Finally had a chance to rewatch the game, thought I'd put up some thoughts:
Reds:
-Turner was exactly what we needed at fullback, showing up where and when he was needed
-Was great to see the good kick chase from the crusaders game return, could still improve but I suppose when you kick for 1200m in a game its going to fall away at times
-As has already been mentioned here even if he didn't get much chance to involve himself it was great to see a few important plays from Magnay. With his big hit on Coleman last week he's beginning to make a habit of key physical plays in defence, a rare sight from a young winger.
-Thought Murday had a good debut, putting a dominant tackle on Wykes to setup a turnover and getting a key lineout steal. Early days, but if he comes on well it go a long way to solving the Horwill departure. Simmons, Mcduling, Kotze and Murday looks like a pretty good set.
-The Gill and Thomson combo was outstanding.
For the Force:
-Set piece and the scrum in particular is obviously an issue for them but it's really going to impact there ability to play their disruptive game if they don't sort it out
-Add in Hodgson and now Alcock out and they're starting to look in real trouble.
-Also Ebersohn seems to be holding them back, his kicking has been poor so far and Godwin is looking wasted at outside, maybe in part because it's Rasolea inside him. They may need to roll the dice and play 10 Holmes 12 Godwin and try and inject some spark into the backline with the return of the Honey Badger. It's a pity they couldn't hold onto Leyds, he's starting to look like the piece missing from their backline.
-They couldn't keep it up as much as usual this game but it is beatufil to see the them barrel in and really hammer a ruck, they're excellent at it when they're on.
The work Stiles has done with the Reds scrum looks to be paying dividends, with him potentially looking at the Tahs top job it'd be a shame to lose him. While I think Graham still has a chance to save his job and if he produces results I'd be happy to see him stay, I'm not sure how confident I'd be in him without Stiles there with him.