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Just to pick up on one thing. As far as I know the comment that Petaia doesn’t want to play 13 was first raised by me on here. I was told that by a young bloke who I had met 30 minutes earlier and is mates with someone involved with the Reds. I’m not saying it isn’t true - there is a bit of...

Okay - but I don’t get how Jordan is rated anywhere from a 3 to a 10. Apart from 3 games for the Wallabies last year and 1 quietish game for the Reds last year in the full Super Rugby he has been almost always at an 8 level or above. Even on the weekend he made plenty of good plays and I can’t...

I’ll be very surprised if Petaia doesn’t go on to be everything he was originally hyped to be. He had a couple of bad Wallaby tests at a time when Wisemantle and Rennie are trying to significantly evolve our game. He has probably struggled more than most with that. But he was still excellent in...

Well I can remember him playing. I thought he did some good things without being outstanding. Maybe you just weren’t watching that close.

I believe that would still he an attacking 5 metre scrum. As I understand it, the problem they were trying to solve was the amount of time wasted on packing scrums

All things considered I thought the Reds were pretty impressive first game. Not by any means outstanding, but 41 - 7 is a cracking result. Tougher assignment this week. I won’t be surprised if Thorn continues to manage work loads for the Wallaby cohort over the course of the season, but...

Yeah, but the days of props just needing to scrum are long gone. I’d sure as hell care if they still looked like their first photos cause I know they’d be out of position to make tackles & clean outs 30 times a game. Plus they need to scrum like that every scrum, not just the first couple...

Next week I assume they’ll bring Vunivalu onto the bench, which is a shame for Droasese but he’s young and, if he’s good enough, his time will come. The week after that decisions may need to be made - but I’m guessing they’ll want to manage the workload of Paisami & Petaia. In any case Stewart...

On a broader note, as a neutral and with an eye to our chances in the TT comp, I really enjoyed the game. First game form doesn’t mean a whole lot in the whole scheme of things, but I thought both teams were pretty solid for a first hit out. We want at least 3, hopefully 4 teams who can compete...

I know there has been a resurgence in our wing stocks, but I’ve never understood why Muirhead doesn’t get more praise. Or maybe I just miss it. Lots of rugby smarts, well rounded, great skills and good work rate. Seems to bounce out of tackles too. Always enjoy watching him play - except...

Agree with the consensus on Uru and I otherwise thought our back row was the key difference. I thought Tate & Gordon were two of the best on Park.

Leaving aside that I think your criticism of the ref/admin is misplaced in this case, I also don’t agree it was the Red card that caused the standard of the game to slip. If the Reds had run in 6 unanswered tries in 20 minutes I would agree. But the Tahs actually put them under more pressure in...

I just find it odd you’ve made half a dozen or more posts moaning about the ref making a decision which has, for at least 5-6 years, been at least a yellow if not a red. Do players not have to take any responsibility for being fucking stupid??

I thought he was terrific. Captaincy seems to sit well with him. The injury didn’t look good. Hopefully it’s not as bad as it looks.

It was dangerous, unnecessary & dumb. What did you expect the ref to do. Maybe you should be shirty at Perese for being stupid

Surprised there is any conjecture. Looked a straight forward Red to me (and no, I wasn’t getting a beer again). But glad the can replace him.

Yeah - I’m joking. I was getting a beer and didn’t see it

Keep telling yourself that

Take the scrum

One injury will solve the problem. In the unlikely event this doesn’t happen I expect there will be rotation in the starting side to keep guys fresh.