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Going from the multitude of replays I've seen today, Horne definitely deserved a card, Steyn was borderline penalty / card. Surprised about Steyn's citing, but agree that Horne will be on the sidelines for a couple of weeks. Tahs need Folau back at fullback. I'd actually be tempted to give...

A lot of wrong/conservative decisions coming from 12/13/15. Plus, we are missing a real line breaking/tackle busting threat out wide. Turner has a lot of great qualities, but he will never break a tackle or beat a man one on one with anything other than pace. Same for Davies, by and large...

Actually, Fifita is on a $3.4M contract over 4 years, so that's $850k / year average, although no doubt it will be tiered as NRL contracts normally are. Some are very heavily backended indeed. Cronulla offered $700k/year, but he took the money despite preferring to stay. For those salary cap...

As ref only, not AR. They clarified that point.

Too often we couldn't exploit overlaps because the critical player, normally Taps or Turner, died with it and didn't look to pass. Too often we turned it back in to the defensive wall. Need some changes of direction or different lines or something. Lucky we have good halves, because our...

To top it off, apparently it was well over 30 degrees in Brisbane for that game. Can anyone confirm?

If any neutrals are wondering if they should catch a replay, don't bother. The ground was wet and sodden underfoot, it looked humid, the ball seemed slippery, and despite trying, neither team really clicked. Reds looked the better of the two teams, but not by much, after the first 20 or so...

Thought he might have. The one time Genia really should've kicked, and he tried to run from his 22 and threw a rotten inside pass. Bizarre from the Reds backs, it looked like they had plenty of overlaps but either the last man ran it or they turned it back into the defensive line. Turner...

Stormer's LHP goes up, but the ball is cleared. Davies brings the ball back to the halfway line, pops the ball but the support loses it. Bronwing on, Quirk off. Quirk has been busy, but not good. Missed plenty of tackles. 51 gone. Dinner for me, be back later.

Better Reds scrum, Cooper short ball off his shoulder his a Stormers player. Reds regather, Genia kicks. Good tactic if he could find the touch, but he can't, so poor. Reds lineout on the 40m line. Short move to the front, Hanson makes 10m but Owen loses it in the next tackle. Bit of a...

Ended when the Reds go off their feet on their own attacking breakdown. Holmes off, Owen on. Another not straight from Fourie off that penalty on the halfway line. Not even close to straight, and his eyes go straight down. No confidence in his throwing. 13 - 10 to the Reds 48 minutes gone.

Fourie is having a complete mare at lineout time. Currently it's a game of silly turnovers.

Damn Genia and his repeated kicking.

Reds falling off some tackles early in the second half. Good rib rattler from Slipper on de Jongh.

Oh yeah, and can't believe they replayed the Aplon injury as well. Was sickening.

Reds scrum should've been penalised at the end there, unlucky Stormers. Stormers' defence is way too passive. Giving up ground too easily. At the end of a long tour, they'll tire at the end. Likewise Reds, coming back from SA you'd think they'd tire a bit at the end too. Add in some...

It was after the second team warning I thought. When it happened I thought him harshly done by, but the replay showed the ref got it correct. Regardless how you feel about it, the way the rules are interpreted now says you can't put your weight beyond the ball on your hands then play at the...

Ray Warren is actually not the brightest guy around. Listen to him and his opinions outside of commentating and you will quickly get the picture. I actually don't like the guy, having listented to him quite a bit now on the Rush Hour. However, what Ray Warren has in spades is willing to do...

There are different photo ops. I wouldn't say either is better, both are important in different ways. You need to connect commercially to sponsors and borderline fans, and you need to connect with ground roots. If you don't do both, the other won't matter.

Wow, that's a weakened Stormers side. Jongh will strengthen them in the centres, other than that weaker than last week and a lot weaker than there full strength side. Fourie back at hooker, where he had been going well at flanker.