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Tranq, yes Dallan was outclassed in his games this year, but to be fair a not insignificant part of his problems came from our fragile forwards efforts and that many other parts of the team were unsettled or off colour in the Reds 2012 'dark period'.

And btw the Reds v Canes exhibition match in mid-June should be a cracker, subject a bit to what players each team have away playing Tests.

So disappointing the Rebs defense and kicking game could revert to the worst of their past standards. Good skills are not a habit for this team yet.

Yeah, the Tahs were chasing him hard. The Reds actually finally re-snared Lucas only weeks ago as they rushed him in to HQ the weekend of the The Great Genia Drama and said 'Genia's going, we'd love you to re-sign now' and, yes, he did on the assumed premise of Genia's goodbye. When Genia...

Can someone tell us how and why O'Sullivan or Johnson would be suitable for the Force's needs, and get the franchise into the S15 finals asap?

IMO, Cheika's the only one with the hard track record and matching attitude of a kind the Force must go for. Pick any kind of secondary, also ran coach with so-so track record and at best little will improve for you, and at worse, serious franchise implosion by/during 2014. Force should use...

Looks like the Elsom sceptics had a point to prove and have:

Haha - just determined on this issue, eh?, no room for creative thinking? The status quo will never change - sounds like old home week in Australian rugby to me. Comforting. But I don't agree that the Europe-related issues are necessarily insuperable in this context. One, players leaving for...

Right that you remind all of R Davies 2011 work in Red TOCC. But it ended badly with v Samoa for him, and I'm speculating, but I think that wretched experience slipping around in the g&g really dented his confidence and I'm not quite sure he's yet gotten over it. He commenced 2012 poorly, and...

Bh81, just have a look at the whole detail, it is more than that as covered by your rebuttal (which I don't accept is valid in the manner you state, but let's leave it there). (Btw, for accuracy please recall that players like Genia and such like are not 'off contract' at this time. Genia and...

Really, you and some others here are perfectly confident that a control concept like a transfer window is a 'really stupid idea' and perhaps a 'complete joke'. Well, if it didn't work in league, it'd never work in rugby, right, no doubt about that (never mind how we use league analogies when it...

Agree TBH, this year's bolted. And we know - just for example - that the Rebels have actively chased Liam G and Ben T in recent times. All of this for all RUs creates uncertainty and instability and further a major distraction for coaches as well during the playing season. It's additionally...

Admittedly I have been an advocate of this big time, but it's great to see some ARU common sense likely to be applied to Aus S15 player transfers:

There's a train wreck coming right down the green and gold tracks. The ARU is trying to drive up $ income by playing more Tests per annum. But, to save costs, with a much smaller squad of nationally contracted Wallaby players, from the 40s to 32. And, as a background but also cost-driven...

JO'N is comfortable all will be well with this 'less than ideal schedule'. It's 'a favour' to Scotland apparently. WTF? And, as JO'N says, if league players can back up within SOI weeks and then play NRL, it's alright for our boys too...

To this outsider, TC has often looked crestfallen and as if something had markedly affected his morale and even motivation. As though dulled. Has the (slightly) new coaching group supported him this year?

Beware of the Lions though, they actually have some impressive players and can string quite powerful passages of play together. Sitting as I did at Suncorp, they were no walkover for the Reds, they can hold possession very well and frustrate an attack into mistakes and loss of patience. They...

Slim. Totally agree. My only hope is that this crazy early June program does not cause injuries to any of our key S15 team members in with a credible shot of making the S15 finals. I'd argue strongly that one or two Aus teams making or one winning the S15 finals will be as or potentially more...

How does everyone feel regarding our back line handling error rate? We all know we've rebuilt the 2012 back line, what, 6 times? Once more v Lions with QC (Quade Cooper) and CFS in. They've been plenty of poor passes and Harris-ilke spills this year, probably much of it down to the regular rebuilds. Handling...

Pray no! Not 67 posts as to who is better, Genia or White! Let's let the match decide, assuming they both start, it's only days away.