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Steve Kefu in his late teens and early twenties was a very creative player, with all kinds of tricks. His greatest flaw then was his lack of speed. There was a State of the Union game around 2000-ish (the Wallaby-less Reds and Tahs) where Kefu ripped the NSW side apart. When Kefu replaced the...

"Cornelsen specials". Love that terminology!

He also played a handful of games for Queensland.

Oh, and love the contested league scrum at 1:07!

Sorry RR, I stand corrected. Although I am fairly sure on the dad coaching at Wynnum Manly with little Lewis the mascot bit - my dad played U21s (before injury made him retire early before the days of knee constructions) at Wynnum Manly (although now I think about it, I may be wrong on the club...

Correct, except it was Wynnum Manly, not Valleys. His dad was a league coach as well at Wynnum Manly, with the little Wally Lewis mascot for his dad's team.

Reds need to scrape together two wins to get a week off and recharge / get injured players back - that's more important than the home final right now (which they are guaranteed anyway as they have already topped the Aus conference). But...the Reds are up against it for this one. Force will be...

OK, I've been forced to select my team for the coming weekend already, without even knowing the team sheet. I reckon I am going to get royally screwed by team changes. I had wanted to axe Vito for Alberts or Burger, but ran out of transfers. Really iffy on my backs, actually. Anyway, here we...

Regarding Chisholm, I think it would be a waste for him to get LARS. Firstly, because he was no certainty for the World Cup anyway, and will therefore struggle to get back to fitness and make the squad. Secondly, because LARS will generally result in another ACL within a few years and he will...

Really big shame, I think. Beale has shone at 15 to the point where he is arguably the world's best. I reckon he would be heads and shoulders the world's best if he cut out 75% of the chips and grubbers he does in such low percentage situations. Beale looks so good when running the ball a...

The Kiwi squads also have wider training groups. They have 25 reserved players, rest go into the draft. The other 5 spots (to 30 spots) are filled from what they don't lose in the draft or what they pick up in the draft. Rest of their players go into their wider training squad.

I deserve to be shot for having Vito as captain.

Just one minor point, "Aussie" Mike Harris isn't a "marquee" player, he is Australian qualified. Ripia is a development player, not marquee. David Smith is the Force's marquee player.

Had to do changes quickly as I am short of time. Just through stuff together, really. JC JvR, Strauss, (Big Mac) Moore, (Ged Robinson) Franco vdM, Sykes, (Al Campbell) Vito (c), Thomson, Messam, (Lam) Pretorius, (Phipps) Beale, Gits, Cruden, (Piutau) Lambie, Jane, Poki, (Fruean) Keeping Gits...

Bit of arrogance from the Brumbies there. I mean, I know the Reds haven't beaten them in Brisbane since 1999, but the Brumbies haven't had the best season - so not even bothering with a second winger is just, well, arrogant. Not only that, they've left out one of their star Wallabies in AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper)...

You misunderstood me. I was at the game with Sports Ears, where you can hear the ref channel rather clearly. He did warn McCaw beforehand, which you did not hear on the TV coverage (you actually hear very little of what the ref says on the TV coverage). He gave McCaw repeated warnings, the...

I'm a Reds and Ben Tune fan, but to get some balance... Actually, I can see how many non-Reds supporters have that point of view. From memory, Ben Tune was on a banned steroid masking agent. His excuse was that it was administered by a doctor for a condition (which it is). Someone screwed up...

I don't want to buy into the argument too much, but I was at the game with Sports Ears. McCaw was told multiple times not to pick up the ball (which you didn't hear on the TV coverage), and when he did he sort of looked up guiltily at the ref. I know what that's like, you see it and just have...

Blue - I guess I was trying to say that the SA citing / judiciary is not biased, but "more permissive" with every team in player, in general, in my opinion. Having said that, I reckon the judiciary in SA is pretty heavy handed for repeat or known offenders. I would love a league or AFL style...

It's a risk not taking another back on the bench I think, as Barnes is unlikely to last the game. But the Tahs need this win, and agree the 5/2 split is probably the best chance of that and to hope nothing goes with two members of the backline, especially as they would be digging around the...