A win. An ugly win but given I missed last years win as I was overseas any win will do.
Positives
- Genia. €^{% he is good. Was playing at a different level than everyone else
- Maddocks (that was Maddocks at 14 wasn’t it?). Great in defence. Never gave up and almost always got his man. Really impressed with him
- Ruru - some people seriously think he is anywhere near Genia in ability? Definitely didn’t show it tonight
- second try from the reds was incredibly lazy from the forwards who were still strolling back from the line out
- Mafi has a good game but either kept on getting injured or just wanted a bit of a rest
- Ball handing wasn’t great. Fitness was also pretty off but maybe the heat and humidity took its toll on both teams
- Cards - yeah that should have been 2 red cards. Higgers was definitely a red under the new treatment of head high “tackles” and the second was worse.
- Lance - not convinced he is much of a loss and definitely a massive step down from Cooper
- JD had good parts and bad parts. Seemed to be standing still for the last 20 mins. Definitively not coming on to the ball
Top of the table so can’t complain about that
I don't think that was an ugly win at all. A deserved win.
I did not want Genia back at Reds, at the time thinking about Frisby. OK, my problem not yours - Will is sublime.
Rebels were rattled on occasions when they had numerical advantage. Something wrong there.
Lance not a loss? Kidding. Debs is out of his depth. But yes, why is Quade playing grade?
OK things I like about the Rebels - they got head-fucked by the Reds. A couple of times. But they came back. They had the better of the set piece, I think. Back three looked good to me.
Well deserved win guys.
