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Good win. Couple of beastly games in a row from McMahon after a quiet start to the season. 3-1 with that trainwreck of a schedule is impressive stuff, even if the opposition hasn't exactly been the cream of the crop. Sets up the season nicely.

They're welcome to him tbh

Ha, not very highly either. Scrumhalf is a real problem across Australia at the moment. Less is more, as Aaron Smith continues to show.

@daz, agree with every single point you made. Not sure that Debreczeni has ever been much better than this though. He's never liked the pace of Super Rugby defences and the way they get all up in his grill. He excels in the NRC because he's got the time and space to take the ball to the line, or...

Just watched the Reds game. Debreczeni was awful. English had his best game for years, Jones had his best game for a long while as well. Still not totally sold on Meehan. The inside backs are our biggest problem at the moment. They're generally just a bit clueless, don't seem to have any...

Reds by 10.

He should never have been played at 8, that was always going to be a disaster.

Well. At least they didn't completely give up. That's about the only positive. Timani can't start at 8 again. I think Reid needs to start. Jeffries looked much better than Cummins. Plenty to chat about over the next week.

Yup. Won't be going to sleep happy tonight.

Maybe Totality Tony should be less interested in punishment and more interested in coaching. How many kicks has Debrezeni missed now? Four, five?

Hopefully we've heard the last of the 'Timani's an 8' chat. Completely invisible, and not in the good way. Reckon he's missed as many tackles as he's made. Offering absolutely nothing at the ruck or going forward.

Disgraceful.

That was the bad old days that half. Hard to pick out a single good player. The Bulls props and loosies are causing absolute havoc. I'm hoping that the players really were just cooked by Perth, because the alternative is not good.

That was a shocker. Another South African dicking coming up. Defence out wide is non-existent. Getting blown up at the ruck as well. Jesus another one. Heads dropping. Body language is terrible out there. They aren't competing at the ruck, missing tackles, and then they're still getting...

Bulls aren't even pretending to stay on their feet at the ruck. They've taken their chances though, Rebels deeply poor out wide on defence. Debreczeni running well but his passing is just rubbish.

The QRU are doing serious damage. It's going to take 5+ years to repair this. Graham needs to be fired tonight, and the entire board need to crawl out on their knees begging for forgiveness.

Totally agree regarding Timani. Jones has always played his best rugby at 6 in my opinion, much more athletic than he's given credit for. It just doesn't show up the way McGahan seems to want his locks playing. It is interesting to see how effective it's possible to be with only two jumpers...

I'd have no problem with Jones at 6, or with Timani sliding straight out. Especially if we're going to be kicking, three actual lineout jumpers makes a big difference. Worth remembering that McMahon had a seriously hard day at the office on Friday, wonder if he might not play the full 80.

It works in theory. In practice Hodge put two out on the full against the Force at sea level, and Debreczeni doesn't have fantastic control either. Hopefully they put in the hours when they get to the veld.

If Debreczeni comes back, bring Placid to fullback, Hodge on the wing? Or do you put Hodge at fullback and spend 80 minutes kicking the shit out of the ball?