Reds 2015

[Jeeper]

... Well the reds new recruit has been pretty disappointing this far tonight. A couple of good kicks and shows he has decent footwork but missed a critical tackle and missed a goal kick from almost in front. He has looked better in other games.

 

[redstragic]

Not much if a game I have to say hard to tell how good he is. His knee is heavily strapped. Hope that does not mean he spends the the whole year in team rehab.

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[Bobby Sands]

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. Well the reds new recruit has been pretty disappointing this far tonight. A couple of good kicks and shows he has decent footwork but missed a critical tackle and missed a goal kick from almost in front. He has looked better in other games.

Excuse my ignorance? Who..

 

[redstragic]

Duncan the new 10 backup. He plays 6 for the broncs u20's

 

[redstragic]

Just put in a pearler of a kick. Beautiful try.

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[redstragic]

Nice footwork and line break from our Dunc. Put the winger in the corner.

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[RugbyReg]

Anyone seen the new membership offer? What do you think of the merchandise option? Discounted merch rather than just another cap?

 

[Tangawizi]

Anyone seen the new membership offer? What do you think of the merchandise option? Discounted merch rather than just another cap?

I am a fan of it. Would rather get decent gear rather than poor quality stuff. Plus the Polo isn't red so bit different to what's been available the past few seasons.

 

[TheBigDog]

Im also a fan of the idea but wish they'd come up with some better merchandise options. Some training wear would have been nice - shorts, singlets etc. Some may disagree but I've never really seen the need for a supporters scarf in the queensland climate.

 

[FilthRugby]

I know it has been spoken about a bit, but I REALLY wish the Reds got Ponga!!

I fully respect his decisions behind going to North Queensland. I hope he tears up in League and in a few years time.......Union! (Hopefully).

 

[RugbyReg]

Im also a fan of the idea but wish they'd come up with some better merchandise options. Some training wear would have been nice - shorts, singlets etc. Some may disagree but I've never really seen the need for a supporters scarf in the queensland climate.

You can buy that stuff still but the point of the membership merchandise is that fans wear it to the games as a show of support. Which is why they wouldn't include the stuff you refer to.

 

[RugbyReg]

I know it has been spoken about a bit, but I REALLY wish the Reds got Ponga!!

I fully respect his decisions behind going to North Queensland. I hope he tears up in League and in a few years time...Union! (Hopefully).

Just came from what could potentially be his last game of rugby (at least for some time). He was heavily marked but still obviously very good. However the star was his flyhalf. No idea of his name but I understand he is off to the Melbourne Storm next year. Now he was fantastic. Just one game mind you buy he'd be the one I would chase.

Anyone know who I am talking about?

 

[Bobby Sands]

The 13 can play a bit too from what I've heard.

 

[Biffo]

it seems that many outstanding QLand school rugby players go to league straight from school. is that perception factable and if so, why do the kids go that way? greater opportunities for a fast track to first grade? bigger first year pay? the lure of greater public adulation? simple preference for league as a game?

 

[FilthRugby]

Mack Mason, RugbyReg?

I might be wrong, but I've heard he's good as well.

 

[USARugger]

Mack is a really, really good player. More than anything his composure at his age stood out to me (would have been a little over a year ago that I met him at Churchie).

 

[RugbyReg]

Biffo I think they come from that way too? Schools do a lot of recruiting and they seem to sign many from league.

 

[TheBigDog]

Without trying to get too far off the Reds topic but whats the go with that Churchie team? Have most of the boys been there for their entire schooling? Or quite a few imports (ie only been there yr 11 and 12?). They sound like a super talented side with most of the guys picking up contracts.

 

[Biffo]

Biffo I think they come from that way too? Schools do a lot of recruiting and they seem to sign many from league.

thanks, Mate. i don't spend much time in Australia and so find it difficult to identify movements of players at and after school. i guess that, if we studied the subject, we'd find that Australian kids play three or four different football codes and that movement between them is very common - especially when the options open up as a kid leaves a school which does not play his favourite code.

i wonder what there is in the Rugby career path - coaching, opportunities, rate of rise, money, sheer love of the game - that especially attracts the best athletes to it as a life-base?

we read a lot from the Eddie Jones of our game about the best athletes being attracted elsewhere. i wonder if such claims stand up in terms of the relative scale of the various codes? do we get, in Rugby, our fair share of the "best athletes"?

 

[hammertimethere]

No, we do not is the plain and simple answer