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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Yarp.......
Slipper has pretty much exclusively played at TH for the Reds the past few years while Daley and Holmes rotated at LH.........
Brumbies vs Reds - Saturday 22 February 2014.
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Yarp.......
Slipper has pretty much exclusively played at TH for the Reds the past few years while Daley and Holmes rotated at LH.........
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Mark Ella (57)
Slipper might have played a handful of games at LHP for the Reds but he has played probably 90% of his about 50 games at THP.
I am so looking forward to Aiden T at the back - think he will possibly detroy the Brums - that to me will be the highlight (and watching young Jarod Butler)
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Billy Sheehan (19)
I think maybe both teams will go out with the idea of a fast running game.
Will depend on the Ref and how rusty the teams are as to whether it will stay that way.
Will depend on the Ref and how rusty the teams are as to whether it will stay that way.
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Maybe Nick Stiles knows something everyone else doesn't, first time the Reds have had a dedicated scrum coach for a few years.
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If this happens il eat my hat, Reds vs Brumbies matches have earned the reputation of been absolutely dour affairs of attrition warfare.
tigerland12
John Thornett (49)
Well they are the current sixth Saffa team....or is that the Force?
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John Thornett (49)
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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
The 2013 Reds v Brumbies first fixture at Canberra Stadium was a very ordinary game, the next fixture between the two at Suncorp wasn't too bad. I hope to see some decent running rugby, where the referee just stays out of it! Watching the Chief v Saders game, Chris Pollock had too much involvement in the first half, when he put the whistle away the second half was fluent.
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Ken Catchpole (46)
Well they are the current sixth Saffa team..or is that the Force?
If we are the 6th South African team, are you guys the 6th New Zealand team?
The refs always like to prove they were listening at the refs conference in the early rounds with petty stuff picked up. I did hear what the 'what to look out for list' was but can't remember it all but don't be surprised to hear the pea blown out of the whistle.
A shame the big games are the first ones of the year
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2nd half at Suncorp was the most entertaining half of rugby these two teams have played against each other in years...
But in saying at that, new coaches in both teams could mean anything.
I still find it amazing the stats that the Reds kicked the ball more than any other team that year when they won in 2011 and Cooper and Genia are consistently in the list of most kicks in Super rugby games is not recognised.
I hope perception can be based on facts and if the Brumbies choose to kick intelligently as they have in past seasons I will be more than happy that it creates the opportunity to keep the ball in hand when required. They did score the most tries for an Australian side last year
I hope perception can be based on facts and if the Brumbies choose to kick intelligently as they have in past seasons I will be more than happy that it creates the opportunity to keep the ball in hand when required. They did score the most tries for an Australian side last year
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Herbert Moran (7)
No, we are a land of milk and honey for those poor refugees from the pacific islands.
We educate them, clothe them, raise them, support them.
We then claim them.
Win Win for all concerned.
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Geoff Shaw (53)
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I think purely looking at the overall kicking stats is a misleading indicator when talking about entertainment or the style of the team, there are many different kind of kicks, you can have defensive kicking whereby anytime a team receives the ball inside there own half they will boot it back down field and rely on their defensive pressure to win turnovers and score points, you can have attacking kicking where teams may use short kicks over the defensive line as a mean to force the defending wingers to drop back and open up space out wide to run the ball, you have up and under's which can be either a defensive or offensive tactic depending on field position etc etc...
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John Solomon (38)
There is a big difference between actively recruiting Saffas & nurturing young talent who's parents have come here to live for lifestyle reasons.
Hoping for an entertaining match & a rare Reds win in Canberra. Happy to be getting this game out of the way before the ACT winter freeze, it gives us a better chance I reckon/ Reds by 8
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Reds to win.
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