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No way can the Reds win. They are by far the underdogs, it will be a herculean task to even see them within 14 points of the Brumbies. Brumbies were runners up last year, and have a similar strength roster. They have arguably Australia's greatest ever flyhalf as coach. Their trial form looks...

Check youtube if you're lucky, otherwise it's even less legal methods I guess.

Reds A beat the Aus Baabaas 34 - 33 on the buzzer. Don't know much, but I believe that the Baabaas led for most of the game.

It's still a trial, we'll wait for the season for the real gnashing of teeth or hailing the coach(es) for whatever teams. I still recall the Reds winning all their trials during those dark years in the mid-2000s, including trials against the Brumbies, only to get reamed in the actual comp. NZ...

Flat to the front, a nice arc anywhere else, especially on a delayed ball. Surprisingly hard, or it seems so.

Incidentally, I am not confident for the Reds this year. Lots of stuff has me nervous. I hope we don't go into the first game with that trial team we selected against the Rebels, it just doesn't look right to me. Particularly Holmes at THP, I wouldn't be surprised to hear reports that Toby...

I actually don't mind the League theory of having a very strong "spine" in your team, preferably stars. In League, this might mean the hooker, halfback, fullback plus a couple of other stars. Then you have the role players. Examples are Melbourne Storm and Manly. I reckon the Reds had this...

Holmes at loosehead, without a doubt for mine.

My concern for the Reds is Holmes at THP. From his previous games there, he's not the strongest scrummager on that side. For example, vs the Lions Owen was much more steady than Holmes - the front row of Anae, Hanson, Owen looked much more stable than Daley, Hanson, Holmes. Thought that Daley...

Really? You are saying that Rugby WA does not take money from the ARU?

Interesting. Did he just have this skill at the Reds, or did he also have it at the Tahs?

Holmes isn't a great scrummager at THP. He'd be behind Slipper and Owen in terms of just scrummaging at THP, and maybe Anae too now.

It used to hold about 20k, I think. Last I heard the stadiums were decrepit, RugbyReg may be able to confirm as I expect he'd know the details. Facilities needed a major overhaul to become a decent stadium. Note he said "current state".

Yeah, pretty sure reports said that CFS was at 13 for the second half of the trial.

Browning certainly looks powerfully built, more so than Schatz or Quirk. He looks a few cms taller than Gill, as Gill is standing up straight and Browning is slumped forward. Definitely hard to tell from the camera angle, as I think that @TOCC is right and that is McDuling, who should be...

Rebels' missed tackle rate was decent last year, not the worst by far. Their defensive problems were more alignment and structural, working hard to get into the right positions and get a line set, rather than tackling. If they had the right structure and worked harder to get back into...

Note that the same caveat applies as with the Tahs, as the Chiefs apparently had about one third of their first choice team out. Messam, Retallick, Anscombe, Latimer, Elliott all missing, along with Horrell and Aki who were on the bench a lot of last year. Chiefs team was apparently: 1. Manu...

Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, and is that Stephen Colbert? Sorta looks like Colbert, but doesn't.

http://instagram.com/p/kJ0vOuNLDD/ Is that Browning at 8? Who is at 6?