Cooper suspended
16 Jul 2012
Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper will miss this Saturday’s play-off against the Sharks after being found guilty of a dangerous play.
Cooper was yellow carded and subsequently cited for a dangerous tackle on Berrick Barnes in last Saturday’s Reds vs Waratahs clash. The Reds playmaker confirmed via Twitter on Monday that the result of a judiciary hearing was a one-week suspension.
‘Thank you for the concern & support! Our team has worked very hard.. the outcome is a week suspension. I have faith in my team & team mates,’ Cooper tweeted.
Reds coach Ewen McKenzie believes that whoever starts in that No 10 position will not let the team down.
‘There’s no doubt that Quade makes a difference for us, [but] Quade’s played in three games and two half-games and we’ve won 11 and we’re in the finals, so we’ve had to do a lot of it without Quade anyway,’ he said.
‘We had a great win against the Chiefs here [in Round 12] and Quade wasn’t playing – Benny Lucas was at 10. So we’ve had to manufacture and work out our plans B, C and D. We got to [plan] F at one point in the 10 position. It’s something you deal with as coach and as a playing group.’
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16 Jul 2012, 16:32 pm
@Puma(Puma)-48: they only had a few loosies out , now its their c team bwahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,, in MArch when we lost to them with that last gasp min penatly, we had 12 odd players out, and then we were quickly told not to make excuses,
. suddenly they allowed all the excuses in the world
16 Jul 2012, 17:30 pm
@wallabie.(wallabie.)-34:
It is embarrassing the ‘free ride’ that the Aussies are getting. Reds are not a top 4 team and not even a top 6 team.
They have been handed a home playoff and shot at the finals on a plate.
It is a bloody disgrace, and all the Aussies supporters crowing away here ….. look at the overall Super Log. Reds do not deserve to be there.
16 Jul 2012, 17:51 pm
@The Analyst(The Analyst)-52: Its a disgrace especially the final. I intend to make a recommendation to the SANZAR conference system review this year to remove it for the final. Should be points based for the last game. Joke system anyway – who wouldn’t want to be a strong team in the Australian conference?
16 Jul 2012, 22:02 pm
@50 Barnes looked concussed to me. Disneyland. He’s named in the current Aus training group. Pay attention to Berrick & you’ll see him constantly fidgeting with his scrum-cap. I think he goes onto the field fearing a head knock. I feel for him
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