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Yeah, they're all young squad members. De Lutis will play if fit. Werchon, Bryant and Brial will too because they'll rest Tate, Fraser, Wilson. McCulloch could come in for Daungunu but he'll need to string a few games together at hospital cup level for the body.

That’s a huge leap!

Contending each year but gotta break through eventually.

Bugger

Nah, Schmidt is resting him for lions

Yeah, look ultimately Reds weren't good enough during the season and certainly not in the QF. But I felt like it was 12 - 0 for a while and if we could have scored might have at least given the Saders food for thought. It was pretty difficult going when we were getting penalised pretty regularly...

Is anyone able to put together data from last year to this year? I.e. is our lineout better? Tackle efficiency? Discipline?

Late June - July. Italy

Is Waters available next year? If he can play centre we really need to be developing him there due to his size. Wingers don't seem to be difficult to develop for us.

I'm not comparing them to any of them. Ultimately, the prize is to win the title yeah? And the Brumbs finishing in the semis each year shows they're not improving either? It's obviously more nuanced than that which is why I'm not sure the Reds actually went backwards. Personally, making the...

I'm not writing them completely off but how many lost semi-finals would that be for the Brumbies? 2 or 3 in a row? I'm not sure that's much better than the Reds. And the Crusaders QF was actually more in the balance than the scoreline suggests. 6-day turnaround, No 2nd fly with travel it was...

I can't see which eastern side would take him? Maybe Brumbs?

It's similar to the AFL where there is a fair bit of travel and you really need to finish top 2 (if you're an interstate teams). If the Brumbs don't win this weekend they should come under the same amount of heat as the Reds. Solid roster, Same coaching and pretty manageable injury list. If...

The Reds only get 1 useful bye (Rd 10) this season. I reckon that hurt a bit. The 1st round bye is such a waste. I'm not suggesting this led to where our season ended up: Crusaders had Rd 3 and Rd 12 Chiefs had Rd 7 and Rd 14 Brumbs had Rd 8 and Rd 15 Blues had Rd 7 and Rd 15