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QLD Reds vs Auckland Blues
Friday, 7:45pm (AEST), Suncorp Stadium




Blues
Karl Tu'inukuafe, Kurt Eklund, Ofa Tuungafasi, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, Patrick Tuipulotu (c), Tom Robinson, Dalton Papalii, Akira Ioane, Finlay Christie, Otere Black, Mark Telea, TJ Faiane, Rieko Ioane, Bryce Heem, Zarn Sullivan

Reserves: Soane Vikena, Alex Hodgman, Nepo Laulala, Jacob Pierce, Jonathan Ruru, Harry Plummer, AJ Lam




Reds
Feao Fotuaika, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Taniela Tupou, Ryan Smith, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Angus Scott-Young, Liam Wright (co-c), Harry Wilson, Tate McDermott, James O'Connor, Filipo Daugunu, Isaac Henry, Hunter Paisami, Suliasi Vunvalu, Bryce Hegarty

Reserves: Josh Nasser, Dane Zander, Zane Nonggorr, Angus Blyth, Sam Wallis, Moses Sorovi, Hamish Stewart, Ilaisa Droasese

Referee: Mike Fraser

Assistant 1: Nic Berry

Assistant 2: Jordan Way

TMO: Brett Cronan

Tough game for the Blues. Their form has been great for a few games so feels like its time for their form to fall apart again.

If we can avoid a red and have not too many yellow's then we might sneak a win.

Reds love a bit of niggle. I wonder if they'll aim to rile up the lesser Ioane brother.

Thomas wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:45 am Reds love a bit of niggle. I wonder if they'll aim to rile up the lesser Ioane brother.

Argentina tried that last year and failed after they had some success with Frizzell.

Its much more likely that we will get a red card from Ofa or Alex Hodgman.

Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:58 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:45 am Reds love a bit of niggle. I wonder if they'll aim to rile up the lesser Ioane brother.

Argentina tried that last year and failed after they had some success with Frizzell.

Its much more likely that we will get a red card from Ofa or Alex Hodgman.

I'd be okay with that.

With Fraser as the referee we could also see a Reds player sent off for looking at someone the wrong way or, depending on how Fraser is feeling, not carded for decapitating someone.

Should not the home team be named first? Reds vs Blues?

guy smiley wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:03 am

Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:26 am
Referee: Mike Fraser

Assistant 1: Nic Berry

5 cards.

That could be awful, but it all depends who gets them.

Yeah. If the Reds can have 2 I’m willing to nominate Hegarty and Liam Wright.

wamberal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:49 am Should not the home team be named first? Reds vs Blues?

This is easily solved by Reds fans starting a thread first for home games. It's two days out and no thread was created.

Massive game for the blues, win this and they should make the final.

Reds coming off a win, did that build confidence or the fact they almost got run down after a red, a yellow and a trip to townsville are they sitting crying into their xxxx

Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:53 am

wamberal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:49 am Should not the home team be named first? Reds vs Blues?

This is easily solved by Reds fans starting a thread first for home games. It's two days out and no thread was created.

Yeah, I can’t imagine any downside to creating a match thread well in advance ...

MungoMan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:27 am

Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:53 am

wamberal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:49 am Should not the home team be named first? Reds vs Blues?

This is easily solved by Reds fans starting a thread first for home games. It's two days out and no thread was created.

Yeah, I can’t imagine any downside to creating a match thread well in advance ...

They could have created it yesterday to beat me too it. The Crusaders fans made theirs on Sunday.

I’m not going to lie, I am hoping the Reds can keep this game close, if they get a win well... I won’t be unhappy.

I don’t even feel dirty for saying it.

guy smiley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:13 am

MungoMan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:27 am

Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:53 am

wamberal wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:49 am Should not the home team be named first? Reds vs Blues?

This is easily solved by Reds fans starting a thread first for home games. It's two days out and no thread was created.

Yeah, I can’t imagine any downside to creating a match thread well in advance ...

Gazzumped...

by a mod

Oddly enough, I struggled to find the amusing side.

(And also struggled re Thomas’s statement about the search function being borked, altho’ others have said similar. Generally speaking, it works for me just fine using Safari in either MacOS or iOS. The thing is to ignore the larger magnifying glass near the top of the index page and instead use the smaller one to the right of the New Topic ‘button’. Yep, getting text into the all-but invisible text frames is an arsepain but if one persists then results start appearing.

F’rinstance, I searched on ‘borked’ and found Thomas’s post quick enough and ditto earlier uses of the word, including one by me).

Value in a few of these games with the Aussies at very generous odds.

If the Reds and Brumbies forwards can dominate then it should be goodnight nurse for both Kiwi opposition teams.

You heard it here during the middle of deliberations.

I've never wanted the Reds to win a game of Rugby more. As a Crusaders fan I need one of the Hurricanes or the Blues to lose a game. Pronto.

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:44 pm I've never wanted the Reds to win a game of Rugby more. As a Crusaders fan I need one of the Hurricanes or the Blues to lose a game. Pronto.

I shall happily assist by bellowing helpful suggestions to the ref.

Heard on the grapevine that JOC is injured.

Bryce, come on down. Blues won't know what has hit them. Lessgo Hegarty!

Thomas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:44 am Heard on the grapevine that JOC is injured.

Bryce, come on down. Blues won't know what has hit them. Lessgo Hegarty!

We seem to lack an emoticon displaying the mixture of horror and despair this news brings.

MungoMan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 3:03 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:44 am Heard on the grapevine that JOC is injured.

Bryce, come on down. Blues won't know what has hit them. Lessgo Hegarty!

We seem to lack an emoticon displaying the mixture of horror and despair this news brings.

Yep, JOC's definitely out. Hegarty to 10, Stewart to 15 apparently. Probably not too many other options I suppose, although it wouldn't have surprised me to see BBBT give Kalani the 10 jersey ...

Reds by 20+

As a Crusaders fan, go the Reds!

Looking forward to this game a lot. Reds at home on a buzz after last week, let’s see what the Blues bring to Suncorp.

Hegarty and Stewart... 2 luckiest players ever, lucky to get paid, because they sure AF can't play rugby.

Every single member of the panel picked ‘Latho v2.0’ as the starting WB fullback.

Alas, Flook didn’t make the cut

Cmon Reds, let’s see if last week was a fluke

Good to see Oz embracing first nation culture.

Quite the Welcome to Country.

Hmmm... my friend's links are working for this. Anybody able to assist?

Blues thinking about the win first.

Dangerous tackle penalty against Stewart converted. The first and only dangerous thing Stewart has ever done on a footy field.

How the fvck are the Blues top of the table? They look gash.

Flockwitt wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 10:49 am Hmmm... my friend's links are working for this. Anybody able to assist?

Glad to hear they're working.

Good game this

jdogscoop wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 11:03 am How the fvck are the Blues top of the table? They look gash.

They have started slow in all their games in this comp only to run away with it as it goes on. Patience man.

The soft hands of Akira Ioane.

Go Reds.

noice try

Nice try Reds!

Paisami passes the ball about as much as AAC did.

I’d say that was forward

But Paisami is soooo classy