Queensland Reds V Chiefs 2011R18

[MrTimms]

Reds announced:

1. Ben Daley
2. Saia Fainga'a
3. James Slipper
4. Rob Simmons
5. James Horwill (c)
6. Scott Higginbotham
7. Liam Gill
8. Jake Schatz
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. Dom Shipperley
12. Ben Tapuai
13. Will Chambers
14. Rod Davies
15. Jono Lance

16. James Hanson
17. Greg Holmes
18. Adam Wallace-Harrison
19. Radike Samo
20. Ian Prior
21. Dallan Murphy
22. Caleb Ralph

 

[GC]

Who is Dallan Murphey?

 

[MrTimms]

Inside back, plays for Brothers

Reds profile here

 

[tigerland12]

Good to see Shatz start, hasn't had much game time lately.
Good selection because the Cheifs backrow is really quick and mobile

 

[dobduff11]

14 of the Reds starters are GPS boys, is that some kind of record.

Good luck Dallan Murphy as well, looked quite handy on the youtube vids I have seen of him

 

[chequebalance]

From his profile he looks glad to be there!

 

[tranquility]

#10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH7u2sy19Bg

 

[vidiot]

110% Gingernut - brings a nice balance to the backline.

 

[Brumbies Guy]

What's the word on Digby?

 

[Tangawizi]

What's the word on Digby?

Diggers should be back next game.

 

[pissedoffihavetoregister]

i am amazed davies got back after such a short time - he looked a wreck when he went off.

 

[tigerland12]

i am amazed davies got back after such a short time - he looked a wreck when he went off.

I thought that was his year when he went off. But good that he can now press more for a wallabies spot, I think he offers more then Morahan does.

 

[Scotty]

Ant F says hamstring is taking a while to heal but he will definitely be right for the finals. Nice guy.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

That's still a good Reds team, in spite of all the injuries. I'll be especially interested in how Tapui goes again at 12 and Schatz at 8. They should win pretty well I think.

 

[tranquility]

Shatz is a real star, can't wait to see him smash some blokes, both at the tackle and the contest.

 

[Spewn]

Shatz is a real star, can't wait to see him smash some blokes, both at the tackle and the contest.

Do you know his background such as school, rep teams?

 

[Maroon Army]

He's a Churchie old boy.

 

[tranquility]

He only went to Churchie from year 11, he went to John Paul College before then. I think he did the full pathway, U16s, QLD schools, Aus Schools, he also captained the Aus U20s. Extremely talented young player, with the right attitude and temperament.

 

[Spewn]

Thanks. I agree he's good. I thought he would have got more game time given how much he played last year or was it the year before.

 

[tranquility]

Hes been unlucky, he was injured at the start of the season and then Radike hit a purple patch of form. Link said a big part of the reason he is starting this week is that because the backs have been having so many injuries, Shatz has been stuck on the bench as an emergency and therefor hasn't got as much game time as link would have liked.