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I really have enjoyed the rugby the Force have played this year and the win/loss stats don't reflect the positive strides that have been made. Their whole game has been reformed under Wessells. Quality technical forward play with a coherent backline. Of the five Australian sides it is fair...

The other thing we need back is Cooper's game management. All to often we talk about his flair but at his best he provides absolute clarity as to when he wants the ball. The Reds pack were outstanding at toiling away and pulling those defensive numbers into the breakdown area and creating...

George is playing quite well but I think his game has evolved with his age. He doesn't have the pace he used to have. He is very solid but not as dynamic as he used to be, whereas Gill was always very dynamic for the Reds. That's my view.

Styles is clearly trying to put his own slant on the Reds but there are a few things from the past he needs to include and they did start to show some of it against the Canes. That rapid around the corner style was an absolute weapon when the Reds were on top. It sets the tempo, for when the...

The Force must stay. Piss the Rebels off if somebody has to go. Merge them with the Brumbies for all I care. Force are showing promise where the Rebels have regressed. Given we are talking about rugby, it may actually be helpful to refer to the rugby. Fact is all the Australian sides are...

Love that Thorn is contact coach. We just may see a can of harden the fuck up in Australian Rugby.

The standard of rugby in Darwin is pretty good. It was friggin wet and teams didn't adapt to the conditions also.

Just one game at a time is what the Reds approach needs to be. What I would like is the Coaches to be open to player input. Link was good at harnessing intellectual capital from his players. It's how the Reds go such a great group culture during those years.

What I miss about those couple of years is way we were able to adapt. there was plenty of diversity in how we played.

To much focus on schools. It might be a traditional base but getting out into the community is where the growth area is. The relationship between school and community is a social demographic thing. The identity of clubs in the community is where it's at. It is the place where all grades come...

Can get both. Not running out wide but off pick and go and ready for any tight offload ball.

The Spiv Shield don't you mean.

I look forward to seeing a Frisby & Cooper combination. Cooper is home now and if he strings game time together he will get the mojo back. Frisby is under rated and has a solid skill set. (more so than that crap Phipps dished up last night) I like the locks. Simmons is a great technical...

There were some positives that did come out of 2016. Tamani is one and the competition between locks has improved standards. We need to put it all ine one coherent package though.

Sorry to call a spade a spade but we sucked and it has been the story of our season. Far too much pissing and moaning about everything other than our own ineptitude. Enough of the winging and whining. Have a bex and a lie down for fucks sake. Congratulations to England on the win and an...

Hooper to the bench, Fardy to 6, Pocock to 7, Tamani to 8. That gives us more impact in contact and at the breakdown. Hooper has the pace to come on later and keep up the tempo. We won't get up and it won't be because our cattle. it will be because in comparison Cheika is tactically inept...

Yeah, fuck 'em right off as long as we keep that demon Mumm.

6/ Fardy 7/ Pocock 8/ Tamani Go with that back row.

A good can of harden the fuck up wouldn't go astray. Right the way through the Australian rugby community that is. Watching Australian rugby as opposed to NZ rugby is like watching wine tasters vs Bricky's laborers.

Here we go again with that he isn't a test player crap when a player hasn't really seen the opportunity to answer that question beyond un-quantitative forum rhetoric. On the other hand we have a player like Mumm was has been afforded that opportunity and proven not to be test standard. He was...