and...

TBD that comment was from Greg Martin, so ignore it. He also said on Thursday night on The Rugby Club that Adam Thomson was out for the Highlanders.....I guess it was a different Adam Thomson who scored a hat-trick the next day. The only better example from the Fox 'experts' of a lack of effort...

Just realised I didn't even answer the questions asked.....good grief. Samo not injured just dropped. I think Quirk toured and was fine all along. I expect Murphy kicks for Brothers so he should certainly be first choice. Sanchez just doesn't measure up in the kicking department.

Samo dropped from the 22 1. Ben Daley 2. James Hanson 3. James Slipper 4. Van Humphries 5. James Horwill (c) 6. Scott Higginbotham 7. Liam Gill 8. Jake Schatz 9. Will Genia (vc) 10. Dallan Murphy 11. Luke Morahan 12. Ben Tapuai 13. Joel Rapana 14. Dom Shipperley 15. Rod Davies 16. Albert Anae...

So Joel Rapana is named at 13 for Saturday. I'm struggling to find out much about him. All I found is that he played for the Force in 2010 and a bit with Qld A. Not even sure if they're talking about the right Rapana. Any thoughts?

Agreed RH. The kicking away of possession with the grubber was particularly frustrating. Saia's ten minute cameo was awful too.

Maybe it all started to go wrong when we switched from donating goats and went to water...........er sorry........... Perhaps instead of blooding young guys at 10 and watching them get smashed or at least severely dented, Link should go to the other extreme and trawl for a few of the old...

I read that too and thought "what a load of bollocks". He was making the argument about lack of experience, youth and that the players like to play music before games, meaning Jake White wouldn't relate. It sounded pretty much like descriptions of the Reds at the start of the 2010 season. What...

Pining for the Super XV a couple of months ago I had a dig around. Quite a few of these guys played in the Saffa Provinces last season: Agen/ Gert Muller Biarritz/Eugene van Staden Brive/Retief Uys Clermont/Daniel Kotze, Riaan Swanepoel, Brent Russell Montpellier/Rassie Van Vuuren...