Battle of the Blood Red: Lions v Queensland Reds 8th June 2013

[AngrySeahorse]

12 mins in and I'm knackered

Amen to that. Although if Rugby was played like this more often than not it would be the No.1 sport in this county.

 

[Sir Arthur Higgins]

just a tad entertaining.........wow.

 

[Ash]

Lions go through the Reds scrum. Farrell will kick for goal from wide out. Crowd boos.

Daley and Holmes will be in for a long night, they aren't that standard of props. Daley especially, and Samo being on doesn't help either.

 

[gone]

Ewen Mackenzie pre game: "we're not worried about a set piece battle", well maybe you should have been...

 

[Hugh Jarse]

1st chargedown on QC (Quade Cooper). 1 more to go.

 

[Ash]

Farrell gets it.

Lions up 3 - 0, 14 gone.

 

[qwerty51]

Cooper was the halfback, can't touch him.

 

[Ash]

Reds regather the kick off, great kick.

Cooper gubbers behind the Lions but it takes a deflection and the Lions regather.

Reds run it back, knock it on 45 from their own line. Line ball that one, looked like the right call. A. Finger's mistake.

 

[qwerty51]

BRILLIANT!

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Meat pie for Red.

11, Morahan under the black dot.

QC (Quade Cooper) gets extras.

Reds 7 the Team in Red 3.

St Sam fell off the tackle.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Morahan WHAT A TRY!

What a brilliant individual effort. Great speed. Grounding no issue. You beauty!

 

[p.Tah]

Unbelievable!

 

[ACR]

What a try.. golf clap.

 

[Ash]

Reds get a free kick and go wide, but the Lions defence drifts.

Cooper looks to kick but saw the pressure and held back.

Cooper kicks this time and gets it away cleanly.

 

[qwerty51]

That's seriously up there as the best individual try I've ever seen. Beat the one against the Brumbies.

 

[Ash]

Morhan takes a kick, runs 40m beating 4, chips and regathers, and scores!

Best individual try of the year!!! (Maybe.)

 

[Ash]

Reds are sure going to miss Morahan next year, Force picked up a great deal.

 

[p.Tah]

I just woke all the kids in my house. Must cheer more quietly.

 

[Bruce Ross]

Great individual try.

Why didn't the dopey bastards reach agreement to have the Lions play in red shorts and the Reds in white?
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[Ash]

Ref asking for possible obstruction from Ben Lucas.