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Match Complete
Sunwolves
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| B. Hegarty |  | 72 | ||
| B. Paenga-Amosa |  | 71 | ||
| 66 | | H. Parker | ||
| 66 | | G. V. D. Heever | ||
| 60 |  | H. Parker | ||
| B. Hegarty | | 58 | ||
| B. Hegarty | | 51 | ||
| S. Naivalu | | 50 | ||
| 46 | | H. Parker | ||
| B. Hegarty | | 43 | ||
| T. Tupou | | 42 | ||
| 20 | | H. Parker | ||
| 19 | | G. V. D. Heever | ||
| B. Hegarty | | 13 | ||
| B. Hegarty | | 12 | ||
| 9 | | H. Parker | ||
| 3 | | H. Parker |
| 4 | Tries | 2 | ||
| 3 | Conversions | 2 | ||
| 2 | Penalty Goals | 4 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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Coming off their biggest loss since Round 18 last year, the Sunwolves travel to Brisbane to attempt an upset against a refreshed and rejuvenated Reds team. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog from 7:45pm AEST.
So the Reds have won four games this year, and boast a record of 4/6 following a rough start to the season.
They’re 13th, yet only six points behind the conference-leading Rebels, and a bonus point win would jump them to sixth temporarily, but if the Bulls win, Blues draw with the Brumbies, and Chiefs knock over the Highlanders, they could find themselves in seventh position, such is the nature of the ladder.
For the Sunwolves, well they just lost to the Highlanders, 52-0 – a margin equivalent to their thrashing at the hands of the Waratahs last year – and a score only superseded by the 94-7 Lions crushing back in 2017.
It’s not all doom and gloom for the visitors, they’ve been competitive in almost every game they’ve played; taking bonus points from the Hurricanes, Reds and Waratahs, and beating the Tahs and Chiefs.
When these teams played earlier in the year, the Moondogs almost got the win, only for the Reds to mount a large comeback to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, by only three points.
Looking further back, the Reds finished 2018 with a 21 point win, only after the Sunwolves embarrassed them 63-28 in Tokyo. Two seasons previous, the Reds took the points, 35-25.
The Reds team has only one change: Jack Hardy’s ACL rupture drops him from the 23, however Jock Campbell slides in for his first ever start, bringing Seb Wileman will most likely make his debut off the bench.
The Sunwolves switch the dynamic Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco from inside centre to no. eight, and that sees Phil Burleigh into the backline. Ben Gunter appears on the pine, with Hendrik Tui lining up at blindside.
The Reds should be too strong at home, and while the visitors will be better than last week, you’d be brave to tip them to turn around a 52 point thrashing.
Time: 7:45pm AEST.
Venue: Suncorp Stadium.
Referee: Angus Gardner.
Odds: Reds $1.31, Sunwolves $3.47.
Reds
1. Harry Hoopert, 2. Alex Mafi, 3. Taniela Tupou, 4. Izack Rodda, 5. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 6. Angus Scott-Young, 7. Liam Wright, 8. Scott Higginbotham, 9. Tate McDermott, 10. Bryce Hegarty, 11. Sefa Naivalu, 12. Samu Kerevi (c), 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia, 14. Jock Campbell, 15. Hamish Stewart.
Bench: 16. Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17. JP Smith, 18. Ruan Smith, 19. Harry Hockings, 20. Adam Korczyk, 21. Moses Sorovi, 22. Duncan Paia’aua, 23. Seb Wileman.
Sunwolves
1. Masataka Mikami, 2. Shota Horie, 3. Hiroshi Yamashita, 4. Grant Hattingh, 5. Luke Thompson, 6. Hendrik Tui, 7. Kara Pryor, 8. Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco, 9. Kaito Shigeno, 10. Hayden Parker, 11. Semisi Masirewa, 12. Phil Burleigh, 13. Jason Emery, 14. Gerhard van den Heever, 15. Ryohei Yamanaka.
Bench: 16. Nathan Vella, 17. Pauliasi Manu, 18. Takuma Asahara, 19. Tom Rowe, 20. Ben Gunter, 21. Jamie Booth, 22. Yu Tamura, 23. Jamie Henry.
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