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I felt sore just watching this game. The rebels pay the price for poor recruiting late in the game. They simply need more super rugby standard players.

Can't see the reds winning with that forward pack. Hopefully they can hold it together long enough for the substitutes to make a difference.

There are still question marks over both jones and higgers ability to play 8. You need an all round skill set like delve and whilst both are good players I fear neither has the all round skill set to make it at 8.

I think it would have been smarter for the rebels to sign the Fainga'a's (Saia, Ant and Colby) instead of Higginbotham and Fuglistaller. Firstly because they would have added some much needed depth to the squad and secondly because they are 3 of the best defensive players in australia, which has...

Surely he wont go back to McCabe at 12 now that he has seen what tapuai has to offer with a left foot kicking game.

If you favour a bit of vigilante justice, just keep bidding higher and higher on these tickets and then refuse to pay. Report the seller after the auction closes.

Like you, I was impressed by Quirk and Gill, not so much by schatz. All 3 are promising young players but in a forwards arm wrestle like the that game was it would have taken players in the calibre of Read, Kaino and Burger to get us over the line.

Nonsense, I should have reread my post.

Getting the debt under control before the third tier comes is certainly a massive challenge for some clubs. In the longer term I think it will be a blessing in disguise for club rugby as it may serve to even up the playing field a bit as powerhouse teams like Sydney Uni, UQ, Souths, Manly...

I think the Reds need to improve in the tight 5 going forward. Horwill coming back should help, and as much as I love Saia, I think hanson should be starting to stabilise the scrum early in the game. In the long term - I'm not usually a fan of bringing players in, but if Simmons continues to...

Can anyone give me a full list of new players Wests have picked up in the off season? Hearing they might have a bit more firepower in the backline with Genia Jr. and young Sam Greene. Has Meehan got a club yet either?

Most of the names listed are bolters who are a very outside chance of making the squad. Of the QLD based players listed last year most played Premier Colts and benched the odd game for Premier Grade. Sam Greene was at school last year and guided Grammar to their first premiership in living...

I think that this early in the season the changes to the team have to be incremental in order to not shake things up too much. In last nights game Christie was passable but I think ultimately he is stop gap option whilst Godwin gets up to speed or the force sign another flyhalf. Baring...

It's a shame the rebels havent got a decent flyhalf because beale is a full back and O'Connor is a centre or a wing.

The force impressed me, Foley and Meehan have got them playing some decent footy. That being said, it doesn't take a genius to realise godwin is a shithouse goal kicker. His kicking form at the U20 last year was horrible and tonight was no different. Alcock and Mathewson both quality purchases...

I think the last few minutes answered that question well.

Look at quirks career compared to that of the other players that signed for the reds at the same time. Gill and Shipperly are wallabies, and Schatz probably would have been last year had he not been injured. 6 is one of the more competitive positions in the reds squad, and if Quirk doesn't...

It is going to take a massive effort from the reds forward pack if Queensland are going to win this game. With the emergence of Browning and Ah-Wong, the next few games may well be quirks last chance to step up. If not I can see him at the force or rebels next year.

How has JOC (James O'Connor)'s form at 15 been in the trial matches?

My starting backline for round 1 would be: 9. White 10. Lilo 11. Tomane 12. Coleman 13. Smith (McCabe) 14. Speight 15. Mogg When McCabe gets back to full fitness I reckon he would slot in better at 13 than 12 in order to keep Coleman in the team for his extra playmaking ability...