SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) Trials: QLD Reds v Western Force, Ballymore, 3/2/24 @ 3:00pm AEST
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Coleman Rees
Allen Oxlade (6)
Yep I think 3.5-4000
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Scrum agree, lineout mixed. Some unclean ball.
dru
David Wilson (68)
Scrum yes, Lineout I thought was good mostly but not always. It is a trial though.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Interesting trial. Some work ons for both teams. I really liked the breakdown work from The Force, they looked good in that first third. Some nice cohesion. The Reds have some attacking flair, but it got scrappy a lot and the breakdown accuracy/urgency really wasn't good enough.
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Andrew Slack (58)
Interesting game. Reds created opportunities but very loose in attack. Lacked ball control and very poor securing our own breakdown. Scrum was generally good. Lineout up and down. Cormac Daly was very good I thought and that’s a big plus because lock is probably our weakest spot. I have been working on the assumption McLaughlin-Phillips wouldn’t be rushed in but he is looking our best option at the moment.
Glad to see rugby back.
Glad to see rugby back.
dru
David Wilson (68)
I thought Stewart for the Force in the first 20 was fabulous.
Wasn't sure of our (Red) locks. Unusual to see Uru almost acting as a link man in the traffic, just taking opportunity of an offload when standing?
Creighton is going to need another chance to show his wares, a little short on occasion today. Paisami laid a solid claim to be starting. Flook blew away some cobwebs. I thought Jock looked decent when he came on. Scrum good, lineout needs work. Rucks need more.
Wasn't sure of our (Red) locks. Unusual to see Uru almost acting as a link man in the traffic, just taking opportunity of an offload when standing?
Creighton is going to need another chance to show his wares, a little short on occasion today. Paisami laid a solid claim to be starting. Flook blew away some cobwebs. I thought Jock looked decent when he came on. Scrum good, lineout needs work. Rucks need more.
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Andrew Slack (58)
I thought Faessler threw one over his target once, but could be wrong. He’s normally pretty good though and Daly looks a good target so I feel the lineout will be fine. A few things tighten up after the throw/catch but to be expected and given we were missing our two most experienced locks I think that can be forgiven.
Our breakdown work was messy. Obviously some excellent turnovers from the Force but we were generally inaccurate. And how many times was it called out by the ref that it was our own man blocking the ball from coming out?
walllabies all looked behind the pace. Tate and McReight got into it a little. Vunivalu still looks like he will frustrate most all year. In fact not many of our ‘name’ players stood out. Thought Jock looked better at fullback than Jordy.
best game in a Reds jersey for Werchon albeit only about 15 mins. HMP looked super dangerous on his feet.
prop depth looks awesome and I in fact thought Fa’agase was very good.
walllabies all looked behind the pace. Tate and McReight got into it a little. Vunivalu still looks like he will frustrate most all year. In fact not many of our ‘name’ players stood out. Thought Jock looked better at fullback than Jordy.
best game in a Reds jersey for Werchon albeit only about 15 mins. HMP looked super dangerous on his feet.
prop depth looks awesome and I in fact thought Fa’agase was very good.
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Phil Kearns (64)
Not quite an official attendance number, but the Reds write up has it as a crowd of "almost 4000".
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Sydney Middleton (9)
So don’t know how to write a new message. But why is Stan sport letting a player manager do commentary??
dru
David Wilson (68)
You are off-topic. Try the Broadcast Option thread.
Mug Punter
Ted Fahey (11)
Agreed
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Sydney Middleton (9)
Coleman Rees
Allen Oxlade (6)
Yep Reg and I called it 3.5-4000Not quite an official attendance number, but the Reds write up has it as a crowd of "almost 4000".