Queensland Reds

Live Score: Reds vs Lions

Matt Rowley

April 18, 2009

Live score from Suncorp will start from about 17.30 AEST

Reds vs Lions 2009

(04/18/2009)

5:09	Gagger: Evening all, game’s due to kick off in about half an hour

5:12	Tonight’s winner? Reds by less than 10 ( 0% ) Reds by more than 10 ( 100% ) Lions by less than 10 ( 0% ) Lions by more than 10 ( 0% )

5:15	Juan Cote: Cote here from the Lang Park, one late change for the Reds with Charlie Fetoai taking the place of Luke Morahan on the bench

5:20	Gagger: Evening JC!

5:20	Juan Cote: For all those schoolboy followers on the Yellow Scarf forum,Gregory Terrace beat Chruchie 43-38 in the curtain raiser. Brisbane Premier rugby results Easts 24 d GPS 20 Gold Coast 34 d Sunny Coast 20 Brothers 69 d Sunnybank 11 Souths 63 d Uni 33

5:20	Juan Cote: Gaggs – this new coveritlive stuff is pretty sweet

5:22	Gagger: Easy as eh?

5:22	Gagger: You set up in the press box?

5:25	Juan Cote: Yes mate, just hangin’ with Smithy – no pies as yet and no piss in the fridge either. A cost cutting measure from the QRU perhaps?

5:27	Gagger: Maybe Growden snuck up there earlier?

5:29	BeerAndSport: #tahscrawl cheers bar, having a pint of heineken

5:34	Juan Cote: Reds to kick off

5:35	Juan Cote: Marica knocks on from the kick-off Lions scrum just out from their 22

5:35	Gagger: What a surprise, reverse kick off from the Reds

5:37	Juan Cote: Reds working int nicely thru the phases. Barnes makes a break but Genia knocks on trying to throw the miracle ball….old habits die hard for the Reds

5:37	Gagger: Nice pass to Barnes from Quooade

5:38	Juan Cote: 3 min Reds scrum gets bullied by the lions and Lions get FK

5:39	Juan Cote: Lions under pressure in own 22 after a shit Reds style piece of handling from Pretorious. Reds scrum and on atacke

5:39	Gagger: Good hassling D from reds

5:40	Juan Cote: 5 min Reds give the ball up after going no-where from the scrum

5:40	Gagger: To and fro around the 50

5:40	objects: Hurricanes 34 – Stormers 11 #rugby #super14 http://twurl.nl/d4zzh7

5:42	Juan Cote: 7 min Both teams looking pretty ordinary. The Lions seem keen on given the Reds the ball and letting them do the damage to themselves. After a decent opening from the Reds they go back to the unstructured schoolboy stuff

5:43	Juan Cote: 8 min Lions try their back out and do nothing but run and pass too lateraly and end up over the sideline on half way. LO Reds

5:43	Gagger: Reds win LO on own 40

5:44	Gagger: Reds win kicking duel

5:45	Juan Cote: 9 min Lions scrum on half way Pretoriuos and Mungo exhcange kicks and Reds LO on Lions 35

5:45	Gagger: Where the fuck are the reds fwds around the ruck?

5:46	Gagger: Reds get pen for Lions from the side

5:46	Juan Cote: The Reds are looking off the pace and getting dominated in the tough stuff

5:47	Gagger: Barnes misses pen shot

5:47	Juan Cote: Lions clear Reds LO on 22 which they lose

5:48	Gagger: Reds LO a clusterfuck

5:48	Gagger: Lions win scrum in own 22 and clear to the 30

5:48	Juan Cote: Lions scrum 10 out from their own line. The Lions have not been in the Reds half as yet

5:49	Gagger: Reds lose it getting smashed in a ounter ruck

5:50	Juan Cote: Horwill down and hasn’t moved

5:51	Gagger: Ioane is a one man tackling machine

5:51	Gagger: Game is currently helter skelter bullshit

5:51	Juan Cote: This game is awful, both teams lack basic skills and composure to produce anything remotely worth watching. 15 min of play and there has been nothing to get excited about

5:53	Juan Cote: Rose seemed to knock the ball on from a Quade kick but was not called, in the ensuing play Diggers burst thru but it is called back

5:54	Juan Cote: 17 min Rose kicks a pearler from inside his 22 and pins the Reds in their own 22

5:54	Gagger: How was that a Lions feed?

5:55	Gagger: High tackle call on Quade. Pinged and Pretorius slots

5:57	Gagger: Reds going backwards on Lions 22

5:57	Juan Cote: 20 min Reds FK they opt for scrum 22 out

5:57	Gagger: Lions pigs doing a great job around the rucks

5:57	Gagger: Committing an extra man and manning up

5:58	S14LiveUpdates: Sorry for the delay people. Slight IT issue.. The score for the Reds Vs Lions is – Reds 0 Lions 3 after 21:20

5:58	[Comment From morne] were can i go and watch it life

5:58	Gagger: Try justin.tv

5:58	Juan Cote: 22 min Reds build decent attacking raid down short side until Barnes throws it into the second row of the grandstand

5:59	[Comment From Morne] Thanks

5:59	S14LiveUpdates: Reds are on the attack inside the Lions 22

5:59	Gagger: Good Ezra run off the back of that scrum

5:59	Juan Cote: Lions are defending like demons, their tackling is keeping the Reds in a state of confusion

6:00	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds cough up the ball and the lions are on the attack

6:00	S14LiveUpdates: Lions Try

6:02	S14LiveUpdates: 80m try to the Lions. Earl Rose started the attacked. The conversion is successful and the score is now Reds 0 Lions 10

6:02	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds cough up the ball again just 10m out from the Lions line.

6:02	Juan Cote: again the Reds turn the ball over while attacking in the 22 and after some great vision by Rose Heno menz burns the Reds down the sideline and goes in under the poles. The Reds don’t look to have the nous to win this one

6:04	Gagger: Can the reds just call half time now and start again?

6:05	Gagger: Horwill steals a LO and great banana kick from Quade

6:05	Juan Cote: Lions LO on thier own 22, they look great the Lions – well less shit than the Reds at least

6:05	Gagger: Hynes got stood up badly in that Lions try!

6:06	S14LiveUpdates: Reds attacking from a lineout 10m insde the lions 50m

6:06	Juan Cote: Reds LO 35 out from lions line. Working thur the forwards. Genia has a snipe down the short side and TRY!!!!

6:06	S14LiveUpdates: Reds Try

6:07	Gagger: Genia snipes from ruck onthe 22 and goes all the way

6:07	S14LiveUpdates: A quick dart from the Reds scrum half and the Reds go over for their first try.

6:08	Juan Cote: Finally some heart shown by the Reds who up until now had been content to surrender everything. Marcia not looking comfortable with an injury but plays on

6:08	Gagger: Hehehe, Genia’s name is actually Sanchez Will Genia!

6:08	five15design: What a super #SportSaturday (hash tag heaven) #Canucks #Formula1 #Football #super14 #FACup Semi Final a little #ESPN and a stunning Autumn

6:08	S14LiveUpdates: Genia was the try scorer. Barnes missed the conversion. The score is now Reds 5 Lions 10 after 31

6:08	S14LiveUpdates: after 31:41

6:09	Gagger: Genia putting his hand up for a Wallaby look

6:09	Juan Cote: Braid limping off…now the Reds will be under pressure

6:09	Gagger: That’s a shocking limp. He’s not even walking on it

6:10	Gagger: I take that back on genia

6:10	S14LiveUpdates: Lions try

6:10	Gagger: Genia charged down by Lions 7 Ernst Joubert, he regathers and steps 2 defenders to score under the post

6:11	Gagger: Lions 7 was offside

6:11	S14LiveUpdates: Came from a charge down from a box kick just inside the reds 22. The conversion was successful. The score now is Reds 5 – Lions 17 after 34m

6:12	Juan Cote: The Reds revival is shortlived. Higgers to play open side I think. in place of Braid

6:12	S14LiveUpdates: Really looking forward to the local derby coming up. Waratahs Vs Force. The Waratahs must win in order to keep their finals campaign alive.

6:13	Juan Cote: The Reds are back…TRY to Higgers

6:13	S14LiveUpdates: Would be interested to find out who you are supporting in that local derby game?

6:13	S14LiveUpdates: Reds try after a short arm penalty

6:13	Gagger: Reds win a FK, quick tap, Mungo McClinden goes to the line and pops a beauty to Higgenbatty who lobs over

6:14	Juan Cote: Good ball playing by mungo in the lead up put Higgers into a hole and he scored wide out. barnes misses kick

6:14	S14LiveUpdates: Barns unsuccessful with the conversion. The score remains at Reds 10 Lions 17 after 37:09

6:15	Gagger: Barnes kicking radar is fucked tonight. Missed all 3

6:16	Gagger: Reds scrum on own 22

6:17	Gagger: bit of kicking and Cooper puts it out on the 50

6:17	[Comment From chriscullen] go lions, i need it as my tipping is shite so far.

6:18	S14LiveUpdates: A comedy of errors between both sides before the half time siren sounds. The score remains the same – Reds 10 Lions 17

6:18	chriscullen: btw i love this commentry.i had to lie to my wife and say i was viewing porn as she hates rugby

6:18	Gagger: That a very functional marriage you got going on there Chris ;)

6:19	Gagger: I think mine just assumes it’s porn

6:20	Gagger: Juan. Too depressed to give us a Halt Time roundup?

6:20	Juan Cote: Reds looking like a disorganised rabble while the Lions at least look they have a game plan, however limited it may be. That was about the worst the Reds have played this year. They lack any sort of interest in playing to a structure and seem incapable of trying to do better.

6:20	Gagger: Yep, that about does it.

6:21	Gagger: Surely they gotta give the kicking to Cooper

6:22	Juan Cote: Some clown has just proposed to his sheila on the big screen at the ground and she has said yes…they deserve each other

6:22	Gagger: Oh fuck, I’ve now got Sean Fitzpatrick at half time

6:23	chriscullen: i can think of nowhere worse to propose than a reds lions game. except perhaps reds/cats game.

6:23	Gagger: They just showed the try Rose started. Hardman jogs next to the ball carrier without tackling anyone for the full length of the field. At the end he just points to the ball carrier very helpfully

6:24	chriscullen: hardman

6:24	chriscullen: so

6:24	chriscullen: nselfish

6:24	chriscullen: ike

6:24	chriscullen: oops

6:24	Gagger: “I want our marriage to be as successfull as this match and these two teams”

6:24	chriscullen: eer

6:24	chriscullen: i

6:24	chriscullen: i

6:24	Gagger: You typing with one hand Chris?

6:25	chriscullen: i just spilt beer on my keyboard

6:25	chriscullen: smells grt now

6:25	heavensgame: Working hard at 6:30 on a Sat night – most likely will be here until 1am – no drama though, work for me is watching #rugby #super14 – :-)

6:25	chriscullen: lucky no one saw

6:25	Juan Cote: Any update from Moses’ pub crawl? it should be hotting up about now

6:25	Gagger: mmmm, beer. Gonna get a coffee, could need it for 2nd hald

6:25	BeerAndSport: Jug of james squire pilsener at fox and lion

6:26	Gagger: As if by magic!!

6:26	[Comment From Epi] Hello All… Just got in from the club rugby – Melbourne style… Good game?

6:26	chriscullen: imve downgraded due to the recession. im drinking xxxx to inspire the reds

6:27	Gagger: You’ve been lucky Epi. It was a fucken mess

6:27	Gagger: Lions have been happy to sit back and watch the Reds screw the pooch

6:27	smartselling: I’m enjoying the kids playing at half time more than the main game (sigh)

6:28	Juan Cote: Morahan has appeared after half time for Hynes even though I thought he was not playing

6:28	Epi: Hey gagger. it’s a common thread this season for aussie teams unfortunately isn’t it… probably why the league juniors are outrating rugby…

6:28	Gagger: I wanna blame someone

6:29	Gagger: How about Beale? Everyone else is….

6:29	Juan Cote: Lions unchanged

6:29	Gagger: Unfortunately game has kicked off

6:30	[Comment From Gallagher] I blame the ref, he needs to instill structure, hard games we play good, when THEY FOCUS!

6:31	Gagger: More Helter Skelter around the 50

6:31	Gagger: Ends up in hand bags

6:31	Gallagher: Sorry meant coah, mooney needs skills

6:31	Juan Cote: 41 min Morahan get his first touch and he make the most of it…Lance Free was right!!! Van Der Merwe down injured and they are carrying him off

6:32	Gagger: reds get penalty in front of sticks for handbag

6:32	Gallagher: give the kick to trooper!

6:33	S14LiveUpdates: Stoppage in play whilst a Lions forwards is assisted from the filed. Barnes lines up a penalty kick

6:33	S14LiveUpdates: Barnes finally puts one over. The score now is Reds 13 – Lions 17 after 44:12

6:34	Greg_Collins: @heavensgame is 2/3rd empty stadium the norm? in which case how do the fund the game? TV money? #rugby #super14

6:34	Gagger: Ping pong that Genia knocks on around the 35

6:34	Juan Cote: Reds look a bit more vibrant after the break but they also started the first half ok as well.

6:34	Gagger: Hardman just looks generally confused

6:35	Gagger: Lions get FK and opt for scrum on about the 35

6:36	Gagger: For fucks sake

6:36	Juan Cote: Lions scrum and magic TRY to Heno Menz after some show business lead up work from Rose

6:36	S14LiveUpdates: Lions try

6:36	Gagger: Quade has stopped tackling

6:37	Juan Cote: Deon Van Rensberg threw a great around the corner pill as well

6:37	S14LiveUpdates: The conversion is successful. The score now is Reds 13 – Lions 24 after 47:51

6:38	Gagger: Houston on for Taylor

6:39	Juan Cote: Reds getting belted at the breakdown – and everywhere else for that matter

6:39	Gagger: Ping pong. Lions 14 skews it into touch on 22

6:39	chriscullen: menz wAS in my fantasy team,i traded him last week alas

6:39	S14LiveUpdates: Reds have the lineout just outside the Lions 22

6:40	Juan Cote: Adam Byrnes just jumped on someone’s head so I think he might be in strife. The bloke is a liability

6:41	Gagger: REds win LO, get FK then get a pen. But dick head byrne gives away pen

6:41	chriscullen: ive never heard of him,is he the ref?

6:41	Gagger: Just showed replay. That was never a penalty

6:42	S14LiveUpdates: Very weak penalty given to the lions after a reds player fell whilst tackling a lions player. Very weak decision

6:42	Juan Cote: The ref is a kiwi called keith Brown. It was after the whistle and definately a penalty

6:42	S14LiveUpdates: Mind you it was the ‘assistant referee’ who made the call. Probably just wanting to get on the television.

6:42	chriscullen: the ref has a dodgy name watch him carefully

6:43	Juan Cote: Reds attacking scrum 5 mtr out, this is their chance they must score here

6:43	S14LiveUpdates: 5m Scrum to the reds on lions line

6:44	Gagger: Thats gotta be a card

6:44	chriscullen: i just told my family australias funniest home videos is on the foxsports channel and not nine. nobody responded

6:44	Gagger: REds camped on Lions line, they keep infringing

6:44	Juan Cote: Not with this bloke gaggs – he looks out of his depth

6:45	S14LiveUpdates: Penalty reds. Another scrum on the lions 5m

6:45	Juan Cote: 54 mi n Reds going for a pushover?!?!?!?

6:45	Gagger: Reds going for push over and Lions pop up

6:45	Gagger: reset

6:45	S14LiveUpdates: Scrum is being reset, so another scrum.

6:46	Gagger: For fucks sake

6:46	Gagger: Houston goes for a run and spills the pill 2m out

6:46	chriscullen: wendell sailor has just scored 2 tryies for the dragons, maybe the reds can sign him next year as a young recruit

6:46	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds cough up the ball again just 1m out from the line. Scrum to the Lions on their own 5m

6:48	S14LiveUpdates: Quick lineout to the Reds, who almost go over. There was a forward pass however the ref has pulled up a Lions player for a late tackle

6:48	Juan Cote: Mungo laid out late and both touchies are on – Skid Marks is one of the touchies!!!! Robert Kruger off to the bin

6:48	S14LiveUpdates: And the Lions player receives a yellow card – Kruger

6:48	S14LiveUpdates: Current score Reds 13 Lions 24 after 56:32

6:49	Gagger: REds win LO in Lions 22

6:49	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds have a lineout about 15m out from the Lions line

6:49	Juan Cote: TRY Quade

6:49	Epi: Genia bounce pass through them off.. genius.

6:49	S14LiveUpdates: Reds try

6:50	Epi: another yellow.. game on.

6:50	S14LiveUpdates: Quade Cooper goes over about 7m in from the left side of the field. Fantastic left foot step by Cooper beats 2 Lions players

6:50	Juan Cote: Another Lion off to the bin anton van zyl They are down to 13

6:51	S14LiveUpdates: Another Lions supporter is in the bin now. Its Van Zyl

6:51	S14LiveUpdates: Barnes successful with the conversion. The score now is Reds 20 Lions 24 after 58:08

6:52	Gagger: Lions bullying the reds with 13 men

6:53	[Comment From chriscullen] hmm 15 reds vs 13 lions. should be about even now

6:53	Epi: I reckon one more yellow card and the reds will start to get the upper hand…

6:53	Juan Cote: 15 v 13 this is a close as we will get to a rugby v league match!!

6:54	chriscullen: maybe the reds will stall for time so as to even the teams up.

6:54	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds have not been able to take advantage with the Lions being down 2 players. The scores remain the same.

6:54	Gagger: Great take and burst from Mungo

6:56	Gagger: Cooper is such a stupid niggle merchant

6:56	Juan Cote: 62 min Morahan providing some decent touches but even he is not exempt from the turnover scurge

6:57	S14LiveUpdates: The Lions have a scrum inside their own half, just inside the 22

6:57	Gagger: Oh, for fucks sake

6:58	S14LiveUpdates: A runaway try to the Lions, just inside their own half. The Reds cough up the ball, and the Lions pickup the ball to run 60m to score

6:58	Gagger: Lions pick up Reds loose pass and its another

6:59	Juan Cote: Can it get any worse for the Reds, with 15 minutes still to go – probably

6:59	Epi: Housten is crap. really really crap

6:59	Gagger: Houston, you have a problem

7:00	Juan Cote: He is not alone

7:00	S14LiveUpdates: However the Reds cough up the ball and the Lions escape another attack from the Reds

7:00	Juan Cote: Lions back to 14 men so they can really start to rack up the points

7:01	S14LiveUpdates: So after 66:11 the score is Reds 20 – Lions 31

7:01	Juan Cote: Reds 5 mtr scrum, they must go in here

7:02	Juan Cote: 67 min Lions back to full strength

7:02	S14LiveUpdates: The Lions are back to a full side again, but the Reds do have a scrum on the Lions 5m

7:03	Epi: what was that? I dont understand the point. Push over trys are almost unheard of these days.. why waste an opportunity like that…

7:03	S14LiveUpdates: But the scrum rotates 180 and the Lions now have the scrum feed

7:03	S14LiveUpdates: Ooops – past 90

7:05	Juan Cote: Faingaa on for Hardy

7:05	Gagger: what the fuck

7:05	Gagger: Houston is fatter than me

7:05	S14LiveUpdates: The Lions clear the ball but not really well. The Reds have a line on the Lions 6m

7:06	Juan Cote: Reds blow another great chance after Leroy and Horwill run into each other….spoon here we come!!!!!

7:06	S14LiveUpdates: But again the Reds screw it up with a stupid ‘Truck n trailer’ technique

7:06	Gagger: Reds get FK from Lions stalled LO

7:07	smartselling: is this match fixed?

7:08	Gagger: it will be when its over

7:08	Epi: diggers has been quiet… i think he is better at outside centre

7:09	Juan Cote: Va’aulu off and Fetoia on.

7:10	Gagger: Reds need KB for a chip kick

7:10	Gagger: Reds 5m out from own line and running it

7:10	Juan Cote: 75 mins the Reds show some enterprise but go nowhere before turing the ball over

7:11	Gagger: Stuff it up and turn it over

7:11	Gagger: DG shot by Lions but miss

7:11	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds are their own worst enemy tonight. Drop goal by the Lions – unsuccessful

7:11	Juan Cote: 76 min The Reds are finished, the only people left at the stadium are here because they want to boo the Reds at fulltime

7:12	Gagger: Barnes down with broken jaw?

7:12	Epi: kind of feel sorry for the reds… and for a tahs fan never thought i’d hear myself say that.

7:12	S14LiveUpdates: With 4mins remaining, the score remains at Reds 20 Lions 31

7:12	Juan Cote: No, a broken heart

7:13	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds are inside the Lions 22m,

7:14	S14LiveUpdates: The Reds throw away the ball again with a loose pass.

7:15	[Comment From joke] go lions

7:16	S14LiveUpdates: The siren sounds and the Reds go down at home to the Lions. Final Score Reds 20 Lions 31

7:16	Gagger: Thank god that’s over.

7:16	[Comment From Blue] Evening ladies

7:16	S14LiveUpdates: Stay tuned for further live updates for the Waratahs Vs Force game.

7:16	[Comment From Blue] Nice on for the Lions

7:16	Gagger: Good timing Blue

7:16	chriscullen: at least with that pathetic game over we can sit back now and watch the mesmerising tahs play

7:17	[Comment From Blue] G……………O………………………..O……………O THE F…………OOO………RRRR……..CCC……….EEE

7:17	[Comment From Blue] Gagger my timing is as good as a Reds offload

7:17	[Comment From Blue] ….oh wait

7:17	chriscullen: surely it will end in a draw with no one happy.

7:18	Gagger: Yep, live score up and running for the Tahs vs Force now. C’mon over

7:18	S14LiveUpdates: So with the local derby coming up between the Force and the Waratahs, I am thinking there will be a few people hoping the Waratahs go down.

7:19	Zenobeach: Bound for the Blue Gum to watch the Tahs #rugby #super14

7:20

Juan Cote: That’s that – this ranks with the worst performance the Reds have ever put up.

There was not one redeeming feature for the Reds – they had all the chances but contiunally find ways to give the ball to the other team.

The Lions played a great game and did the business even with only 13 men on the field at one stage. They didn’t play with any sparkle but sat back, brutal defence and caught the Reds on the break.

7:21	S14LiveUpdates: Stay tuned to S14LiveUpdates – where we will be updating #super14 games live. #rugby #Waratahs #Force #Reds #Lions

7:21	objects: Reds 20 – Lions 31 #rugby #super14 http://twurl.nl/bceu60 another sad season for us reds supporters

7:23	Gagger: I’ll put you out of your misery and shut this down. Thanks JC. Look forward to hearing about the press conference!

7:23

Queensland Reds

April 18, 2009

Matt Rowley @MattRowley

Matt started G&GR just before the 2007 Rugby World Cup and has been enslaved ever since. Follow him on twitter: @MattRowley

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