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Review Crusaders V. Reds

May 6th, 2012 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
An improving Reds side travelled to Christchurch to take on a Crusaders side who look to be on a mission to win another Super Rugby Title. The Reds hadn’t read the script though and from the kick off charged down Ellis’s kick for touch, regained the ball and through […]

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Tags: Wyatt Crockett · Kieran Read · digby ioane · Ben Franks · Super Rugby · Taylor · Crokett · post match review · scott Higginbotham · crusaders · rugby · queensland reds · james horwill · ben lucas · will genia · review

Sharks V. Reds – Injury Crisis? What Injury Crisis?

March 18th, 2012 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Reds are counting the cost and crossing their fingers after a brutal encounter with the sharks in South Africa. In a game marred by injury to both sides the Reds seemed to suffer the most with both flyhalf options injured before the fifty minute mark. Despite the rain […]

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Tags: green and gold rugby · digby ioane · post match review · Super Rugby · Jannie Du Plessis · Patrick Lambie · Keegan Daniel · scott Higginbotham · ben lucas · rugby · south africa · reds · sharks · will genia · queensland reds · review

Preview Reds v. Brumbies

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
In their last two games the Reds have taken on the top two Kiwi teams and come away with two wins and played one of those games in front of an Australian Super Rugby record crowd. Surely the highlight of any Super Rugby teams season. It certainly took a […]

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Tags: digby ioane · Anthony Faingaa · Ben Daley · Shane Sullivan · Adam Ashley-Cooper · ben lucas · rugby · matt giteau · queensland reds · christian lealiifano · preview

Reds v. Brumbies Preview

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
In their last two games the Reds have taken on the top two Kiwi teams and come away with two wins. They played one of those games in front of an Australian Super Rugby record crowd — surely the highlight of any Super Rugby team’s season. It certainly took […]

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Tags: digby ioane · Anthony Faingaa · Ben Daley · Shane Sullivan · Adam Ashley-Cooper · ben lucas · rugby · matt giteau · queensland reds · christian lealiifano · preview

G&GR Force Player of the Year

May 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
At the end of each game throughout the 2010 Super 14 season over at the forum, readers have submitted their 3-2-1’s for each Australian team. All of these votes will accumulated and an overall 3-2-1 assigned for each match to the three leading point getters […]

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Tags: nick cummins · david pocock · ben lucas · scott staniforth · brett sheehan · digby ioane · matt hodgson · quade cooper · stephen moore · cory jane · stirling mortlock · rugby · ryan cross · james o'connor · nathan sharpe · drew mitchell · Ma'a Nonu

State of unOriginal

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Proud to be a QLDer!
Ok ok. It’s that time of the year when the talk turns to Origin again. Nah, I don’t mean the Slater, Inglis, Lockyer, Hayne, Kimmorley and co. Sure that State of Origin series is on, but it just happens to coincide with the […]

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Reds v Tahs: ‘impartial’ head to head analysis

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Faster!
Messers Hickey and McKenzie have done their part, the teams are named.  Now it is time for the real analysis. So let’s have a look through the teams, on a head-to-head basis and see who will come out on top on Saturday night.
Fullback: Sosene Anesi v Peter Hynes - […]

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Reds v Tahs: ‘impartial’ head to head analysis

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Gagger wrote this article.
Faster!
Messers Hickey and McKenzie have done their part, the teams are named.  Now it is time for the real analysis. So let’s have a look through the teams, on a head-to-head basis and see who will come out on top on Saturday night.
Fullback: Sosene Anesi v Peter Hynes - Let’s […]

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Tags: ben lucas · ezra taylor · will genia · morgan turinui · quade cooper · george gregan · will caldwell · digby ioane · richard kingi · peter hynes · dean mumm · Phil Waugh · benn robinson · al baxter · kurtley beale · stirling mortlock · berrick barnes · Super 14 · matt giteau · queensland reds · NSW waratahs · drew mitchell · james horwill · australia A · luke burgess · rugby

Preview: Tahs vs Reds Trial

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Need a hug?
The Super 14 trial match and between the NSW Waratahs and the Queensland Reds sees the Round 1 opponents going head to head in the far northern NSW town of Lismore.
As is the custom with these trial matches, the format is open to the interpretation of the […]

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Tags: andrew shaw · will caldwell · richard kingi · scott Higginbotham · ezra taylor · ewen mckenzie · morgan turinui · ben lucas · rugby

Reds go Mad

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Not since the return of Jesus Christ has a comeback been more anticipated. Hugh McMeniman will make his debut this weekend after a leave of absence from the first two games of this year’s Super 14.
This is a major boost for the Reds who have produced some creditable […]

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Tags: ezra taylor · huhg McMeniman · scott Higginbotham · ben lucas · will genia · queensland reds · phil mooney · Super 14