badza says...

Sharks sal sukkel

Posted 10:18 21st July 2012

badza says...

Sharks sal sukkel

Posted 06:07 21st July 2012

eejbm says...

Go Reds...

I can see this match being a grinding encounter - Higgs and Rob Simmons from Theodore as well as Gill to shine.

Posted 03:05 21st July 2012

s15rules says...

Wallaroo the best thing about oz is that its full of kiwis,just like the wobblies test team!

Also increasing the iq in rugby circles

Hope sharks get up against the 6th place reds

Posted 00:51 21st July 2012

ruggaluva says...

C'mon SHARKS !! i think they could squeak it too BUT home ground advantage has to favour those Aussie, sheep shagging, shackledragging,bogun, pooftahs.

haha..sorry Aussies but from my Aussie mates i have learnt that its best to get your own verbal in as early as possible !

Posted 23:41 20th July 2012

Lucasrg says...

So looking forward this game, the set up is fantastic....but I see the Sharks going through. Go Sharks!!!

Posted 21:10 20th July 2012

JayStarr says...

The Sharks to win.

The Reds always step up to another level at Suncorp... but the Sharks are on another level already. If the Sharks play like they did against the Stormers, Bulls and Cheetahs (their last 3 games), they will beat this Reds team pretty convincingly.

Yes, the Sharks are without Lambie and Francois Steyn, but Steyn didn't play against the Stormers and look how well they did there - particularly Whitehead at 12 (as it will be on Saturday). Lambie played at fullback for the Stormers game and missed the Bulls game - and Michalak shone at 10 in both of those. So they'll be fine without Lambie and Steyn...

But what really swings it in their favour is their pack. This is the best pack they have put on the park this whole season - and they are all in MENACING form. That whole front row (especially Bismarck) and Alberts took a massive step up in the tests and has played incredible rugby since then, but so has the back row. Keegan Daniel, Ryan Kankowski and Marcell Coetzee is on fire right now - without a doubt the best loose trio in the competition in the last couple of rounds - and now they are including Alberts at 4!

Sorry, but the Horwill-less Reds are going to be man-handled up front... And that means Genia will be under pressure. And Cooper won't be there to take it off him. And that's why they are going to lose. The Sharks, with the form they are in at the moment, will just be too much of a step up from the pathetic Waratahs and lacklustre Highlanders for the Reds.

On current form the Sharks are the 4th, perhaps 3rd best team in the comp - and the Reds are 7th - at best... (the Hurricanes are definitely better than them at the moment). So the home ground advantage will count for something, but not for much.

Posted 20:54 20th July 2012

new_j4a says...

@TheTruthHurts. Agreed, perfect compromise, but of course specifically from a RUGBY point of view....so we don't exacerbate any editorial jock itch...:)

Posted 16:28 20th July 2012

APV1 says...

@ new_j4a et al - let's have a little think about how many countries actually are officially "great"...

United Kingdom of GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland.

That's one.

and...

erm...

Oh. That's it.

Posted 15:42 20th July 2012

Tyler_Durden says...

The Red's should be so overwhelming embarrased by their unearned home quarter that they offer to start with a 10 point handicap. Or have Cooper forcibly reinstated at 10. Which is almost like a 10 point handicap. Plus giving him the afternoon off must make local laptop owners a little twitchy.......

Posted 15:29 20th July 2012