The Reds hosted the Crusaders today at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match is broadcast on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Reds ran rampant and demolished the Crusaders 41 / 20, with Quade Cooper scoring a full 31 points and with the Reds earning their 4-try bonus point in the process….. yes, you better believe it!

Scores:

Reds: 5 Penalties & 3 Conversions & 2 Tries Quade Cooper, 1 Try Digby Ioane, 1 Try Rod Davies

Crusaders: 2 Penalties & 2 Conversion2 Daniel Carter, 1 Try Andy Ellis, 1 Try Brad Thorn

 

Teams:

Reds: 15 Peter Hynes, 14 Digby Ioane, 13 Morgan Turinui, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Rod Davies, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Scott Higginbotham, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Jake Schatz, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Adam Byrnes, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley. 
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Robert Simmons, 19 Leroy Houston, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Tim Walsh, 22 Will Chambers.

Crusaders: 15 Colin Slade, 14 Jared Payne, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 George Whitelock, 6 Kieran Read (captain), 5 Isaac Ross, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Ti’i Paulo, 1 Ben Franks.
Replacements: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Brad Thorn, 19 Jonathan Poff, 20 Kahn Fotuali’i, 21 Adam Whitelock, 22 Sean Maitland.

Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Damian Mitchelmore (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard  (Australia)

245 Responses to Reds 41 (14) vs Crusaders 20 (6) (final score) – Game Thread

  • 241

    240 Ash, Cheers mate. Good luck to Stormers.

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  • 243

    cheers ashwee^5

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  • 244

    243 – Sharky, off to the Sharks thread now.

    My computer is done no use getting it repared. Done that in Umhlanga and again here last week. This one I will toss in the bin very soon. For now it is going okay. Had problems with it last week. GBS told me once it is over 3 years old it is finished. Mine is 4 years old now. So need a new one.

  • 245

    Big congrats to the Reds – a well deserved win 😀 Crusaders were diabolical, they usually are in 1 game per season & that had damn well better have been it 😡

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