6 tries to 1 tells a little story

Both teams have stars etc, but for me we do have the stronger pack, and we should use our tight forwards to drive up and setup the backline, if we kick everything down their throats they will punish us

great stuff. Agree.

add – Liam Gill and Genia are the key for Reds. They dominate. Reds will win.

Sharks basically have to play the perfect game,especially upfront with supreme acurate physicality in set phases and put pressure at ruck time thus conterrucking of supreme importance as they don’t have a true openside-Sharks loose trio is basically three 8′s.So I worry about balance.Alberts at 4 will improve overall mobility and power of pack.Sharks in Beast,Bismark,Alberts,Coetzee,Kankowski have the much better athletic pack.All about if they show up.

Ben Lucas while talented is no Cooper and hasn’t been in this pressure situation before-a knockout with him starting at 10.Harris as well.so at 10/12 axis is vulnerable.Reds back 3 is supertalented by Sharks in JP,Mvovo,ludik(who I don’t rate AT ALL) are too shabby neither.

Sharks won’t have a bigger chance to score an away knockout victory than tomorrow since 96 semi where Ian Mac’s Trojans beat Wallaby laden Queensland by plenty.Plum is no McIntosh though so we shall see.

Sharks by the slimmest of margins.Looking for a massive game from Kankowski who has been outstanding in lineouts and tightplay since his return.JP as well been ridiculous since Bok Autumn window.

thank SARU or the qualifying conference system.

Whilst Transformation is passionate and puts a debate forward I just don’t think he understands play and where teams strengths lie. The reds play around the ruck and through the middle and keep things close to the ruck from numbers 9, 10, 11 and 12 then after that the rest of the backs are wide. this splits the defence and keeps them thinking and it has been successful…it was successful against the sharks then the reds last two players in the pivotal position and things went pear shaped.

They punched holes in the crusaders, sharks, chiefs and brumbies defences…yes they won two of those games and lost two. against crusaders and sharks they were missing 10 players.

anyways everyone is a guru when their teams wins. lets see how the game is played on saturday.

Funnily enough they showed some footage last night of how weak the Sharks are around the fringes and the one off pass from the ruck. Charl McLeod also leads the scrummies in the comp for the most missed tackles.

Stating the plan is to put Genia under pressure is one thing, actually doing it is another.

sharks by plenty!

Lets wait and see.

I have reds by 10.

Lucas is a class player, he was all over the Sharks in Durbs before he went off injured.
Genia moved to 10 and Reds lost mometum.

By far a bigger loss than Cooper is that of Horwill, he’s the heart of that Reds pack. Higganbotham is going to have to have a big day at the office.

Reds and Aus almost impossible to beat in Brissie, got the Reds by a couple on Superbru.

They are closer to 50/50 than the Bulls, that is for sure but Suncorp is a tough gig for visiting teams. I noted the noise level on TV is much lower than at the stadium, with the roof 45k makes a very big noise.

Telling stat though is with Cooper they are 6/6 and without him 5/10, all other stats also better with him including tries for and against, points everything. But they have won well without him.