@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

I can forgive the handling errors

Humidity is above 90%

NH want us to play TRC at this time of year.....

Really going after scrum penalities

EDG really going after Nonggorr

Chip pick number 2! Awesome decision.

Great scrum though, so pleasing to see

One of the best kicking hookers in Super

Taylor the 2nd best 10 in our squad no doubt

Proper skills that. Backs could learn.

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Highlanders:

Proper skills that. Backs could learn.

End over end and back your angles.

Handling is very difficult in these humid conditions so I can understand the desire to kick

There looked to be a gigantic forward pass in there

Knock on and forward pass?

wtf is going on is this AFL ?

Surely the pass to Wilson was forward

fwd pass from wilson for a starter

Right in front of the AR

what a fucking joke

Well the difference is the reds engage the line with ball in hand and commit defenders. Forward pass or not, their attack looks a lot slicker

silence from the cheerleaders on the coms for all the reds fwd passes so far

said in Reds v Highlanders:

Far too many players kicking out on the full in Super

Don't make tap the sign

I’m going to have a brain aneurism. Chip kick number 3!

@jimmyb said in Reds v Highlanders:

I’m going to have a brain aneurism. Chip kick number 3!

Chip kicks are fine. It's about when and how you do them

that looked fwd from the landers..... are the camera angles just really bad?