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Disagree, still out on Thorn. There's a huge echo chamber of support for Thorn around here in Reds fans so staying out of it, but to me plainly the guy doesn't have what it takes to be a head coach and he's a long way from convincing me otherwise. Bit sad, because this Reds team is the most...

Or how about a Tom Carter?

David Lyons, massive guy who never used his size effectively and lived a lot off of reputation. And another vote for Mark Chisolm - huge guns, no impact. edit: Sitaleki Timani is the posterchild of this, huge guy who looked damn scary but was way too lazy, could not use his size and weight...

Quade had a few classic answers in that post match interview. Wouldn't be surprised if he planned some of it.

Love Cooper's subtle dig at Thorn in that post match interview.

My god you've got a thin skin. I'm leaving this here. I suggest you toughen up, and develop some banter. And work on those witty comebacks. If you want some tips, start with trying the veal. I'm here all week.

We both know I wasn't referring to this year with cynical Brumby penalties. The hurt lingers from the two losses this year? And you and I both know who was ranked fifth in the penalties conceded this year. Hint: they just gave away 1 penalty in the last game.

Rebels pack should have known that big push was coming. They just clocked off and it cost them the draw. Did they only have 7 men in that scrum?

Admit it, truth hurts ;)

Yeah, Rebels definitely dropped their bundle there.

Don't think they've quite been Brumbies level cynical.

Cottrell just sin binned when the replay from the back showed he went through the middle of the maul. Pretty sure you had an argument with some other Rebels around the side, but definitely Cottrell looked fine.

The Rebels discpline has been woeful, but you need to ask if you believe that the Lions have given away just 1 penalty all game.

Amusingly you could hear the ref yell hands off blue at the ruck where he was on his feet and had full rights to the ball.

Hmmm, this ref is definitely reffing one side. Lions had one player in a ruck, Rebels counter ruck threw and the tackled player through the ball 10m away from the ruck area after presenting.

Rebels are imploding forcing these passes.

Lions in again off a turnover (with the defender not rolling away, no clear release and questionably supporting his body weight, but anyway)...Lions playing with a mass of confidence now and throwing the ball around everywhere. Rebels have gone into their shell and are playing really...

That forward pass call on Genia to Naisarani was a shocker, looked half a metre back. Rebels were hot on attack 22m out too.

Cooper had a brain explosion there, needed to simply dive on a ball instead of letting it run dead could have gifted the Lions a try. edit: it did, 33 - 26 now 56 gone. Lions throwing the ball around now and finding space everywhere.

Another advantage, pretty certain this ref is only reffing one team now around the ruck and offside line. Rebels need to be careful, this is reminiscent of another Lions v Australian team from a few years back. 33 - 19 54 gone.