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Ruggo - I didn't/don't question his heart. I was solely commenting upon the almost ludicrously indulgent reports re the J Horwill red card matter by W Smith. It was so silly I'd be pretty sure Big Kev would also laugh at it. And it was Smith himself that, in the same article, said something...

Small facts for your rugby diaries: the first QLD GPS game of the season will be on Saturday, July 18 the same day as the first Wallaby Test of 2015 vs the Springboks at Suncorp. Additionally, I know that (based on current schedule) on July 18 Churchie will play GT at Churchie.

Yes. Btw: in a long line of mostly super-soft treatment of the Reds/QRU, I was highly amused today to read Wayne Smith's piece in the The Australian arguing that in fact Horwill's red card v Rebels came not from issues like resentment at losing the captaincy etc but rather the likely genesis...

One thing pre the SA tour is now reasonably clear, at least from what W Smith is quoting. Namely, RG has decided that JOC (James O'Connor) should play on the wing and, seemingly, KH at 15, the original backline plan. Frisby at 10 to be 'the compromised adjustment'. Whatever else, the season is gone, we can...

At the cusp as I am of Rule 10's requirements and having endured TWAS's insults (poor me :p, and some now edited out I note), two final points in this debate (well, final from me, anyway). First, there is absolutely nothing wrong with any poster here using the cursed 'hindsight' as a basis for...

I gather he may have had concussion issues recently, as well.

W Smith in today's The Australian quotes RG as saying Frisby is the likely 10 for the SA tour. So, at this stage anyway, it would appear that KH and JOC (James O'Connor) will remain in other positions.

Thanks for the kind (anonymous) words TWAS. Let me deal with your points, in no particular order. 1. Successful teams not having (or needing) quality back-ups at 10 when already having an experienced 10? Just as one particular example: check the Crusaders' web site. They're quite a good...

Remarkable that we're one of the two great rugby States of this country and we're having to contemplate raiding the SS or such like for a half decent back up to QC (Quade Cooper) when the loyal bleed-Red Ben Lucas was casually discarded by RG. More important to get some 'stars' in to convince the fans it was...

D Paia'aua the original supposed 2015 back-up for QC (Quade Cooper) has now disappeared totally, to be replaced as the only travelling 10 by rookie Tuttle from the U20s squad. The additional concern will be kicking duties - our place kicking success rate before QC (Quade Cooper) returned was very poor. Place kicking...

gel - you're on the right track. I've been thinking hard about the appropriate 'next steps' to effect this thread's further, and final, evolution. I concluded: there's no better option than to commission Dismal Pillock to finish it off with his unique concoction of wild visualisations...

It's perhaps the ultimate indictment of RG's coaching and squad planning capability that he had zero credible contingency in place re a sustained QC (Quade Cooper) injury and appeared to magnify that reckless error with recent revelations that 'the whole 2015 attack plan was built around QC (Quade Cooper).' A major flaw in...

Perhaps we could just let the Reds 2015 thread gently morph into something that at least possesses amusement value, like: 'A Competition to Accurately Predict the Next Totally Bizarre and Incredible QRU Excuse for Total Failure'

How is 'getting close to the finals' a genuine 'coaching success' in professional footie, if it's not at all sustained by further improvement in the next year? The Tahs did this in many years, they actually got into the finals, but by 2012 they were on the brink of insolvency (again)...

I'd be very positive about Gibson thus far. There is certainly nothing to predict future failure or mediocrity from, unlike the cases of the current Reds, Force and Rebels coaches in terms of their respective prior recent histories. The Tahs' backs and attack capability generally have improved...

Re the game: the overwhelming thought I had was that there is way more positive potential in many Rebels players than their coach is, in a team coaching sense, actually realising. Oh, and this: all 3 Aus S15 teams at the bottom of the ladder are coached by coaches that have recently failed to...

On a serious note: perversely, the only recently recruited player by RG that looks even vaguely like 'value for money' is L Turner. His low angle long kicks for touch have been invaluable, and he at least looks like he assesses his next play quite carefully and executes many well. By any...

Yes, he and the QRU have a prolific and effusive Excuses Think-Tank never ending in its ingenuity. The Horwill red card and QC (Quade Cooper)'s new injury will be trotted out all week, a 'terrible run of bad luck'. And Rugby HQ recites each week's new excuses list slavishly, as though they were established...

There are some quite extraordinary quotes from the Reds' CEO in that article. There's this (my emphasis): And this: To me, all this points to a state of institutionalised self-protective, non-mistake-admitting, self-delusion within the Reds establishment. The very legitimate interests of...

I agree. But, re Carmichael's latest comment, some here may recall that only recently Rod McCall the QRU Chairman told Wayne Smith in an article that in fact RG would be assessed on the next 5 or so games (starting with the Lions match) as they'd be the ones where the many injured players would...