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John Thornett (49)
Yawn, Cowan was deliberately slowing the pill down should have moved away quicker. He's been a serial pest all season long doing it.
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Yawn, Cowan was deliberately slowing the pill down should have moved away quicker. He's been a serial pest all season long doing it.
I really like the combativeness of Nick Cummins, nothing more than 100%
Also great to see Brett Sheehan back and being 100% pest. The first thing he did was start pushing Genia about at the scrum.
On Genia, the Force were very smart. Genia was held, put on the bottom of rucks, checked all game. That kept him away from a chunk of play
Also great to see Brett Sheehan back and being 100% pest. The first thing he did was start pushing Genia about at the scrum.
On Genia, the Force were very smart. Genia was held, put on the bottom of rucks, checked all game. That kept him away from a chunk of play
Yes, because the way the rules are, players are allowed to take measures into their own hands with no come back from the ref
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John Thornett (49)
Yes, because the way the rules are, players are allowed to take measures into their own hands with no come back from the ref
Yet we, the armchair experts complain about slow rucks and slow ball play when the solution is quite simple.
Agreed, but rucking ain't coming back.
And honestly "if" rucking was returned, quite a few of the Reds units would have had noughts and crosses played on their backs in that game as well (Saia Fainga'a in particular would have had a best out of seven game played on him by the end)
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John Hipwell (52)
Can they please start to take points every time they are offer. If it fails you generally get the ball back in the opposition half. The only time i want to see them kick for touch again is going for a bonus point and the game is out of reach or under 2 mins left and need 2 scores.
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Steve Williams (59)
Gift? They were all close games. In fact we almost beat the bulls in sa.
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David Wilson (68)
The way some Reds supporters (not all) talk, there are 14 teams in the competiton all trying to slow the ball down, and 1 that isn't. Every team that you play is trying to slow your ball down and you're trying to slow down everyone else's. How much the ball is slowed down depends on how well you protect your own ball and how the referee interprets each breakdown.
There were plenty of Reds players slowing down Force ball last night and vice versa. The Reds are a tough, well-drilled side with some high quality players and teams are going to lift against them. Force were highly committed and did some good things last night. I thought being able to stop the Reds scoring a try for about 70 mins, when 2nd half possession running over 60-40 against was pretty good.
There were plenty of Reds players slowing down Force ball last night and vice versa. The Reds are a tough, well-drilled side with some high quality players and teams are going to lift against them. Force were highly committed and did some good things last night. I thought being able to stop the Reds scoring a try for about 70 mins, when 2nd half possession running over 60-40 against was pretty good.
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Steve Williams (59)
R u serious. What about saia? He was flopping everywhere. The entire reds team slowed the ball down all night.
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John Hipwell (52)
But the Force don't know what to do with fastball so it doesn't hinder them at all, may even help them.
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Steve Williams (59)
I think we looked the better attacking team.But the Force don't know what to do with fastball so it doesn't hinder them at all, may even help them.
we r getting there.
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John Thornett (49)
I don't see that at all. The problem is, people cry wolf when Horwill gives those lazy players a love tap. If you can't handle to heat, get out of the kitchen.
Selective reading? I acknowledged it happened by the Reds. I'm just brushing off the whole love tap scenario.
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David Wilson (68)
Every tackle he makes, in every match and then looks up incredulously when penalised.
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John Solomon (38)
Just for completeness.
If the ref allows it and both teams want it enough, this is the end result. Massive arm wrestle.
Apart from Ioane the red's backline looks pretty impotent in the face of an organised defence with good line speed. He is the best Aus winger going round in those conditions.
Shipperley will want to find his cojones and have a real go carrying the ball, or he is going to slip silently off the radar.
Taps and Cooper really need to mix it up a bit more, they look more like Deans is coaching them than they should.
Slipper and Hanson made some sort of impact, hope they start from here on.
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Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Listen until the end, trust me
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