Western Force (16) 21 / Reds (14) 24 (Final Score)
Scorers:
Force: 2 Penalties James O’Connor, 2 Tries Rory Sidey, 1 Try David Pocock
Reds: 3 Conversions & 1 Penalty & 1 Try Quade Cooper, 1 Try Scott Higginbotham, 1 Try Dom Shipperley
Teams:
Western Force: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Nick Cummins, 13 Patrick Dellit, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 David Smith, 10 James Stannard, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Kieran Longbottom.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tim Fairbrother, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Mark Swanepoel, 21 Mitch Inman, 22 Alfie Mafi.
Reds: 15 Jono Lance, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Will Chambers, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Rod Davies, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Ben Coridas, 21 Ian Prior, 22 Dom Shipperley.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce, Julian Pritchard
TMO: George Ayoub
See you in about 20 min… just need to attend to a couple of things, quick
Go Force.
For this one I’ve gone for a bolter… I’ve picked the Reds to win by a BIG margin, 23 points… and nobody has picked bigger than me.
So, Gooooooooo Reds, really score a big win here.. and I’ll take ALL the BRU points.
Go Farce! Though don’t see anything but a bonus point victory for Reds. With Saders now 3rd and Blues 4th, it becomes more important for Sharks and/or Bulls to finish 5th instead of 6th.
Players coming out
Remember that the 2 SA derby matches start AN HOUR EARLIER than normal, 16:05 and 18:10!
Game ON!
Penalty Force, first opportunity for posts
Force 3 / 0
High Tackle by Higginbotham, penalty Force
Another Force penalty on Halfway, they go for touch
Force on fire and they’re playing a penalty advantage, now awarded
Reds are looking diabolical!
Force choose the scrum, could have been an easy 3
The Dick is also backing the Farce! With the ref in our corner maybe the Farce can pull it off.
I should have taken better care in considering scores…Stuart Dickenson is the ref.
Try Rory Sidey, for the Force…. hehehe
Force 8 / ZIP
O’ Connor is without doubt a rugby genius. Talk about a true phenomenon, no media overhype with him. In fact too little media hype.
5m scrum for the Reds
Force gets a tight head… impressive
Try Surfer Dude
Intercept against run of play – Farce unlucky there. Come on Dick, pull a card out of your pocket!
Force 8 / 7
Rod Davies off injured again… another sick-note fella
Cooper got a lucky try there.
Go Force
Reds have the class, Farce the passion and O’Connor and the Dick. Who will win????
These flashy sides like the Reds and Saders… one has to play IN their faces, they rattle quickly like that
Try AGAIN for Rory Sidey
The Farce on fire!
Force 13 / 7
Nathan Sharpe down injured… right ankle twisted
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