Queensland Reds 2024

[Derpus]

Good analysis. Wright for Wallaby skipper.

All i remember from his handful of caps is a fly-half (TJ?) stealing the ball from right out of his hands.

 

[Adam84]

once the non-club / members / rugby club Taffys are able to buy - you'd think this game would be close to a sellout wouldnt it?

20-25k for a Reds team missing a large chunk of Wallabies, and potentially a Wales team using it as a development match would be a respectable turnout i'd imagine

 

[TSR]

All i remember from his handful of caps is a fly-half (TJ?) stealing the ball from right out of his hands.

Yeah - good, highly relevant point.

 

[Sword of Justice]

My only memories of Wright (the greater) in Gold is jumping in the line out and making easy metres off link play. Both things we really need.

To be sure though, back row will be congested this year.

Could we see a pick for captaincy reasons that sees Wright in a la Ben Mowen (not a dig at all on Mowen who I thought improved our team greatly before he left).

 

[Strewthcobber]

Any word if Wright is likely to re-sign (edit - added the hyphen)

 

[Highlander35]

Any word if Wright is likely to resign?

I hope for the reds sake he doesn't

 

[LeCheese]

I hope for the reds sake he doesn't

I can only assume this is resign / re-sign confusion?

 

[Highlander35]

I can only assume this is resign / re-sign confusion?

I am indeed hilarious

 

[SouthernX]

considering Liam horror run with injuries - I think he’d have feeling of unfinished business with reds and will put pen to paper.

maybe offer him his sabbatical in his next contract (the one he never got a chance to enact because of injury)

 

[Adam84]

 

[Sully]

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No JOC (James O'Connor)

 

[Adam84]

Brother have a Bye

 

[RugbyReg]

Well the women finish the season with a win finally. But it’s arguable they deserved it. I think I forcast concerns about their pack and that proved true. We were pretty terrible upfront all season. Missing Parry big time plus Codey and Cheetham. Backs looked good at times but the whole team looked off. Like they just weren’t connected as a team.

Some really exciting young talent though. Hopefully more to come. particularly in the pack.

 

[RugbyReg]

Reds undertaking a two game UK tour early 2025 including a game v Bristol.

Queensland Reds lock in historic tour game in Bristol in 2025

The Queensland Reds will embark on their first European tour in 35 years early in 2025 after securing an historic match against top English club Bristol Bears.

reds.rugby

 

[Adam84]

Interesting.. are they playing 2 games against Bristol, or 1 against Bristol and another TBC?
Also is it really the first tour in 35 years? I'm scratching the back of my brain here but didn't the Reds tour Ireland back around 2009.


On a separate note, Hodgman and Fa'agase should be due back for Moana Pasifika correct?

 

[RugbyReg]

1 Bristol and 1 TBC.

 

[Adam84]

It's not the first European tour in 35 years, Reds last toured Ireland in 2008 and played Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster A.
Captained by Greg Holmes and Morgan Turinui

 

[PhilClinton]

Where does the 35 years come from? It’s literally the headline when you click the link. They mention a 1980 tour which involved Bristol but even then, it’s not 35 years.

 

[RugbyReg]

Where does the 35 years come from? It’s literally the headline when you click the link. They mention a 1980 tour which involved Bristol but even then, it’s not 35 years.

putting aside the 2008 tour, in 1990 QLD UK/Europe (Bath, London Irish, Northampton, Samoa, Fiji, Toulouse).

35 years before next years tour.

 

[Adam84]

It seems strange to just put aside the 2008 tour, though. Is there a reason they're excluding that tour or did they just forget?