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1. Sio 2. Fainga'a 3. Tupou 4. Blyth 5. Hosea (LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) out due to high penalty count) 6. Valetini 7. Wright 8. Naisarani 9. Powell 10. JOC (James O'Connor) 11. Wright 12. Simone 13. TK 14. Petaia 15. Banks 16. BPA 17. Zander 18. AAA 19. LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) 20. Wilson 21. McDermott (actually 4th in line behind ineligible Louwrens...

Sully, your template unfortunately is going to cause a lot of confusion among some posters who don't seem to know the difference between a LHP and a THP.

Smith might rightly be called the best No 9 in rugby, but is there a chink in his skillset? His passing right to left is bullet like but the other way he seems to take 2 - 3 steps before releasing the ball.

Seem to recall that Gardner was voted best ref by the NZ players in a poll. You're welcome to him.

Great game played with fierce intensity by both teams. Brumbies dominant in the first half and Reds dominant in the second. Have to say that Reds were very lucky not to have one or two players in the bin in the first half. Penalty count at one stage was 7 against the Reds and one against the...

Quite right Dru. Brumbies won the first half and Reds won the second. Result could have gone either way and it was a damned good game. As far as all the negative posters on here are concerned and those who obviously prefer League to Union, Winners are Grinners mates. See all you Reds again...

Adam, the rest of the world use the rolling maul and have done so since Adam was a boy. If the Aussies can't maul then we will never improve on No 7 in the world.

Reg, you are apparently getting tonight's game mixed up with the match ear;y this year, before the Virus put a stop to proceedings. This match will be closer. The highlight will be Tate McDermott coming on at the 60th minute,immediately knocking the ball on at the base of the scrum, missing...

Brumbies game to lose. Will have one of their strongest lineouts with Swain and Frost in the second row. Scrum battle could be evened up a bit with Hoopert out. For all the talk about the strength of the Reds backrow, it has been there that the Brumbies have set themselves up for victory in...

This will be tough. Shame McDermott won't be going head to head with Powell early in the game.

I might have the wrong incident and players, but was his injury caused by C Clark landing on him on the ground as he scored a try? In any case, that sort of dickhead action should be penalised out of the game.

Dan, in a domestic competition a Reds/Tahs game would often have a decisive impact on the competition outcome. Crowds will return if there is a worthwhile purpose to the game.

Dismal, there's a lot of truth in what you've said here, but I disagree with what I think is your preferred outcome. Without some strategy to improve the standard of the Aussie teams, there's a good likelihood of only one or two of them being competitive in any given year. But so what? There...

KOB, I appreciate that Banks has not been scorching oppositions lately but,apart from one penalty that missed touch, did he do anything wrong last night? Very sound under the high ball. Still prefers to run the ball back but has a huge clearing kick when needed. Don't remember any defensive...

Maybe a long shot but on form last night and in preseason Keunzle will overtake the other young contenders by the end of SRAu.

Can see Simone making the squad to give more cover at 12. Would be instead of Swinton who has really only put together one dominant performance.

West coast bitter. Best drunk 10 years old.

Reg, a bit like calling a cyclone a small weather event because it's only rated as a Category 4.

Funny thing - apart from the last couple of posts anyone reading this thread would assume the Force had beaten the Brumbies. It certainly seems to be very hard for some posters to have a good word to say about the Brumbies. In a game where the score was 4 tries to nil, and the losing side...

Prior's loss will be hard for the Force to cover, and otoh Brumbies welcome back a match winner in Kata. Set play will again be the Brumbies weak point. But hopefully better towards the end of the match when Hyne comes on rather than having to switch Valetini to the second row. Brumbies...