Reds (36) 50 / Western Force (3) 10 (final score)
The Reds hosted the Western Force in Brisbane at 08:3o SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Reds scored an impressive 50 / 10 win over the happless Force. Will Genia, capatin of the Reds, once again showed his mastery and orchestrated everything from scrumhalf.
Scores:
Reds: 5 Conversions & 1 Penalty Quade Cooper, 2 Tries Anthony Faingaa, 1 Try Luke Morahan, 2 Tries Digby Ioane, 2 Tries Scott Higginbotham, 1 Conversion Ben Lucas
Force: 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion James O’Connor, 1 Try Nick Cummins
Teams:
Reds: 15 Peter Hynes, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Digby Ioane, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Brando Va’aulu, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (c), 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Van Humphries, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 Sean Hardman, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Adam Byrnes, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Ben Lucas, 21 Morgan Turinui, 22 Will Chambers.
Western Force: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Scott Staniforth, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 James O’Connor, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 David Hill, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Stanford, 7 Matt Hodgson, 6 Ben McCalman, 5 Nathan Sharpe (c), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ryan Tyrrell, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Pek Cowan, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Jono Jenkins, 20 Chris O’Young, 21 Sam Harris, 22 Mitch Inman.
VRYSTAAAAAT!
Reds 7 / 0
Helloooooooooooo
Try Reds No 14
Reds 12 / 0
Hi Gbs. I must say,I think the Reds have shocked us all with there play this year,they have been whipping boys for ages now..
G’day GBS – quiet on here for some reason??
Yep, a cricket score to the Reds on the way here. Check Cooper’s weird new goal kicking style . . .
5@ Winston – Just shows what good coaching can do to average players…. in a VERY SHORT space of time.
Everything is weird about that guy,it even starts with his name. What ever happened to charges against him for burglary?
Thats a true story. And the Lions have shown what happens when you have average coaching with average players :p
6@ Old Griquas Friend – It’s early Sunday morning here… and Rugby-Talk has always been quiet on a Sunday.
I’m blogging from bed.
. . . too much info, GBS!
Hi there everyone , i missed the action so far. Sleeping
Nothing wrong with a Sunday morning lie in 🙂
Reds 12 / 3
8 – Winston – the charges against Quade Cooper still stand, with a court date set for sometime in Jun/Jul.
Lets hope for a draw but the Reds are probably going to whip the Force..
They play with a wet cake of soap? 😆
15. Thanks for that,was wondering what was going on with that,because its gone very quiet all of a sudden. But with him playing good rugby at the moment I see it being swept under the carpet.
Puma wake up i want you wide awake on the cricket thread you asked for
10@ Winnie-the-Poo – Both Dick Muir and Ewen Mc Kenzie stepped into Unions in turmoil with average club players….
Ewen has the benefit of inheriting only 1 thing better than Dick…. a star at Scrummie… Genia
Reds 19 / 3
I will be there Super when it starts on the cricket thread 🙂
Winston – the evidence against Cooper will be difficult to refute, but the QRU will have their biggest and brightest looking at it, so you might be right about the under the carpet comment.
Will Genia must be the best SH in S14 this year, and that says a lot if one have a guy called FDP
I thought I’d have that crack after seeing the article about Dick 🙂 But yeah,people under estimate how important the coach is.
Reds will get their bonus point before halftime
23,time will tell,but my gut feel says he’ll get a slap on the wrist,but lets wait and see.
10 – you’re right about the comparisons between the coaches, GBS. As a for instance, Ewen would never have paid the money for Carlos, just not a good investment. Ewen knows every Reds player inside out, so that has worked in his favour also – as you say, having Genia is a stroke of luck for McKenzie, what a star he is . . .
I havent seen Genia play this year yet but he must be something special if he is being compared to the magician Fdp.
Reds 22 / 3
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