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Reckon Thomson looks a step slower than he did in his pomp with his run out wide just before. Turner kicks it, Reds up 6 - 0 after 17 minutes.

Force lineout overthrown, Genia steals. Force set piece looking a little wobbly. Force rucked over but went right off their feet. Another penalty Reds, 39m out right in front.

Alcock steals the ball 6m out from the Force line, but Reds get a penalty in front for offside. Reds just keeping it in the forwards. I don't think that will change all night, their tight five getting over the Force is their main hope of winning. Turner kicks the goal. 3 - 0 Reds after 15...

Reds linespeed much much better this week, they are getting up quickly.

Force scrum under huge pressure now, but they get it out. Genia tries to run it from 3m out but Frisby into touch. Thomson steals the lineout. Reds need to dominate the set piece if they have any hope of winning.

Van Wyk toast at the second scrum, sad to see. Lots of pressure coming from the Reds on the Force ball.

Reds trying to milk a penalty at the scrum instead of getting it out, and they cough up possession. Trying the NRC final tactics it seems.

How long does Graham's contract run? At this stage his chances of remaining past the season are close to zero, unless his friends on the board remain delusional. Currently I'd say odds are against him lasting the season.

BTW, regarding the injuries, it's past bad luck and must be well into the stage of bad player management now.

It was the same last week against the Brumbies. The Brumbies were running organised drills with the players doing them at pace and knowing what to do. The Reds drills were a mess with players not doing them at pace and seemingly not knowing what was going on. Just one of the many worrying...

Yeah, Gardner is letting both teams enter from the side and flop over the ruck. The most shocking was from Skelton, I think, before the Tahs try where he basically just dived over the ruck right in front of the ref. Gardner irks me a bit because he is inconsistent at ruck time.

Phipps is having a shocker. Quite a few passes to no-one and now a scrum mistake that cost them a try. Timani has been a pleasant surprise at lock so far this season. And that try saving effort from Hooper was crazy.

Bit of luck for the Reds if it's cancelled, to be honest I really couldn't see them winning this one, especially if JOC (James O'Connor) is out. I guess if it's cancelled it sorta has to be a draw, I don't think there's a chance to replay it.

What has to happen, at the very least, is that he's stood down until he's found guilty, then sacked. These sorts of charges wouldn't be happening if the police didn't have a lot of evidence. This is not a "he said / she said" thing at all. The guy is gone, we need to move on. He's an idiot...

We need both a 10 and 15. Dave Grohl at 10, Taylor Hawkins at 15. Sorted.

What did Croft do to you?

There will always be companies that, morally and ethically, are not held in high esteem. Gambling, big tobacco, alcochol, and so on will always be such companies. You can have a massive diatribe, but that fact is not changed. I know people who refuse to work for Aristocrat, for example, for...

I think JOC (James O'Connor) at 10 was the right decision, with Hunt back at 15. Worried about our locks, we we are now down 3 as far as I can tell. Across the park, our discipline, ruck work, defence and attack structure needs to improve unbelivably from the previous week to have any hope of even winning.

So the injured list of players who may be selected now apparently contains: Holmes, Simmons, McDuling, O'Donoghue, Beau, Quirk, Quade, Paia'aua, Ant, Taps, JJT. That list includes 4 starters in the best XV (THP, lock, flyhalf, inside centre). Although, Beau and Quirk may not make the above 23.

Hmmm, those odds for a Force win is a nice hedge for any Reds fan.