firstly great win by the rebels, first against the reds and a rare away win for the season. good to be on the right side of a close game for a change.
controversial weekend, I don't wish to comment on the refs action however there was a definite eye gouge and no headbutt from higginbotham which is what queenslanders seem to be trying to use as defence for a dog act.
I do feel sorry for the reds, you can see the frustration coming through in their game, horwill's comments to the ref during and after the game were just like a kid who wants to skip dinner and go straight for desert. Genia just looks like a tired, defeated man.
Quade will be missed for both the reds and the Wallabies, they are saying 4-6 weeks. I really hope he's back and firing for the rugby championship. Richard Graham must be feeling the heat now, the blame can be squarely laid with him. i mean why does his team seem to all of a sudden have a "too hard, can't be stuffed mate" attitude? it's the coaches job to motivate his troops.
for the rebels, woodward was good again, so was hegarty. hegarty's courage going for that high ball, copping knees to the ribs and still keeping control of the ball was crazy. tom kingston had a great game, i thought he was decent with the waratahs but hadn't seen any of the same form with the rebels until last night. faingaa was solid and inman was a tackle machine again. happy to see veainu get a run, he didn't get much space to run into but you can tell he has some real wheels. hopefully we can see more of him in the coming weeks.
burgess injury looked nasty, hope it's not an ACL but a player landed on the front on his knee and it hyper extended, looked ugly. Also tamati ellison seemed to go down late in the game. we may need to shuffle the backline for the waratahs. english may shift to 13 and josh holmes/ben meehan to fight out the 9 position. veainu to start on the wing unless male sau is back from japan duty, and rockobaro may come in to cover the back 3 from the bench.
dissapointed we haven't seen L.timani this year, he has been injured but where do you fit him in? faingaa and mcmahon have both been playing well as has fuglistaller, and higginbotham wont miss out.
