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I tipped agaisnt the Reds last week but I think they can bounce back this week. the game is Canberra was always going to be hard and the Reds didn't handle it well. The Reds are always tough to beat at Suncorp and with the crowd behind them i think they'll handle things much better. I'm...

When the game was in the balance on Saturday, Mowen was going ape-shit yelling at everyone. it was great. meanwhile the Reds appeared to be captainless.

The loss of Horwill is worrying for two reasons. Firstly, if theyv have ruled him out this early in the week the injury sounds worse than they previously lead us to believe. I had understood he was touch-and-go last week and now they're already confident enough to rule him out...wtf?! Secondly...

I think it was probably open to the ref to give a yellow, but in the context of the game it was overkill.

^ I also thought pyle played well, although he seemed to be hanging out on the wing with suspicious regularity.

Thought this was a pretty decent game it kick off the season. Force didn't go down without a fight. Their forward pack looked solid as usual. Both teams showed some grit. that game was more entertaining than the average aus derby last year an that's a good sign

He does seem to hold our defensive structure together. We fell apart last year without him, although we had a number of personnel problems at that stage of the season. BTW if we're concerned about the loss of ANT's defensive qualities Im not sure Morahan is the answer. Im a big Morahan fan...

Reports of the Blues game were that Morahan played well. I'm hoping this is just a case of letting him play a full 80 minutes for Reds College rather than having him sit on the bench. He's can be a very effective player at Super level.

No Mozza?

^ I like that team. I'd maybe switch Saia with Hansen but it make little difference really as they'll both play at least 30 mins.

Great way to kick of the season! Can't wait for this game, particularl given that the winner could be the team that takes the lead in the Aus conference (at least for the first part of the tournament). Two strong teams on paper. The bookies have the Brumbies as slight favourites and I think...

That fight was super entertaining though. Botha was screwed.

Seriously can we just start the god damn comp already. I imagine purgatory is much like that period of the year after Christmas holidays but before the start of the rugby season.

I'm looking forward to seeing how our front row performs this year. I'm quietly confident that we could be one of the big improvers at scrum time. The front row of Holmes/Hansen/Slipper looks to me to be quality. those three guys all look to be coming into their own.

The Kiwi conference is definitely the most intriguing and at the moment its a bit hard to tell which will rise to the top, and which will flounder. Few would have picked the Canes to be so competitive last year. Seeing the Blues capitulate so badly was also surprisingly looking at their team on...

good side. Personally I'd have Hanson in front of Finger, Schatz starting at 8 with Samo adding impact from the bench. Harris in front of morahan due to his kicking ability, morahan would unfortunately sit on the bench but would cover the outside back positions well. I'd probably have Lance as...

yep the Reds also went from 14th to 1st in 2 years.

true. But they didn't finish first. And the gravamen of my post is that if you're not first, you might as well be last. I'd say my comment's still more or less accurate, in that as far as i know, in the history of the Super comp, no team that has finished outside the top ten has managed to top...

History is pretty clear on the fact that you have to finish top of the log (or second at worst) to win the competition. The travel factor + home ground advantage is difficult to overcome. The Bulls won in 2007 from second on the log, but they were fortunate in traveling to Durban for the final...

Didn't know Rex Tapuai was even in the fold. I thought he was playing abroad.