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McIntyre gets charged down by Barrett in goal and Barrett barely misses grounding it before it goes dead. 5m scrum to the Canes. Poor bit of Reds defence on the line and the Canes go over. Barrett converts and it's 24-14. Reds were looking in it up to this point.

Gill gets pretty ridiculously pinged for a breakdown steal. If every referee in rugby penalised that, Pocock would not have a career.

Feauai-Sautia does the best bit of running I've ever seen him do, beats about five Canes defenders and scores in the corner. What the f---?! Even he looks surprised.

Reds secure the ball off the 5m scrum and then cough it up within a metre of the try line. As usual.

Ready ruled to be held up over the goal line. My bet for Ready as first try-scorer for the Reds goes begging. Disappointing.

Restart. Reds secure the ball, Canes concede a penalty on the 10m line and Goromaru somehow lands the kick in very gusty conditions. Finally found his ninja boots again. Off the restart, Magnay slips and fails to pick up a pass, the Canes boot it ahead and win the race to dot it down...

Ref called 8 but he meant 6. Browning did not collapse the maul. I'm not entirely convinced Tui did either but he was the one clinging onto the ball carrier and dragging his feet so if anybody is going to get pinged for it, it'll be him.

Barrett kicks the conversion. Off to the sheds at 12-6 to the Canes. Reds will start the second half down to 14 men and facing into a strong breeze.

Coles scores from the resulting maul off the penalty.

Tui gets a YC for collapsing the maul right on the half time siren.

Reds reverting to their usual slow ball clearance from rucks and surprise, surprise... Back to making zero penetration in attack.

Reds falling off tackles left right and centre. Very lucky not to concede a try but the Hurricanes coughed it up.

6-5 to the Reds. Goro just got a penalty.

I think the main difference is that McIntyre has actually straightened his attack, he's drawing defenders and then putting a quick late pass through to the player outside him. The Canes seem to be expecting him to do his usual thing of crabbing and standing too deep, so they're leaving holes in...

I think it was Goromaru not CFS who missed that tackle that let in the try wasn't it? The Reds are actually looking much better so far, on the whole. Clearing the rucks quicker and dominating the breakdown. Even starting to look dangerous in attack. Excellent break from Magnay.

I don't disagree, but saying he was one of the Reds' best in that shambles of a game really isn't saying much. Interestingly I just read on the Reds FB page that Hunt has been carrying a groin injury for a few weeks. Might explain why his performance has dropped off the last few games after a...

Doesn't really leave him a lot of options, does it? Maybe a curly blond Honey Badger wig?

I'd like to see a few more games before passing any judgement on Magnay at this level. I don't think that game was really enough to judge either way, he had some positives and some negatives in a very poor team performance. He certainly has the size and the pace to be a VERY effective player...

So I guess Greene's dropping means he's paying for his mistakes last week? Duncan P on the bench with no Greene means he's our backup 10 this week as well as 12/13. Given McIntyre's propensity to cramp up there's a very real chance Duncan P will be our flyhalf. Great chance for him to show...

I'm disappointed they haven't gone with Laloifi too. Without him the Canes will look at that backline and see two players in Frisby and Nabuli that they will have to keep half an eye on, but none of the rest of the backline is going to waste much time in the game plan tactics discussions. It's...