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Hore with another not straight and this one is called. Humphries down hurt. Reds still running everything. Davies getting some hammy work too

Damn this is annoying to type on an iPhone. Bryce Lawrence is being really pedantic against both teams. Nonu warned for a high shot on Cooper. Ripper of a try from Davies! Clever in pass from Fainga'a and Davies flies in between defenders. Reds up 14 to 8.

Reds scrum getting mullered too. Lawrence gives the Reds a nice call for a Canes forward pass then a nice penalty too. He might consistent tonight? Reds blow a lineout. Reds are trying to run everything. Canes gaining ground well when they have the ball.

Reds getting hammered at the breakdown by the ref and down 8 to 0. Sad to note that most have been harsh. Going to be a long night for the Reds as the Canes are ripping holes. And as I type that great takefrom Cooper then a break from Cooper finished by Higgers. 8 to 7. Still think the Reds...

Wouldn't DHP just be the Staniforth replacement in the touring party?

Re: Cheifs V Waratahs, Hamilton To answer my own question, I guess it is Scott Wisemantle, the skills coach?

Re: Cheifs V Waratahs, Hamilton How about we instead discuss how painful it is to see the typo in the thread title everytime I look at this thread? Regarding the Tahs backs or attack coach, just who is it?

Re: Oz U20 squad I suspect that Hunt is over rated but there may be others reasons for his nonselection.

Re: Cheifs V Waratahs, Hamilton Someone needs to tell Barnes that when he thinks he should kick, to pass or run. And then if he still thinks he should kick, then to pass or run. And if he still thinks he should kick, then he should pass or run.

I actually agree with Scotty - best case for Bulls would be 1. Bulls, 2. Australasian team, 3. Stormers, 4. Crusaders/Australasian team That way they take a travelling team for the final. Best case would be Stormers winning - thus Stormers fly over jet lagged, win, then fly back and get jet...

Too much kicking in the game and they didn't seem interested in getting fast ball. Sloppy game at times too and not much enterprise. Perhaps I am being too harsh of a judge though. HairyDonkey is nuts and should've been subbed a long time earlier. Tough bastard. Hunt didn't get the ball much...

Wasn't too surprising as the Reds typically put in poor performances vs the Brumbies. Their ruck defence and general organisation on defence was terrible. Kennedy is not up to S14 standard ar scrum time. Can't see him starting next year unless he drastically improves. Weeks will be a big loss...

Can't see the Bulls not finishing top of the table as I think they will beat the Stormers in the last round. Most in danger of missing the top 4 is the Crusaders, as I think they will lose their two tour matches and then struggle against the Brumbies in Canberra while fighting jet lag. Can't...

Can't fault that top 4. From the Force, Sharpe is probably unlucky he was not as selected, but not as crazy as Hodgson not being there. From the Reds, Ioane and Hynes perhaps unlucky to miss out, but they are in a team where Braid, Cooper and Genia have been fantastic. Not sure who deserves...

There was another guy at Red Hill Physio called Roger Fitzgerald who was the best physio I ever went to. Was also involved with Australian swimming for quite a while, and was Keiran Perkins' physio. Popov also did quite a few swimmers many years ago. Popov and Roger Fitzgerald rate as the two...

I've been to Cameron before in the past, and his partner Victor Popov was easily superior as a physio. Popov ended up at the Brisbane Lions, I believe. Having been to a lot of phyios in my time, I can say that Cameron was far from the best I have been to - although I last saw him 15 years ago. I...

I think that Elsom being there is similar to the old Latham issue, but slightly different: being surrounded by average and below average performances, slightly above average performances can get points. The Latham issue was that he was the Reds' match winner in an underperforming team, and thus...

It's always hard to tell sometimes how effective medical staff are. Just because they are a professional sporting team does not mean their medical staff is any good. The Reds had former player Cameron Lillicrap as physio for years - and he was not anywhere near a top physio. Some might say he...

Taylor is reportedly an average trainer and very hard to get good performances out of. Broncos claimed they had to put rockets up him to get him to perform. Makes sense - had huge raps on him, yet consistently struggled and could not break into even weakened Broncos teams until they had no-one...

I believe the NZRU are hedged to FX. This is from the top of my memory, though (like this whole post, so if anyone knows better please correct me). Plus, their television contracts are written in USD, aren't they? So a weaker NZD is helpful, actually, but overall they are hedge to FX...