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This year I have been delighted in how the Reds have been playing their rugby. I have held off on cracking the Champagne corks, as it is only early. But three rounds in, I have seen enough.
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bruski is based in Gold Coast
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bruski loves: AFL, Rugby, Football, Cricket
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bruski says:
I am a Rugby man who follows the Titans in the NRL and have started developing an interest in AFL and Football.
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Quite the opposite to last week, well done NSW. Lets see if QLD can match that, hope so…
Razor-sharp Mitchell leads Waratahs rout (53)
March 13th, 2010
I agree Timmuh, I really dont care for MC or LB but to be truthful, is it really that bad that he skips some meaningless and endless ODI matches.
No issue as far as I am concered.
Clarke shows why he is anything but captain material (89)
March 10th, 2010
I think that the Reds are benefiting from playing one playmaker outside of the half-back instead of this two five-eigths system that has been employed in Australia recently.
I really think that when you have two playmakers playing in tandem it confuses them and the team and does not allow anyone to get into a rythm. Having Faingaa outside of Cooper is great I think, a hard running – Hard tackling inside centre who does not think he should be five-eighth.
I also have to say that Barnes is a good player but he is sort of stuck where he is in the NSW team, having two playmakers standing next to each other is not doing anyone any good there. I also have to say that Barnes is a great and desperate defender, he was the only one in the QLD backline doing that last year, now everyone is. Even Cooper!!! Perhaps how he played in defence last year has rubbed off on the other boys along with the work Link has been doing.
All in all our 9,10,12 is going great guns and I think it is the perfect chemistry for QLD.
The problem I see, with Deans being a kiwi and all is that he will persist with the rotating five-eighths thing and we will end up tying ourselves up in knots again. Think back to last year, did the Wallabies look like they were confused? I think so!!!
Another thing I have to wonder is how many Wallabies with the big names will continue to play off the back of those names?
People like Mortlock, Gits, Barnes,Sharpe, Palu, Mitchell and Moore will go on keeping their positions. We should pick the team on form and ability not contract size and past cred.
I must add that it is still very very early in the season to be calling these players as possible club players this Wallaby winter but the way things are playing out they should be behind in the race, by a long way.
My 5 cents worth
Quade Cooper is the Paganini of the Pass (59)
March 8th, 2010