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They did do enough to win and lost very narrowly, you're both right. But that doesn't change the fact they were up 17-0 after 25 minutes and then were outscored 22 points to 3 by a team with a big injury toll that played out the last 10 minutes with 14 players. And not only did it also happen...

^^ It's not a coincidence at all IMO. I don't think it's the bench though, this week the bench and the starters were swapped around quite a bit from last week and the result was the same. No tries after 25 minutes and no points at all after 35 minutes. To me it looks like either the 80 minute...

The Reds should be fucking ashamed to lose that from 17 up against a crippled opposition. Absolutely pathetic. Still no clue what that last penalty was for but it's irrelevant, the Reds should have been 30 up so that it didn't matter. I am pretty much done with this team. The years and years of...

If the overzealous refs could stop picking on my fantasy players, that'd be great. By my count 6 of those 21 YCs have been on my fantasy team!

I guess the other thing we need to consider about RCs is that two YCs equal a red so if more YCs are coming out there may be more reds from that and not just from RC-level infringements.

Interesting stats on YCs last year vs this year: 2016 - 94 YCs in 142 games = 0.66 per game 2017 - 21 YCs in 18 games = 1.17 per game Almost double the rate so far. I would expect that to come down over time as players adjust to the new interpretations.

We'll have to wait longer than 2 rounds to gauge the RC trends - reds were rare last season so 1 in 16 games is still just statistical noise. The fact remains the RC threshold is significantly lower this season according to the laws and for YCs it's much lower because they're substantially...

I had a punt on for Reds by 5+ points. Saders still favourites and the Reds will probably get thumped, but... remember last year when a significantly worse Reds team than this played a significantly better Kiwi team than this depleted Saders lineup and beat them? I think they were paying about...

Naholo, Dagg or A. Savea for captain I reckon. Much as I hate to tip against the Reds Dagg could well be getting a hat trick! Carter probably a good choice for lock because as Brumbies captain (real captain, not fantasy captain) he'll play 80 unless injured. The Brumbies forwards are scoring a...

Wow. If the Reds play well and the Crusaders play as they have, the Reds actually look a half-decent chance. Not favourites, but perhaps better than the $3 the bookies are giving them? Saders outside backs still look very dangerous, and Perese will be marking Digby. Nabuli is going to have...

Reds Force Rebels (when they try) Brumbies . . (empty desert with tumbleweeds blowing past) . . Tahs.

ALB has the Canes this week which might reduce his scoring, but the week after that he has the Rebels. Nuff said there. Fekitoa has the slightly easier Blues this week but then the Canes in Wellington the next week. Personally in that situation I'd delay switching MF for ALB for one more week...

I don't think you're really hurting at prop and lock. They are just generally lower scoring positions except when they score tries, which after 2 rounds is mostly a matter of luck. If you start swapping out your players for those who scored highly because they scored a try in Round 1 or 2...

I know we don't have Gill any more but 3 turnovers won is pretty bloody poor, especially conceding the most penalties in the comp. Especially when Smith and Korczyk are starters, and Ready off the bench. A few more stats: Tries scored: 7 (equal 6th, vs equal 16th in 2016) Clean breaks: 21...

Interesting... the NZ Herald stats have Hunt making 100% of his tackles in both games. 5/5 vs Sharks and 6/6 vs Force. It's amazing how different the stats can be between different sources. Hunt going from a perfect record to our second worse behind Quade. Both locks struggling in the pack...

You never know with the Crusaders. They are usually red hot but occasionally they go MIA, particularly early in the season. Last season they only beat the Force by 1 point with a conversion right on full time. I'd like to think that Crusaders side will show up this weekend, but I doubt it. I...

Simone has been almost completely anonymous at 12 for the last two games. Somewhat surprising after such good NRC and pre-season form.

How was that not a penalty try? Robinson would have scored that for sure if he wasn't taken out early. These Saffa refs are a bloody disgrace. The sooner we get these pricks out of our competition the better.

Could be an even worse year for the Aussie teams than last year. And last year was pretty dire.

Even the Sunwolves were able to score some tries. I think that is the worst performance by an Australian Super Rugby side that I've ever (personally) seen.