Reds 2013

[Penguin]

Reds to play the Lions.

1. Daley
2. Hanson
3. Holmes
4. Wallace-Harrison
5. O'Donoghue
6. Quirk
7. Robinson
8. Schatz
9. Lucas
10. Cooper
11. Morahan
12. Fainga'a
13. CFS
14. Davies
15. Lance

16. Anae
17. Owen
18. Davis
19. Samo
20. Butler
21. Frisby
22. Tapuai
23. Shipperley

Really looking forward to this game, gonna be the best chance of a province knocking the Lions off. That's a really strong squad and Quade has points to prove & I'm tipping him to prove them in style!

 

[Greggsy]

Reds to play the Lions.

1. Daley
2. Hanson
3. Holmes
4. Wallace-Harrison
5. O'Donoghue
6. Quirk
7. Robinson
8. Schatz
9. Lucas
10. Cooper
11. Morahan
12. Fainga'a
13. CFS
14. Davies
15. Lance

16. Anae
17. Owen
18. Davis
19. Samo
20. Butler
21. Frisby
22. Tapuai
23. Shipperley

Is Curtis Browning available or is he busy with the under 20 Aussie Squad?

 

[something]

Do we have our full strength team against the rebels, the the wallaby-less team vs the tahs?

or are we missing players for both the tahs and rebs?

 

[No4918]

Full strength vs the Rebels. Tahs game is after the tests so full strength as well.

 

[qwerty51]

No you're playing the Tahs after the Lions series. Still, a lot of Tahs and Reds will be involved from that so a chance for injuries and mental/physical fatigue.

 

[something]

Tahs will have more wob reps so thatll play to the reds advantage

 

[Troy]

Is Curtis Browning available or is he busy with the under 20 Aussie Squad?

Pretty sure he's involved with the u20's! Think I read he's captain..but could be wrong there.

Edit...

Nope not senile yet..

Clicky Clicky

 

[Troy]

Is this for real or a media beat up?

Reds fall? Blame Quade: Deans

Brisbanetimes

 

[Hardtackle]

Sounds like he's picking fights with both Link and Quade.

 

[ackers]

Sounds like he's picking fights with both Link and Quade.

Maybe Khoder could organise a cage match?

 

[Hardtackle]

^ I'd pay to see that.

 

[Ash]

I replied to those statements from Deans in the 25 man squad thread, but to me that means that Deans is looking for excuses not to pick Cooper. Blaming Cooper for Taps being out of form is crazy; Taps made his own mistakes, Cooper doesn't make him drop good balls and miss tackles he should make.

Clearly Deans has issues with Cooper, and is looking for ways to justify Cooper's non-selection. The last part of that article says everything, where Deans doesn't bother to even call Cooper about his omission.

 

[lewisr]

It's horribly immature and shows a lack of integrity from the national coach.

Blaming one player for another's form slump is pathetic.

 

[Pfitzy]

Is it just me or has the reds backline looked listless in the last few weeks. Their set move plays have involved Taps getting the ball and crashing mostly, with the once a game inside pass from Ant/Ships to Ioane.

Are you Paul Cully?

http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-union/uni...-was-not-prepared-to-take-20130519-2jun6.html

Only the Force are averaging fewer five-pointers per game than the Reds in the Australian conference, and the Queenslanders have the lowest try-scoring record of any side in the top nine, despite playing at least one more game.

Those Cooper inside passes are fooling a few less defenders these days

 

[Sully]

Deans seems to be moving the goal posts all over the place trying to justify a non selection. He should of stuck to his first story instead of trotting a new one out every couple of hours.

 

[Ruggo]

For the benefit of Australian rugby I wish Deans would just pull his lips over his head and swallow.

Enough is enough. Just cut him loose so we can all move on. I wonder if those fools at the ARU have any idea of just how disenfranchised the Rugby public are with him. Even people who were happy with his appointment and have stayed the course are just fed up with this and just want to see the back of him.

 

[gel]

Yep. Quality people manager is Deans. :S

 

[Wheatman]

Pfitzy He could be here driving tractors and I would be paid to go to all the Lions games. If only....

 

[RedsHappy]

I replied to those statements from Deans in the 25 man squad thread, but to me that means that Deans is looking for excuses not to pick Cooper. Blaming Cooper for Taps being out of form is crazy; Taps made his own mistakes, Cooper doesn't make him drop good balls and miss tackles he should make.

Clearly Deans has issues with Cooper, and is looking for ways to justify Cooper's non-selection. The last part of that article says everything, where Deans doesn't bother to even call Cooper about his omission.

As anyone who's been here since mid-2010 knows, I lost confidence in Deans that year and then commenced the prediction of his mediocrity and revealed poor character (e.g., never admitting a single mistake, flaw or failing of his own, always actually or inferentially blaming his players, injuries, depth issues, etc). That stance was near heresy back then.

So I was out of outraged passion regarding him a long time ago. But when I read today of this incredible allegation that QC (Quade Cooper) is directly responsible for Taps' poor form this year even I was newly appalled, Deans has sunk to new depths with that reckless and insensitive public assessment. It's not only speculative and ill-informed, it's massively tactless and stupid at a level of securing decent relations with all of QC (Quade Cooper), Link, the other Wallaby Reds, and in general QLD fans and the QRU. In summary, it's an extraordinary misjudgement and confirms (as if it were needed) his clear unsuitability for the most important non-executive position in Australian rugby.

 

[Sully]

He's not only lost the dressing room he's lost most of the country too.