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Ruptured Achilles confirmed for Slipper, Phil Kite called up to replace him.
Moore to take over captaincy - not sure what this will mean for his scheduled benchings?
and for our penalty count. The refs hate him.
Ruptured Achilles confirmed for Slipper, Phil Kite called up to replace him.
Moore to take over captaincy - not sure what this will mean for his scheduled benchings?
Courier Mail says he's the most yellow carded Wallaby in history with 6 (equal with Hooper) and 5 of the 6 are for bad tackles.
Most of those would be red under the current interpretations so Cooper is a real liability going forward unless he drastically modifies his technique. If he was in top form you might justify the risk but he hasn't really shown much so far this season anyway.
Yeah, it's the standard problem the Reds have had since about 2014 - no real go-forward in forwards or backs. As with last year most of the tries have been either from line breaks off set plays or Kerevi crashing over from close range, there is very little of what we see with other teams where they continually make small gains phase after phase and apply pressure. Part of that is just because they can't retain the ball for enough phases without either coughing it up or kicking it away - nearly every time they started to get some go-forward against the Lions they inexplicably kicked it, as even the SA commentators pointed out.
I'm not sure that Houston is the answer as he has slimmed down a lot compared to his NH bulk, and in the minutes he has played he hasn't shown the powerful runs he was famous for in the NH. But at this stage it's probably worth a try.
In the Lions game last week, at one stage the Lions got a penalty within their own 22 and instead of kicking it, they took a quick tap and ran. Three phases later and they were in the Reds 22 with about half a dozen tackle busts in between. That really struck home for me - you would never see the Reds try that, ever. If the Reds had tried that they'd have hammered away for five or six phases making no ground and then turned over the ball, and probably conceded a try. And the Reds know that which is why they keep kicking it away. Unfortunately their kicking game is nowhere near good enough, you need the Highlanders' kicking game to make that work.
And people wonder why we have an issue attracting more people to our gameI love watching him play (2011 gave us some of the best attacking rugby ever seen) but I reckon he's a thug at heart. A mungo in rugby clothing someone once said.
I can tell you for a fact that this is not correct.I love watching him play (2011 gave us some of the best attacking rugby ever seen) but I reckon he's a thug at heart. A mungo in rugby clothing someone once said.
Is there a reason QC (Quade Cooper) cant say this to Frisby?I think teh Reds could really use Genia because the one thing he did reallllly well, and the one thing we are reaaaallly missing, is forwards direction. That guy, regardless of flaws, knew when and where to send the forwards as he balanced that with talking to quade to suss out when and where he wants it.
Hunt/Kerevi talk to Quade about what he is seeing, Quade answers that he has a plan. Quade says to Genia, keep pushing the forwards same way blind side, then I'll want it. Genia pushes forwards blind side. Quade calls, Genia delivers and Hunt/Kerevi etc execute their routes. That is an essential part of general play (set plays not produced from set pieces), forwards having a clear plan and direction about where they are needed and what they are needed for, whilst the backs sort their shit out. Right now, it looks like our forwards know where they need to be and what they need to do, it's just the wrong thing..in the wrong place. Then every back move seems like a set piece as the forwards have lost momentum and might as well be a scrum, so when the back move finishes and god forbid, not with a try scored!, then the whole team is like.sooo..we didn't score.box kick?
Hunt/Kerevi talk to Quade about what he is seeing, Quade answers that he has a plan.
Is there a reason QC (Quade Cooper) cant say this to Frisby?
tuttle/jake mac. run on pairing. could be interesting
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Your starting XV is 50% or more different to last year, and your coaching staff are very different to last year.One common denominator? Anyone else thinking coaching?
I can see great performances from players and a game plan. What's letting us down is accuracy in many areas and because of that we can't build pressure.
Mick Byrne.
Shane Arnold as attack coach is fast discovering his ain't U20s nor club rugby any more.
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