Live Call: Reds vs Evil saders

Welcome to the live call of the Reds vs Crusaders. We have Juan Cote live from the press box in Brisbane. Kick off 8.45pm AEDT

Both teams as per programme

Thomas Waldrom has signed with Leicester unfortunately he is playing tonight

Pretty ordinary crowd. about 15,000 I reckon

Fire away Marky

Not too bad mate. about 25 deg and not as humid as last week

Saders knock on from kickoff and Reds scrum on Saders 38

Reds get penalty for saders going over the ball at the ruck and the Reds go for the poles 42 out on wide angle

Shot falls short

Saders give away another penalty for not rolling away

Copper goes for poles again

35 out and 15 in

Kicks it Reds up 3 nil

Saqders attacking well and putitng thru the phases. chip kick gives it away and then the Saders give away penalty.

Minor stink between Daley and one of the Franks

Faingaa misses first lineout throuw. Saders on attack inside Reds 22

Reds give away penalty under pressure for not releasing. Saders shot at goal 28 out

Kicks and three all

again penalty whcih Genia takes quickly

Cooper kicks thru for his chasers. Horwill and Braid, not a good option

Reds win lineout as Faingaa throuws another pie

Reds playing well and looking for inside balls. kick thru has saders under pressure but Reds give away penalty

Carter peels off 65 mtrs with penalty

Try time for Saders I reckon

Wrong I was

Hynes shocker kick

Saders turnover ball after a couple of phases and Hynes kicks out on the full Sader lineout on Reds 20

Good tackle for that turnover.

Saders drive lineout into Reds 15

Tehy have advantage

Penalty for slowing down the ball. Carter goes for poles

Carter limping. A .sign

Stani – Sanity prevails

I hope not. He’s on my fantasy team

Mine too.

DC slots it

this guy is a pain in the butt

Saders doing it pretty easy at the moment

Saders try and go wide from kickoff but A faingaa puts a good tackle on the centre and ball comes loose. Reds scrum

Hynes drills ball into Saders 1/4 and the Reds have lineout

Nice work Hynes

Come one Reds!

on, not one

Reds go wide and showing good control

So what is the verdict on the Reds front row this season?

Better today.

reds going nowhere

Cooper went to the same running school as Benji Marshall.

last scrum was solid

crusaders defense is excellent

That should have been a penalty

Reds turnover after 15 phases and the Saders go wide but turnover when looking promising

Who is the ref tonight?

Joubert

Saders not commiting many to the breakdown. Happy to conceed the ruck and flood out in defence

Pena;ty in front

good run quade

Carded

this is the way the thing should be reffed

that was three times in one play they held on to the tacklert

Fuck, he’s in my fantasy team

And he kicked it from point blank

Great work from Reds after a cross field kick. Daley and Weeks combine well.

Cooper to shot at posts. and gets it

Reds cant secure ball from kickoff and Saders have l/o

Hynes is in fine form,

Reds playing some good rugby now

Penalty for Reds not retiring from the kick

DC to go for poles from 51

horwill isnt gonna have a nose left by the end of his career

sign of a good forward

Bad option Genia. Backs aren’t setting themselves though

Reds looking to play up tempo rugby but not being able to show enough control

A wounded bird and he misses

looks like the Horwill in 2008

was poor last year

Hopefully they can keep it up (saying that despite picking saders)

Both teams handling is diabolical

Interesting drop from Quade

bad luck horwill

Crockett on for S Whitelock to cover for sinbinning

he made an interesting kick off at the start of the game too… intentional?

Saders scrum 40 out

DC xkick to ross almost scores

Saders under poles attacking but they blow it with a poorly timed pass

Carter playing well

Reds scrum 10 out from thier line

They clear thru Hynes and the Saders go quickly

Forward pass hey?

Saders go down short side but get tackled into touch

you’d say the reds were a man down

S Faingaa misses another target

Anyone else hear about Jason Eaton?

tell me amout eaton

Fangiaa throws shocking.

what did he do to get dumped?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-14/3347170/Eaton-left-out-of-Hurricanes-after-spat-with-barman

quite a decent scrum

Reds scrum and they look to attack

fool

He’s in my fantasy team.

doesn’t come off and now back to trench warfare

HUUUUGGEEEE!

AWERSOME try

What a FUCKING TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!

what a great try!

best try of the game so far

Brilliant try

nice comment mark

Reds in with a great try. Inside ball from AC to morgs who hared across field and linked up with Davies. Davies tackeld by payne and then the finsh was made by AC who started it

Cooper brilliant so far. Expecting something really idiotic to make up for it.

That was the nicest try I’ve seen an australian side score for a few years…

Thought the pass to Hynes may have been forward but it looks good in the replay

ewww

Genia foots on down inside Saders 22 who have l/o

so the reds get something from playing 14. Quade really looks to have matured this year. Will be interesting to see if he can keep this up (and not get thrown in jail)

plz another yellow card

Reds at it again after Saders blow lineiout

Under Saders sticks with advantage

Big defense fromSaders

Penalty after the Reds could bash it over the line

Brave from Genia.

Whats the story with Leon McDonald again? IS he having a sabatcical for the s14?

Cooper kicks penalty

think it’s gonna go the same way as Wallabies vs AB matches went last year — leading at halftime, destroyed ofter the break

I reckon so too.

Reds roll maul but cannot keep the ball as Schatz went thru and the support could not keep with him.

Half time

Reds forwards going amazingly well. Props excellent. Shatz top debut. Higgers strong off the back

Are half time interveiws with the captain normal?

havent seen that before either mark

how old are the skinhead bros for crusaders? 21 or something arent they?

They are this season – must be part of the News Ltd TV rights.

@JJJ 21 and 22

the Reds look OK but the Saders have not really tested them as such. Most times when the Saders put their mind to it they can make inroads.

The Reds are specials at leading the Saders at half time only to lose.

Reds finished the half well and played with control and patience

bloody hell, they’ll be a handful in 5 years

Apparently there is a third in the development squad and an older one who plays for the Crusaders too.

all front-rowers?

has morgs got even slower??

Not sure

i reckon ben alexander would smoke him..

so to speak…

For the first time in years the Reds crowd is acutally cheering and smiling. What a difference

Sorry confusing the Franks (Prop brothers) with the Whitelocks

Sack Deans – Link 4 Wallabie coach!!

Can’t spell – Wallaby.

Whitelocks there is a Lock, #7 and one on the bench. Then there is one in the development side. Each one year apart.

feeding them all would cost a fortune

Mate there was a schoolboy 7’s tournament that Keebra park high beat Ippy Grammar in the final. Keebra park is full of Bronco academy players.

didn’t see it but IGS lead by one point with a minute to go

Teams back on the field.

this is gonna be brutal

reds need the first score

That was lucky

ouch

Waldrom drops ball cold. No wonder he is going O/S. Reds scrum penalty

Reds into Saders half

Diggerts!

Reds go thru and hammering away close to line

Penalty given away again

Take the points.

Need about a 6 converted try lead and I’ll relax a little.

The crusaders aren’t the team of years gone by

Don’t relax!

Reds scrum and Reds control ball on half way

I think the rugby world is waiting to see what mccaw can do with the new tackle interpretations when he comes back in

I’m torn by my want to see and aussie team win versus what I tipped

More penalties from Saders

Card the fuckers.

Reds l/o on Sader 22

Saders arent adapting to this reffing at all…

Is the ground wet?

Reds look to drive

reds better watch out defending though – joubert will probably want to even out the penalty count a bit before the end of the match

Wheres Brad Thorne does anyone know?

Bench

Thanks JM

nooooo

dropped cold by Hynes

Hynes shells a pass he should have taken. Reds showing great control

advanced hair yeah yeah

isnt chris jack back with the saders?

thorn in

Good work ref

Again the Saders giving away penalties but they are always under pressure when they do so

Joubert has to go to card next. Constantly killing Reds go forward.

Jack injured

Cooper kick for penalty from 38 out

QC 20 Saders 6

new york loves ya genia

Everything going well for the Reds

JJJ that was a funny story

yeah matty they’re a weird bunch those new yorkers

Genia looking very groggy!

great run and step

card them!!

Bombed try, pass the ball

Saders slowing the bal down after Faingaa A went thru a hole. great work

Fuck

Touichie on

Another Saders card surely

I went to school with that touchie

high tackle on Davies so maybe not a card

Reds take points

QC kick 26 out 5 in

no way he’ll get this

Shocker

Terrible

has the game been running rugby?

Crockket on

Very much so

tons of pick-and-gos

Stupid Higgers

saders obviously disadvantaged by such play

Saders l/o after penalty 35 out

Worried

You should be worried, the crusaders haven’t started playing yet and are still in it

They better not leave it too long

Sasders working into it nicely but great tackler from Diggers knocks the ball loose

temperature a factor?

conditions are perfect

ONly 26C apparently

Reds scrum on their own 22

Spuddie on

weeks off

Superb game from Weeks

the 10.5 point start for $1.90 is starting to look pretty good. Should have had more on it…

still plenty of rugby left

TRY

LEGEND!

TRYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who scored? Quick!

Digby

Ioane

looks like the loss against the tahs has fired the reds up

A boil over anyone?

turnover ball, a couple of passes and a grubebr that sat at perfectly for diggers

They better not lose from here.

LEGENDS! LEGENDS! LEGENDS! LEGENDS! LEGENDS! LEGENDS! LEGENDS! LEGENDS! GO YOU GOOD THINGS!!!!!!

Horwill off. Damn.

Maybe the Crusaders should get a man sent off. It worked for the ‘Tahs

Copper kicks it.

Kev off

Looks bad too.

try time

Saders secure from kickoff and here they come

Is Horwill injuried?

if all the teams win like this for the rest of the season it’ll be a good year for ozzy rugby

Apparently

Yes.

Yellow for the Reds

Byrnes off course

Shit. Don’t collapse now.

knew joubert would find a way to level that

so they need 3 converted tries plus a penalty in 20 minutes… can they do it?

The crusaders of old could

Pushover try?

with 14 men and the captain/best forward off

What a dickhead!

Easily if Reds play like last 10 of last week.

Try to Saders

Too easy for the Saders. Ellis dashes over

reds need to hang onto the ball

I feel good about all the Aus teams for the Super14. Crap, man in the sin bin. Byrnes. Gotta hold the fort, not give the Saders any momentum.

Cooper missed again.

No, the evil-saders ain’t winning this one mate. We get up to the 30’s , Red’s got it but time for them to also stuff up. Feeling positive they’ll take it.

Crowd 17, 880

20 minutes at most to go Alan_S

Fucking stupid

And the self doubt starts to kick in

turnovers gonna be hard to come by

TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They have to do more that hang on

YOU BLOODY RIPPER

Reds hit back after Saaders turnover

GO REDSGO!

Davis you lehgend

Geez Justin.tv is falling way behind

Rodders

Wow that was fast

Jeez he’s quick.

Rod Davies, bloody started running backwards.

justin.tv is the shit though! Lag a bit usually.

Saders turnover and the Morgs picked up and gave ball to Davies who out runs the defence

Unbelievable! Come on Reds – I don’t want to jinx them but …………………….surely!

how fucking quick is he?

put all this down to Eddie Jones’ development..

Yes!! 34-13

BBQ Cooper sends it over. That is now daunting for the saders. Top stuff.

might even get a bonus point

Blow the siren – it’s time!

Big Kev anterior cruciate – out for season I reckon.

whoever is moderating this – can you publish my comments?

shitshitshit

I did..

Nice try reds, terrible luck for big kev

kev was looking damn good too

Who’s keeping time? Blow the horn!!

Link- Link- Link!!

I’m glad I made Steyne my Captain this week.

Crusaders have been aweful.