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Not sure how serious he has taken Berry's performance. Simply resting him rather than cutting him alltogether. The performance was abysmal - does he think that Berry will magically get better in a few weeks time?

I'm not at all suggesting this is an issue with South African referees, who are mostly the best ones out there. This is most definitely an issue with Stuart Berry and the bloke that keeps selecting him.

The only evidence we can point to is two biased performances that heavily favoured the home side and likely lead to their winning the game. The fact that the performances were consistently one sided is enough evidence to investigate this matter further.

I'd be happy to see either Mogg or Beale trialled at wing. Folau Speight Beale/Mogg Fantastic counter attacking prospect Kicker in the back three Back up goal kicker

Agree Reg. Some of these selections are just crazy.

Chris Latham had average ball security and poor defense when he started. Beale (who Toua is very similar to) still has sometimes average ball security but has gotten better and better. Digby had average hands his whole career. They are all considered elite rugby player and I have no doubt that...

Good for the ref to open communication but if he did it enough to talk about it I would have thought he'd have been penalised at least once first. I don't recall this happening. I also don't recall the ref being so open with the reds players. It was a really bad look for someone who is meant...

I agree. I'd have him in the top 3 backs. There are plenty others to pick on before Harris based on that game.

Unlikely more tries but probably some penalties. The hit rate of scoring tries when entering the opposition 22 and keeping the ball in hand wouldn't be 50%.

Backrow of Hooper, Palu and Fardy for me with Higgers on the bench as an impact sub.

Pretty sure we scored a try with one last week and should have had another this week. That is a pretty high success rate.

Now to the Reds performance - I thought it was the best of the season so far. Didn't get the result but looked a lot more menacing in attack both close and wide. If the decisions went 50/50 and the Reds held onto at least one of those balls they could easily come away with the points.

The ref might not be intentionally biased but his performance helped one team more than the other. If he doesn't want to be seen as biased he needs to look at both teams and in particular how many times that the Sharks dive off their feet at rucks. But worst of all was three instances: 1...

It would be highly dependent on the distance they are running.

I have heard that they weren't by and large drunk.

That was also my thoughts at the time - conveniently choosing the weakest team they were playing against to suspend normal starters and only warning others.

Yes, way too much talk about the backs. With CFS and Toua in there we have a good mix of speed, hard running and ball skills out wide. These guys maybe raw, but their upside is much higher than the other options. We need to stick with them and keep ironing out their flaws. One change I...

I believe Lilo had to go under the knife again for his ankle, so he is back to square one in more ways than one!

Don't be jealous. If you want to jump ship we will accept you into the fold. However if you then jump back you will be blacklisted forever.

Just get a baby reds and a forever reds one as well (if they still call it that)?