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I think that the concussion rules are the same as blood, that is, a previously subbed player can return. Blood is 10 mins, concussion is 20 mins I think. Unsure of what happens if the player is then unable to return, though. You'd think that once the players is ruled out, a valid sub must...

Anyone see the press conference and can say if Cheika had a spray or not?

Yeah, he meant the Force, and they did have a few.

To me, the Reds lost it in the last 10 by deciding they can win the ball by kicking it, even when in the Brumbies half. If you want to add in the rest, poor breakdown work and disorganisation from the backs on attack, particularly the outside backs.

Take a screenshot of the table, Force fans!

Talking back to the ref now. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) holding on, correct call, forward pass from Beale before as well. Tahs have lost it in the top couple of inches.

He always will find something. Don't think it will help his team's attitude. They've had all the ball, Force have been decimated by injuries during the game, and the Tahs have gone to utter shit.

Well, more McKibbin is dumb than tighthead. But still think Ryan should've been penalised for standing up, he done it every time the pressure comes on in this game. Great atmosphere from the crowd, all 14,281 worth.

Paddy Ryan popped again, Force tighthead.

Force have the Reds disease here, kicking every bit of ball away. Hope they don't cost themselves the game. Good suffocating defence and Tahs errors working in their favour.

Anyone else think Paddy Ryan was very very lucky not to be penalised at the last scrum for standing up? Well taken try by the Tahs, Force need to be careful here. There's 13 minutes left and they've had a heap of injuries. If they go into their shell and the Tahs get some confidence they can...

You would think that Graham and Meehan in particular would be on shaky ground. Defence, Graham's area, has been iffy a few times. The short side is consistently caught out, in the midfield our last defender often comes in incorrectly on a guy already covered creating or extending overlaps...

Did anyone work out the Brumbies' backline structure once Lilo came on for Coleman? Seemed a weird swap to make if Coleman wasn't injured.

Not sure that you can say what the impact of that was, as the Reds never left the Brumbies half and ultimately scored a few minutes later anyway in a better position, if I remember correctly. The stupid part was the Reds in the last 10, kicking away everything until it was too late.

Don't think that Fotu will help, much the other two will, particularly as Carter should allow Fardy to switch back to blindside. Fotu for me will take too long to find form to be much impact this year. Big guys normally take a while to come back after being out for that long. edit: I should...

Tomane did well, but dropped a lot of ball / threw poor passes at the same time. White was better than Genia I thought, quite easily. Took much better options, found his runners better, and looked more threatening. Moore was very good for the Brumbies, but a little lucky to stay on the...

Ah you're right, but the Brumbies scrum had already disintegrated in the couple scrums prior to that once JP was on for Sio and Owen on for Alexander.

Not only that, but the game plans are very questionable, and it even seems like the players often don't even know what they are doing. The decision making from Genia, Cooper and Lucas was very poor in the last 10.

Yeah, agree. The Reds then went into their shell and tried to play field position vs the Brumbies, a poor tactic almost every time. Kicking before first phase in the last 10 chasing the game is just dumb rugby. If I was a Brumbies player in the last 10, I then wouldn't believe my luck!

If I recall correctly, Alexander was on when the Brumbies scrum first disintegrated. Sio wasn't. Ruan Smith came on after Quirk's try, I think.