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Kepu had two years to run on his contract too. Guess contracts aren't as watertight as they used to be.

Fa'agase's not actually that much younger than Daley. He's 25, Daley's 27 about to turn 28. Both have plenty of life in them if they can stay fit. And that of course is the problem with Daley. I'd love for him stick around at the Reds, he's a solid scrummager, certainly better than Fa'agase at...

Yeah I agree. It would be ideal if Thorn could work with the forwards on their loose play and sort out this dog-pile of a breakdown. That said, the forwards are pulling their weight even the loose. 5/10 in loose combined with a set piece of 9.5/10 and that's a finals-quality pack, albeit...

What, did you expect him to be all "Hahaha yeah how shite has Jake been? The guy is a joke, he needs to go back to club." He handled a very difficult question excellently, which is probably why he's a frequent guest on that show. His media savvy is first rate. You have to read between the...

Interesting how much lower the ruck involvement is for the Reds this week compared with the last two weeks when they were all over the ruck count list. The Sunwolves really do not do rucks!

Does anyone know how close Jono Lance is to a return? They said he was out for six weeks and that was about eight weeks ago. Prior's done a commendably good job at 10 but Lance is really the only chance the Force have of another win this year IMO. Although looking at the games they have coming...

The Force lost that as only the Force can quite manage to do. Devastating.

Game over. All Reds tries scored by the Piggies! Even against the Sunwolves defence that let in 92 points against the Cheetahs, the Reds backs couldn't get across the paint. Pretty bloody poor.

Would have got some good odds on Browning scoring a double...

The Reds won't be happy with this half. So much potential, so little of it realised. The Sunwolves haven't had a lot of opportunities but the Reds have been soft and let them take them.

Yeah it was a bit of both. The Stormers really did not play that badly, they dropped the ball a bit too much, and looked a bit sluggish but the Sunwolves just played out of their skins. It was quite a similar style of game to the RWC Boks vs Japan (which makes sense!). The Stormers played a...

I must be an idiot too. Last game I was at was Reds vs Blues, and every time someone dropped the ball and the ref put his arm out, I was cheering. When Greg Holmes is your tighthead, you have a lot to cheer about.

Yes it's pretty hard to argue with any of that. The Reds play a ponderous, predictable brand of attacking rugby these days totally at odds to how they played under Link, and it's telling that their best attacking player is Kerevi, whose style is more about being a human battering ram and...

Holmes' workrate has been immense the last two games for an old prop. Look at him, up there at number 4 in total rucks, putting all those 80+ minute playing backrowers to shame! He's way up there on tackles too, 7 made, none missed. The only Reds who made more were McIntyre (8 made, 4 missed)...

Well that was a fascinating game. Hard to believe that the side that got flogged by 70 points by the Cheetahs, got flogged by the Force at home, and managed to lose to the Kings, can somehow lead the Stormers the entire match and then draw right on the 80 minute mark. These Saffa sides REALLY...

I'll watch it again too with special focus on CFS, but I actually thought he had the best game I've seen him play. Not just the try either, though that was an excellent bit of running. But even before the try I was thinking he was doing well, or at least better than in previous weeks. I will...

I thought he was much improved in the first 20 minutes. But unfortunately he and the rest of the Reds soon reverted to past patterns.

I really don't think it's being unfair to say that these errors have been happening too often at this level - I'd say McIntyre himself would probably be the first to agree. They may be acceptable at club level but this is Super Rugby. It didn't happen to the Canes at all, or the Crusaders last...

Barrett gets a YC for cynical play after the siren! Reds get one last chance to deny the Canes a BP. Gets intercepted from a Browning pass. Canes go all the way. Terrible and stereotypically comical Reds end to the game. They actually played quite well for long periods across most aspects of...

McIntyre screws up the kickoff AGAIN. This is happening way too often. Getting charged down and screwing up kickoffs.