@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:

@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:

DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.

Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.

Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.

From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?

@jimmyb said in Reds v Highlanders:

@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:

@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:

DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.

Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.

Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.

From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?

I'm ok with it as long as he is working as a behind the scenes mentor for our other locks.

Someone with that much test experience will be invaluable for Josh Tengblad and even Fabian. If he is providing it the advice. I thought Oli Haig was great at lock last week.

@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:

@jimmyb said in Reds v Highlanders:

@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:

@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:

DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.

Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.

Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.

From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?

I'm ok with it as long as he is working as a behind the scenes mentor for our other locks.

Someone with that much test experience will be invaluable for Josh Tengblad and even Fabian. If he is providing it the advice. I thought Oli Haig was great at lock last week.

Makes sense to me. Guess it’s felt more with the loss of Holland

@jimmyb said in Reds v Highlanders:

@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:

@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:

DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.

Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.

Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.

From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?

That's what, 10-12 games with his propensity to be carded?

Josh Bartlett looks ro be warming up and in playing kit.

Could de Groot be scratched? Birth of his child?

@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:

Josh Bartlett looks ro be warming up and in playing kit.

Could de Groot be scratched? Birth of his child?

You can see him in the huddle that was just on screen I think

There he is!

Me just guessing with Bartlett in his kit. Not in the 23.

The white and blue jerseys are so nice

Interesting choice to go for touch

Christ that couldn't have been more pedestrian.

ffs

Nice quick tmo work

Big scrum for Wingham and he delivered first up

Chip kick number 1

Two forward passes in that Reds movement?

how many fwd passes ffs

omg .. not even 10mins in and I'm ready to give up....

Far too many players kicking out on the full in Super

Shit we were lucky there. 4-5 man overlap

what a mess of game so far