The Silver Fern

@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Reds:

interesting moli only got time when ryan had hia

I thought that maybe because they needed to hold someone back on bench, there were getting to be a lot of injuries in their forwards.

@NTA said in Reds v Waratahs:

Shine has come off Harry Wilson. Needs to pick his moments better.

He still has next to no footwork - he just trucks the ball up straight into contact.

Watched bits of this. Very puzzled by refereeing at the tackle. Reds had immunity to take out anyone and come in from any angle. I know many refs are now tolerant and rarely pull up attackers but I thought this was extreme. Commentary was a bit ott so I fast forwarded a lot. Interesting to see how Reds go v NZ teams with this tactic.

@Stargazer said in Moana Pasifika v Reds:

... 80 minutes of high-intensity rugby in front of more than 15,000 home supporters ...

Hard to believe there were that many.

Apr 14, 2023  /  Pacific Moana Pasifika lose battle in Apia against Reds Moana Pasifika lose battle in Apia against Reds

In an historic Super Rugby Pacific game in Samoa, Moana Pasifika lost to the Queensland Reds 40-28 in their first ever home game at Apia Park on Friday.

80 minutes of high-intensity rugby

Hard to believe there was that much!

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Brumbies:

@Dan54 said in Reds v Brumbies:

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Brumbies:

Vintage Reds. Ill discipline and high error rate.

Yep what I have been watching at Suncorp when I was living there. They just slow learners it seems.

Time for a new voice at coach.

Yep even Thorn is saying it.

@SBW1 said in Reds v Crusaders:

@Chris Has Macca played Super rugby yet?

Yeah he came off the bench in Rd1 & Rd 2 against Chiefs and Highlanders started v Dura and off the bench v Blues.

Haha Vest with the knock on.

WTF?
That puts them above the Saders in the table.

@KiwiMurph said in Reds vs Hurricanes:

@Canes4life said in Reds vs Hurricanes:

@Bones said in Reds vs Hurricanes:

@cgrant Salesi probably did something ghastly for everything gold. Luckily it was only the Reds.

Yeah I felt Salesi was really up and down in that game aswell. He really needs to find some consistency in his game where he doesn't clock off in moments and stays switched on for the full 80.

He is who he is and it's been the same since he had the breakout season with Auckland back in 2018 - I wouldn't expect him to suddenly change now .

It definitely keeping him from pushing for higher honours. Fine if he’s happy being a Super player only but some of the mistakes he makes wouldnt cut it at the next level.

@Bones LOL

@Dan54 said in Crusaders. v Reds:

@Derpus said in Crusaders. v Reds:

@taniwharugby the inconsistent application of the laws by the SR refs and the general thuggery of the SR players (how many tip tackles have we seen now? all in the space of about three weeks) have killed off any chance of the 20 minute card getting up.

And we now see the ref is absolutely correct according to WR laws which is what the game is played under. Matera has not been cited because the tackle did not meet the red card threshold. It's probably not the inconsistency of the refs the probelm, but perhaps we see things differently on perhaps who we support etc.
And shows what I know I thought it was red, but after seeing replayes he lands on arm, then shoulder etc so not a red card. I not arguing whether it should be or not, but it was correct decision re the laws of game.

Yes perfectly summed up @Dan54

@Stargazer said in Reds v Moana Pasifika:

certainly their commentators are way more biased.

I wouldn't go that far.

@ACT-Crusader Yeah Eklund won't be getting a call up as good as he has been over the last few years.

@Damo said in Reds v Highlanders:

blimp

Clearly the badyear one and not the Goodyear.

Ross rightly got props for his work at scrum time, but one thing which spider cam showed was how much Taukei’aho worked with him to overwhelm the TH. Impressive stuff when that was Tupou!
Must be one of first names down on AB team sheet.

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Reds:

@NZbloke said in Hurricanes v Reds:

Was bloody annoying that the ref pinged us heaps in in the first 15-20 minutes on 50/50 calls, so was hardly surprising the Reds went out to a pretty big lead in that period... at least after that the ref started to ping both sides.

Yeah it was a dodgy first 15 by the refs, I mean how the hell did they miss that crooked throw by the Reds? One of the worst misses I’ve ever seen. What made it worse was that the Reds gained a penalty a few phases later which got them on the front foot.

That's for sure, in the first quarter the ref let the Reds get away with a lot of stuff - gave them a huge advantage starving us of ball... from a penalty they could either have a crack at a 3pointer, or kick the ball out 40-50 metres downfield & then have the throw in to the lineout as well.

Game was ok but QLD dropped away too much ball.

Was very light on the physicality after watching Crusaders Blues.

Tim Horan on deliberate knock on: 'If he had caught that, it wouldn't be a yellow card.'

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