QF - Chiefs v Reds

[Canes4life]

@Duluth said in QF - Chiefs v Reds:

https://reds.rugby/news/lynagh-returns-for-reds-quarter-final-202465

Alex Hodgman, Matt Faessler, Jeffrey Toomaga-Allen, Seru Uru, Ryan Smith, Liam Wright (co-c), Fraser McReight, John Bryant, Tate McDermott (co-c), Tom Lynagh, Mac Grealy, Hunter Paisami, Josh Flook, Tim Ryan, Jock Campbell

RESERVES: Josh Nasser, Sef Fa'agase, Zane Nonggorr, Connor Vest, Joe Brial, Kalani Thomas, Lawson Creighton, Taj Annan

That's a strong Reds side who definitely can't be underestimated.

[Bovidae]

@ploughboy said in QF - Chiefs v Reds:

MSR was poor last outing and Norris has been battling all season for bench role.

Proffit is a penalty magnet.

maybe they think tupou offers more power?

He was the TH lock against the Blues, and the scrum suffered. Vaa'i will play there this week. Tupou has been good around the field (e.g. 16 tackles against the Blues) and in lineouts/kickoffs but I still wouldn't have expected him to start. Ah Kuoi has been disappointing in the second half of the season.

McMillan must be confident that Poihipi can do a job as the backup 1st 5 again (if needed). Maybe Sititi should have taken the late conversions last week (see DMac's kicking challenge on SM).

[Tim]

Playing Tupou is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[Landers92]

@ploughboy said in QF - Chiefs v Reds:

MSR was poor last outing and Norris has been battling all season for bench role.
maybe they think tupou offers more power?
slater or thompson a interesting one for me

Selby-Rickit was the same at the Highlanders. A super talented player and great in some games and not so much the next, for one reason or another it just hasn’t fully clicked. Definitely a good squad player though.

[antipodean]

@Canes4life said in QF - Chiefs v Reds:

That's a strong Reds side who definitely can't be underestimated.

Game of the round IMO and a good chance for Oz to have two teams in the semis.

[Donsteppa]

Will be a long night if our tight five fail to front up again...

[george33]

This could go anyway

[African Monkey]

@Tim Yeah don't want to be overly negative on the guy, but I don't know how he is still playing SR in 2024 let alone starting for the Chiefs. He always lacked a bit of physicality in his game to be effective at this level despite his best efforts.

[ARHS]

Am a bit shaky without Norris, MSR and Thompson on the forwards bench!

[pakman]

@Bovidae said in QF - Chiefs v Reds:

MSR and Norris are not listed as injured so should be in the 23.

At least MSR. I quite like the Bulls squad!

[pakman]

@Tim said in QF - Chiefs v Reds:

Playing Tupou is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

There are three in this game?

[Windows97]

@Tim said in QF - Chiefs v Reds:

Playing Tupou is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

I can only but assume they've gone for size, as given the tight 5 have been hopelessly ineffective in the big games this year then at least lets have our biggest hopelessly ineffective guys on the pitch and hope the laws of physics fall in our favour.

[Bovidae]

@Windows97 Tupou is not big for a lock. Ideally Lord would be partnering Vaa'i but injuries. MSR has clearly fallen down the pecking order and is off-contract this year.

McMillan has said that the selection of the backline reserves is to provide more protection in the midfield and outside backs due to the injury niggles of Narawa and Stevenson.

[Windows97]

A pity about MSR, he added some real starch to the Bay in last years NPC but hasn't carried that over into SR form

[ploughboy]

I see we have Ben okeeffe again

[ARHS]

@ploughboy bugger

[Canes4life]

Interesting that Kaleb Trask is doing promotional stuff at the stadium as a Chiefs player on their social.

[Canes4life]

Lol Israel Dagg’s the TAB guy now.

[Machpants]

Disappointing crowd, big loss for the chiefs there $

[Bones]

"I like the variation in the kicking game"

Come on Mils there's been one kick