Reds 2019

[Up the Guts]

6 scrum penalties and a cheese in a row to the Reds but no points that will bring the crowds back

Would have taken the points if it wasn’t a trial though.

 

[Simon.]

Taniela looks fucking enormous

The new loosehead whose name I can’t spell looks almost a similar size. Scrum looks in good hands this year. It’s just every other aspect of the game with question marks over them...

 

[dillyboy]

Yep our scrum is dominating (so it should our A side vs their C team)

We need to score some points though - to have nothing come from that dominance is abysmal

 

[Up the Guts]

Reds getting caught out of position in the backfield a lot

 

[Up the Guts]

Berry seems to be taking a trial game approach to the offside line

 

[The Nomad]

Sorovi playing himself out of a starting jersey?

 

[dillyboy]

Sorovi playing himself out of a starting jersey?

Quite possibly - it's humid as though so if Kafer was commentating there'd be plenty of comments as to the "dew"

 

[Up the Guts]

The Reds, Sorovi in particular, are a bit guilty of trying to run everything. Just because it’s a trial doesn’t mean you need to quick tap everything.

 

[Up the Guts]

Sorovi throws a ball of the century just as we disparage him

 

[Micheal]

Sorovi! To Higgers! Magical.

Tupou and Kerevi pushing the passes in those passages though.

 

[dillyboy]

Yep - moments of brilliance followed by too much park rugby & we give it away.

Sorovi off with a head knock

 

[Up the Guts]

Wow wonder tackle from Stewart.

 

[Up the Guts]

So 14-0 Chiefs halfway through. Some moments of brilliance from the Reds but looked very village at other times. Hopefully in the second half they can start stringing some phases together.

 

[The Nomad]

Sitting on the hill watching the game straight down the field , the Reds attack is way too lateral, even some of Kerevi’s crash ball have had a bit of sideways in them. Chiefs’s defence doing it easy !

 

[Up the Guts]

Try Reds. Spun it out wide and Daugunu made a break before they received a penalty and took the scrum. Timu had a good snipe from the base before one of the pigs crashed over.

Edit: think it was Sefa with the break.

 

[Up the Guts]

Reds in again. McDermott this time with a nice left foot step after a quick tap 5m out. Isaac Lucas had a very nice run earlier that first brought the Reds into Chiefs’ territory.

 

[dillyboy]

Yep life in this one yet - 14 all with 20 to play

 

[Up the Guts]

Chiefs hit back after an error off the kickoff.

 

[dillyboy]

Spoke too soon

 

[Up the Guts]

Reds get another. Starting to find a few holes in the Chiefs’ defence. Timu has been good since he came on although a few issues with ball security.