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Part of me wishes he got the full 6. He'll be back there before the end of the season for sure. :/

I'd hope it would be a last resort for Frisby to go to 10... The poor bloke is having a hard enough time in his primary position at the moment.

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Yeah we're talking about what happens if Jake goes down mid-game. Obviously Jake will start, Stiles has already said that. I did read one article which said Taefu is with the touring squad though, in which case Maranta may just be cover in case someone goes down in the warmup etc. So the two...

Yeah I read it in the same article announcing Slipper's confirmed Achilles rupture. They said it was Quade cover. Not exactly apples and apples but perhaps they are thinking if worst comes to worst KH will go to 12, DP to 10 and Maranta to fullback. Or perhaps Taefu will get the 22 jersey and...

Yeah I was a bit surprised when I heard Tupou was going to be a THP in the first place. LHPs are typically the more mobile ones, though of course some THs are good runners too. Tupou seemed perfect for loosehead. It's a bit sad as a Reds fan to see what's happened to our scrum. It's not...

It's discomfiting to think an Achilles could go that easily. Not much more pressure on it than most of us exert going up a flight of stairs (at least, those of us who weigh 110kg I guess). From what I can google a ruptured Achilles is quicker to mend than an ACL, so could Slipper be right to...

Yeah Quade was a red card waiting to happen this year. Even in previous years he was a liability. His high tackle chickens have come home to roost. I've seen several people here say Nabuli's yellow was harsh. I thought it was fair, he did not release and flopped on top of the player so it was...

Well I just finished watching and that was really painful to see, as bad as the worst of the Graham days at times. Even before Quade's RC it was obvious it wasn't going to end well for us. Frisby's passing managed to get even worse, which I didn't think possible. Spraying passes everywhere and...

I for one won't judge McIntyre too harshly until he's had a couple of seasons under decent coaching. He came into professional football in the Graham era and hasn't really known anything else. He'll never a Barrett or a 2011 Cooper, he doesn't have the footwork or pace, but he could still be...

That's got to be pretty much a full strength Lions side. Reds will really need to be on their game to be in with a shot.

I think the clout is more the threat of legal action than anything else. The Rebels owners don't even have to WIN the legal action - the threat they might take legal action and a quick calculation of the likely lawyers' fees would make the ARU board turn pale.

No we're not. Totally the opposite. We are saying that since Berry is the AR and not the ref, and we have a Kiwi as the ref, we don't have any excuses. If the Lions win at home, as most would expect them to, I'm pretty confident it will be a fair win.

It's really looking like the Melbourne Brumbies are a genuine possibility for 2018 at this stage. :confused: Either they merge, or the Force and Rebels merge. Either way the Rebels would appear to have enough clout over the ARU by virtue of private ownership to ensure the merged team stays in...

Because the AR2 is the worst referee I've ever seen in professional rugby in terms of inability to maintain objectivity in front of a home crowd. If you want to defend him, a Reds-South Africa match thread is about the worst possible place to try and do it!

I notice Berry doesn't seem to be in the official list of Super Rugby refs this year. Does that mean he's been demoted? Getting any non-SA ref is pretty fortunate I reckon. Although now if we get flogged we won't even be able to fall back on that old chestnut for an excuse. ;)

I've just watched the replay and I thought the Waratahs actually deserved a better scoreline than that. A lot of things just went right for the Sharks at key moments. The Tahs did get schooled at the breakdown though, they got turned over a lot. Classic Sharks.

Yeah, the Crusaders certainly don't lack mental fortitude. At least the attitude in the Reds seems to be much better this season, they were absolutely gutted after full time, you could tell they really wanted that win. Kerevi was sobbing his heart out. If the passion is there hopefully the...

Will be interesting to see who the ref is. Some of them in the Republic are worth a good handful of points to the home side. Hoping for Rasta, he seems to be generally possessed of two functioning eyes. Or the Japanese bloke, though he mostly seems to hang around the Sunwolves conference. Odds...

It was a bizarre round all right. A combination of injuries to just about every star Kiwi outside back, wet weather, and general ineffectiveness by the back rowers. I guess when the Kiwis play each other they substantially nullify themselves. My back row scored a combined total of 8 points...