Round 12: Reds v Rebels Fri 12th 7:35PM @ Suncorp

[Rebel man]

Absolutely pathetic from the Rebels. Have some fucking heart. Week after week year after year.

 

[Tomikin]

No knock on there... But Reds scrum and win

 

[Scooter]

At least we got a losing BP this week. Recently we haven't been doing that.

 

[LeCheese]

No knock on Williams lifting for the reds

Wasn't a knock on from the previous line out against the Reds either. Give and take, ifs and buts, ebbs and flows...

 

[Adam84]

Well a wins a win, wasn’t pretty

 

[Scooter]

Then Jooste just hammered flook

Do we have a new verb? Flook just got Joosted.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

This game is just flat from both teams, Reds won't progress beyond the quarters playing like this.

That’s Super Rugby though. 2 team comp every year.

 

[molman]

No knock on there... But Reds scrum and win

Not sure I could see one either.

Not sure the Rebels were scoring there anyway, but still.

 

[capalaba]

Happy wit the win, being honest it was a very poor display. Forwards did not step up, Kiss.and the Coaches have to take a good hard look at the team. Forwards are not dominant.

 

[KevinO]

Rebel man carm down, that match they showed heart. Playing a game with 1 hooker, the yellow card was the difference. Reds killed us when we were down a man

 

[Rebel man]

Wasn't a knock on from the previous line out against the Reds either. Give and take, ifs and buts, ebbs and flows...

End of the day the rebels high performance and coaching staff are incompetent. To go into a game with one hooker

They burn money flying a third hooker up and play in the QPR. Did Dobbins forget his boots? Absolutely farcical

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Reds won it by smart ball control and territory to start that half when it was pretty clear they were sluggish. Rebels didn’t touch the ball until the 70th min.

 

[molman]

Rebel man carm down, that match they showed heart. Playing a game with 1 hooker, the yellow card was the difference. Reds killed us when we were down a man

Agree. I thought Ekuasi had a great game on the effort front. Canham once again was similarly industrious.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Big call I know but Tim Ryan is showing Campesesque skills! His speed and jink to make Kellaway look stupid was great winger skills.

He's looking the goods, and certainly best of the wingers on show tonight. But that was a god-awful non-attempt (probably won't even earn a missed tackle stat it was so poor) by Kellaway after he was turned inside out earlier by Campbell. He is not the safe last line of defence many on here claim. Better on the wing.

 

[SouthernX]

End of the day the rebels high performance and coaching staff are incompetent. To go into a game with one hooker

They burn money flying a third hooker up and play in the QPR. Did Dobbins forget his boots? Absolutely farcical

Mafi was shaking hands post game in his reserve jersey. Is there a time limit before kick off you can nominate a change in players?

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[Brumby Runner]

Agree. I thought Ekuasi had a great game on the effort front. Canham once again was similarly industrious.

Canham was massive. Reckon he would have easily topped the tackle count, and probably also the carry count and metres gained after contact. Easily the best of the locks tonight. Ekuasi also finished on top of Fraser imo.

 

[LeCheese]

Mafi was shaking hands post game in his reserve jersey. Is there a time limit before kick off you can nominate a change in players?

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You'd have to think something like this occurred - Horwill mentioned Talakai was nominated as the (required) reserve hooker. For a player not to come onto the bench for Mafi - even if not another front rower - there must have been a reason out of their control.

 

[Rebel man]

Mafi was shaking hands post game in his reserve jersey. Is there a time limit before kick off you can nominate a change in players?

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Nup before the first whistle from memory. Harris did his string 90 seconds before kick off in Perth years back and we pushed Hodge to 10 and added someone to the bench

 

[duckbill]

10,800 and change for the attendance, would have expected better, but the Reds were really crap in the 1st half and managed to do just enough to win in the second.. That has to be one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in a long time though...

 

[Strewthcobber]

Bad sign