S15 Rd 1 - Brumbies v Reds, Friday 13th February

[Ash]

Brumbies too good, so well drilled and great to see Pocock and Moore back.

Same problems as last year for the Reds, sure they have plenty of injuries but you can't blame it all on that.

The Brumbies look good for this year. Biggest risk for them is depth, but geez their first strength team looks hard to beat.

 

[cyclopath]

Very well played Brumbies. Hope it's your year.

Great to see Rebels get up, Brumbies to look so good, but I'm not happy to see any Aus Super team go backwards, so I hope the Reds bounce back big time.

 

[Forcefield]

Is a red card an automatic suspension?

Given the way he played, I don't know what I'd prefer.

 

[Moono75]

JOC (James O'Connor) to 10 next week with Hunt to fullback. Thompson will bring an old head with plenty of nous. He will drag them forward.....maybe he should coach as well. Graham is a disgrace. Thank god he left the Force!

 

[Tomikin]

Dare I say you missed Simmions and obviously Quade.. Brumbies played how I want them too Larkhamish

 

[biggsy]

but I'm not happy to see any Aus Super team go backwards, so I hope the Reds bounce back big time.

Did you write that with a smirk on face seeing the Reds getting touched up.

Very thoughful though.... Thanks for showing some kind of hope in the Reds, but that just ruind me.
They certainly deserved the flogging and glade the ponies didn't let up on them

 

[Ash]

Wow, the stats are so embarrassing for the Reds.

 

[Benaud]

Holy shitballs.

And here I was thinking Horwill started last year awfully. Talk about taking it to a new level.

Awesome stuff Brumbies! Scoreline flattering to the Reds in the end.

 

[cyclopath]

Did you write that with a smirk on face seeing the Reds getting touched up.

Very thoughful though.. Thanks for showing some kind of hope in the Reds, but that just ruind me.
They certainly deserved the flogging and glade the ponies didn't let up on them

No. I actually don't revel in seeing any Oz team getting belted, unlike some around here. I know 2 good teams and 3 weak ones makes it nice for the conference points, but I want to see them all travelling well. A strong Qld has always correlated with a strong Aus team.

 

[boyo]

Did you write that with a smirk on face seeing the Reds getting touched up.

Although there is long-standing rivalry between NSW & Qld, I agree with @Cyclopath's words.

 

[biggsy]

I like you Hunt.. Well said

 

[Ash]

Hunt - 5 tackles, 4 missed tackles, 1 run, 201 kicking metres.

edit: He is not a 10. Surely Graham can't pick him there again.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Bit of relief for the Reds scrum as the Shmit brothers come on.

Ha ha. Still went backwards as fast as when the starting front row was on.

 

[Godfrey]

I like you Hunt.. Well said

What did he say?

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Reds pigs a disgrace, as was entirely predictable. Graham should and will cop the brunt of the criticism, but the management and back office is equally responsible for not recruiting to fix the problem after an extremely poor 2014 season in that area.

It's going to be a long, long season for Queensland fans.

Well done Brumbies.

 

[cyclopath]

I feel for Hunt - he should not have to be the 10 straight off the bat, and it would be harsh to judge him too much. Although, with the Reds' forwards effort, Cooper would have struggled too. Anyone would.

 

[boyo]

I like that KH doesn't speak like "The boys done good".

 

[Braveheart81]

Wow. What a completely inept performance from the Reds. The Brumbies were good but it's hard to judge how good. That was wooden spoon material from the Reds. They'll need to improve immensely.

Genia was poor but Hunt was standing unbelievably deep. He won't challenge any defences back there. JOC (James O'Connor) has to be given a crack next week or even back to Paia'aua.

The Reds forwards just got dominated in contact and smashed at the breakdown. Massive improvement needed.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Pfucking oath.

Reds forwards last week dominated the Crusaders (who have since been proven shite), but they didn't even try to compete up front this week.

And against a backline with some of the hardest hitters with or without the ball, they should have been aiming to smash it up the middle all night to get close.

Just how good is trial form, hey?

 

[Brendan Hume]

No one has mentioned the refereeing. I don't think it contributed to the result because the Reds were terrible but I think they were harshly treated on a fair few dubious decisions and it tended to ruin the contest.


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[couldabeen]

Did you notice that when big Kev walked past the bench after being sent off none of them even looked at him? What's going on there?