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Good article re issues associated with QC (Quade Cooper)'s possible/probable departure for Europe in 2016: http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/04/15/why-the-reds-need-quade-cooper-to-stay/

@ Ruggo - that is just bloody admirable, gutsy and impressive all at once. Respect.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/reds/quade-cooper-set-to-visit-toulon-as-he-weighs-up-future-20150414-1mkpan.html QC (Quade Cooper) is definitely off for a 'let's discuss' trip to Toulon in the next few days. This whole 'coaching unclarity at the Reds' factor he's referred to is yet another reason why...

Others' experience may differ, but I've seen a scary number of board-level situations where big egos, reputational fears and self-preservational motives merge to stubbornly resist owing up to major mistakes despite massive evidence of the need to own up and the wider benefits of owning up and...

Scoey, as mentioned, they are rumours, but I would never refer to them if not from a credible source quite close the action. But they are not validated or certain, obviously. But if you think about it, the QRU has not issued even the slightest hint of criticism or non-support or similar of RG...

Side comment re QC (Quade Cooper)'s current mind-set: one of the most staggering appointments of RG's era at the Reds was the decision to appoint KH as VC of the team before (a) he'd played any rugby for 4-5 years and (b) he'd played even one minute of Reds rugby. I'd be amazed if QC (Quade Cooper) did not take this as...

I thought this very current article should be posted here in case some have not seen it. QC (Quade Cooper)'s careful references to unclarity re the Reds future coaching situation must be seen as 'interesting' and that he's taken the trouble to go on the record below in the way he has.

At least the Reds scored 4 tries.........small mercies but something as our average Points For per game has been appalling, worst in the comp by far IIRC.

Thanks for those inputs!

Hi fellas - thanks for the running comments. I'm not able to watch. What would you give K Hunt out of 10 for his performance so far?

Surely one of the most interesting aspects of this match will be our conclusions re the visible contributions and skills of KH after 80 mins vs tough competition in, for him, strange surrounds and where the ball travels far further for the 15. We've seen KH cameos and a poor contribution in Rd...

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/queensland-reds-should-move-on-richard-graham-20150409-1mh5a3.html

Out of interest, which match Reds v Force was that in 2011 or 2010 where JOC (James O'Connor) 'single handedly' beat the Reds and showed what a fine Super no 10 he was? I recall 3 of these games over those two years, and I thought the Reds won them all. Maybe I'm wrong? And weren't those two years for the Force...

The majority of my post above is focussed upon managerial and coaching matters inside the Reds, spanning many years. We can just agree to disagree re the whole 'back up 10' matter, where some here endorse the overall Reds/RG approach to that issue, I clearly do not. The fact that RG, by his...

Spot on BH. The increasingly high-risk, total centricity of QC (Quade Cooper) to any semblance of competent Reds' attack has been increasing since 2013 (and perhaps even 2012, but the huge number of injured Reds' 10s that year muddled the whole picture). It's been increasing for entirely the wrong reasons...

So, we have over half a season to go, who's OR's competent replacement in such a critical role?

Re QC (Quade Cooper) back up. Interestingly, W Smith in The Australian is today reporting that RG: - began scouring the globe for a backup to QC (Quade Cooper) upon his first pre-season injury, and hoped to land Berrick Barnes but couldn't; - after QC (Quade Cooper)'s latest injury, is doing the same thing again, with some difficulty as...

Yeah, and ominously I have also noticed that the Reds and Force have started to be very quiet over their home crowd levels. It's now sometimes hard to find out what they are, and, for the first time I can recall, there are 'TBA' notices re S15 crowds in relation to some Reds and other teams'...

Not a downer on Tuttle - he's a fine young player - but I guess we all recall the Dallan Murphy episodes with trepidation. He looked so good for Brothers in Prem Grade, not so much with the Reds. And he come to the Reds team in not dissimilar circumstances.

No. RR - see post #371 above re this. A btw though: in my rugby circles at least, it's widely speculated upon that the loss of the captaincy, plus (allegedly) little faith in RG, plus the horror seasons of the recent Reds, plus his own loss of form, are in aggregate what's behind these 'bad...