Reds V Sharks - Round 13

[USARugger]

CFS is looking very composed at #13.

Where did he play his schoolboy footy #13 or wing?

I believe both but primarily wing.

Not even sure if I'm mad that some pack of assholes drove by at 6:30am with the loudest tailpipes known to man after seeing the halftime score line

 

[Hugh Jarse]

The 1/2 time stats look very poor for the Shorks. Have they got Marc Lièvremont in from France RWC11 as a guest coach tonight.

The Reds are good tonight but the Shorks are making them look exceptional.

 

[biggsy]

now to keep this up, that is the big key for this half

 

[USARugger]

That was very poor

Was that Quade that popped Mvovo there?

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Kept it up for about 1 minute biggsy

Reds maybe thought they just needed to run on for the second 40 and the Shorks would part like the Red Sea for Moses.

 

[USARugger]

Hugh Jarse

That's pretty much the 1st page in the Reds player manual right there!! Kings of blowing 1st half leads


Sharks officially running on the Natal Academy XV next week after all these injuries

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Chiefs have been doing similar of late as well.

 

[Scoey]

Anyone heard why Gill's off?

 

[USARugger]

Probably just resting him, he's played nearly a full 80 every match this year.

 

[James Buchanan]

How good was it when Sharpie called them the Shorks?

 

[Mr Doug]

How good was it when Sharpie called them the Shorks?

James, I assume you mean because a shork is "a small impregnated lamb, ready to go to the slaughter"?!!

 

[Cassius88]

Pretty scrappy second half here. Sharks have scored another but I really don't think they've got it in them to win this

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Shorks score some meat, but with 15 minutes to go and 12 points behind, it may be a bridge too far.

Red 29 Shork 17 - 67 minutes gone.

 

[Scoey]

Geez a bit rough to call Butler out then. He was on the ball and had come through the middle for mine. He releases as asked by the ref and the Sharks stroll over.

 

[Ash]

Yeah, Buttler was fine to me to. Looks like Jackson has had enough of the Reds at ruck time, too.

 

[The Rant]

reds playing backfoot footy this half. Shows up the difference between quade on frontfoot and backfoot. First half Im thnking he'd maybe be great against the lions, but just as quickly I get reminded that he has as much risk factor as he has reward.

 

[Slim 293]

If the Sharks' ball handling wasn't so woeful this would be a tight match.........

 

[Ash]

Reds are there own worse enemies in the second half, though.

Forwards have been way too loose, and they lost all structure. They've let the Shorks back into it.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

^^^ I was just thinking that QC (Quade Cooper) must have been off the field in the second stanza. Almost nothing from him this half.

How much loss of momentum is related to Liam Gill going off?

Really need some Leadership a la Big Key in the second half.

 

[Cassius88]

Reds are there own worse enemies in the second half, though.

Forwards have been way too loose, and they lost all structure. They've let the Shorks back into it.

I honestly think that the Sharks were just a bit shell-shocked in the first half and got a bollocking at half time to put a bit of concrete into them. The Reds looked good in the first half but they were rolling over the gain line far too easily. Be interesting to see if the Reds get found out a bit in South Africa.