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Asiata, Toomaga-Allen, Uru, O'Connor, Campbell and Grealy all excellent watching at the ground. Pakeho really good for a 19 year old on debut. Rebels trio all did well to rip in when they got on. I reckon if Flook is out there at 13 with Ryan on Aubrey's wing we win that. Still we looked pretty...

Impeccable vibes in the stadium. Can absolutely recommend watching your team play a nothing to lose, everything to win one off game. Don't remember the specific number but crowd was around 23.5k

Crowd feels good, heard as many as 26k sold earlier today, not sure if it's quite that many here though

Pretty massive global IT outage going on right now. No idea if Ticketek or Suncorp stadium are affected, but for those going tonight it might be worth keeping an eye on and aiming to arrive a bit early...

Also on apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/socks-up-with-ryan-smith-and-matt-faessler/id1673657652 and listnr...

Bonus episode of Socks Up with Les Kiss as the guest: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FdTrmblQG198cFFKsTTrK?si=c7916f440c644573

All time collab in the midfield tonight: Very good of them to explain some of the changes for tonight in song:

Smart move as a way to cash in as much as possible on the post season schedule

I'm not sure that's exactly that's what I'd call a complete summary of his game at the time, particularly when we were playing with strategies of how best to return drop outs and that was one of them. I'm a bit more sure that someone from rugby.com.au is lurking here looking for material...

Rivernet have increased their sponsorship commitment to the Reds, will be a sleeve sponsor for the rest of the matches this year: https://reds.rugby/news/rivernet-communications-back-reds-international-fixtures-2024719

That is I think a key piece of the frustration from the Rennie era - the initial feedback of "footwork" was something he could and did improve, but it wasn't ever going to be what he needed to get a solid shot at a place in the side. Se he somes back having done the work he was asked to do but...

Whether or not they pick up Lancaster I'd be looking at shifting Pietsch across to 13 over Kellaway and Sua'ail'i. I think those guys have much more upside elsewhere and for all his good traits Pietsch is not a good finisher (and arguably not a good decision maker in the back 3). He is a good...

I'm 90% sure Jake Gordon only polled one solitary vote in 3-2-1s before this year, and that was from @Braveheart81 for filling in on the wing against South Africa. Not super relevant, though it does add some credence to the argument he still has a fair way to go to prove himself at this level...

Ideally yes, but I think they mostly just want grist for the mill. A few making it out the other end better for the experience and sticking around is a bonus, but they've got the money and the squad space to chew a lot them up and spit them out along the way.

It was a shit take and you got rightfully rinsed for it. If they made a "considered decision" then, why wouldn't they make one now? You don't reckon the players might have learnt something from the experience and be keen to avoid another dysfunctional setup? Or might want to return to a stable...

This is such a poor approach. You've completely ignored "Is their headgear in the teams colours?", "Is their jersey tucked in?" and "Are their socks up or down?"

Canham the only one to sign a new longer contract so far, though I wouldn't be surprised if they were still negotiating a few with an extension on the table.

It's true, once you work at a shit workplace you lose all agency in future employment choices and must work for any other shitty employer that offers you a job. You definitely can't learn from the experience and be circumspect when choosing future employers. :rolleyes:

Kailea or Tupou? Tupou returning to the Reds was never on the cards, Kailea might have been but there was only ever room for one loosehead, Gibbon has filled that role.

Sure, but he has been out a while and is untainted by the 2024 season.