Sunday, May 15, 2005
Outclassed
Queensland Reds 21-38 ACT Brumbies
The Reds have had a pretty ordinary season. Going into the Brumbies game they had won 3 and lost 8 in this year's Super-12 competition, including loosing to the NSW Waratahs for the first time in S12 history (9 seasons). I had few hopes that they would take any competition points from this game, especially without both Flatley and the inspirational Latham.
And they didn't.
Despite most sports writers labelling it an 'enthralling game' it was never in doubt who would win, it was just a question of by how much.
So it came as a surprise then to see the Reds up at half-time. But this was in the main due to a lucky hack through from a rare mistake from the Brumbies back line.
The second half was one way traffic - the Brumbies scored 19 unanswered points. Matt Gitteau and Mortlock in the centres for the Brumbies are now finding the form that should put the Wallabies in Tri-Nations contention later this year. It was worth the entrance fee alone just to watch these guys play.
Gitteau scored two sublime individual tries either side of half time, the first from nothing more than a change in pace. No dummy pass, just a drift into the gap and acceleration that left everyone for dead.
Despite the flogging in the second half, the Reds did find themselves just 5 points down with 12 minutes on the clock with a penalty right in front of the posts.
Maybe it is against competition rules or something, or maybe the sponsors get on the phone to the coaches, but in their ultimate wisdom, the Reds opted to put the ball in the corner and attempt to score a try. Needless to say, the resultant attacking play was about as obvious as it had been all night for the Reds, and it led to a straightforward intercept try from Mortlock. It wasn't unlucky, it was simply telegraphed.
Suncorp Stadium looked fantastic as ever. We had great seats: middle of the top tier on the 10-yard line. Looking forward now to the France game against the Wallabies.
After the game we ran in to Rosalie where Shanthi opened her restaurant up for us and we finished off all the curries from the smorgasboard.
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Outclassed
Queensland Reds 21-38 ACT Brumbies
Posted by Living with Matilda at 12:43 PM
The Reds have had a pretty ordinary season. Going into the Brumbies game they had won 3 and lost 8 in this year's Super-12 competition, including loosing to the NSW Waratahs for the first time in S12 history (9 seasons). I had few hopes that they would take any competition points from this game, especially without both Flatley and the inspirational Latham.
And they didn't.
Despite most sports writers labelling it an 'enthralling game' it was never in doubt who would win, it was just a question of by how much.
So it came as a surprise then to see the Reds up at half-time. But this was in the main due to a lucky hack through from a rare mistake from the Brumbies back line.
The second half was one way traffic - the Brumbies scored 19 unanswered points. Matt Gitteau and Mortlock in the centres for the Brumbies are now finding the form that should put the Wallabies in Tri-Nations contention later this year. It was worth the entrance fee alone just to watch these guys play.
Gitteau scored two sublime individual tries either side of half time, the first from nothing more than a change in pace. No dummy pass, just a drift into the gap and acceleration that left everyone for dead.
Despite the flogging in the second half, the Reds did find themselves just 5 points down with 12 minutes on the clock with a penalty right in front of the posts.
Maybe it is against competition rules or something, or maybe the sponsors get on the phone to the coaches, but in their ultimate wisdom, the Reds opted to put the ball in the corner and attempt to score a try. Needless to say, the resultant attacking play was about as obvious as it had been all night for the Reds, and it led to a straightforward intercept try from Mortlock. It wasn't unlucky, it was simply telegraphed.
Suncorp Stadium looked fantastic as ever. We had great seats: middle of the top tier on the 10-yard line. Looking forward now to the France game against the Wallabies.
After the game we ran in to Rosalie where Shanthi opened her restaurant up for us and we finished off all the curries from the smorgasboard.
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Posted by Living with Matilda at 12:43 PM
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