Snowball's chance as rugby chases its own GI
Phil Lutton Leonard Snowball. Remember the name.
Rugby
Reds finally jump Sharks
Phil Lutton The Super Rugby hopes of the Sharks, in the gloomy words of their coach, are dead. The Reds are very much alive after ‘dusting off’ some of their old tricks on the way to a drought-breaking triumph...
Union
The evolution of Quade Cooper
Phil Lutton Quade Cooper's game is evolving, as is the man behind the jersey, writes Phil Lutton, who spoke with the Reds five-eighth about everything from Sonny Bill to Digby Ioane and his boxing ambitions.
Rugby
Horwill locks in deal with Reds and ARU
Phil Lutton Reds captain James Horwill has taken the next step towards becoming a one-club man after signing a new deal with Queensland and the ARU.
Rugby
Where else but Queensland? Fit-again Horwill pledges future to Reds
Phil Lutton With his Super Rugby future set in stone until the next World Cup, James Horwill has set his sights on making the Wallabies captaincy his own as Australia counts down to a mammoth international...
'It's massive': Reds make no bones about Brumbies clash
Phil Lutton Over the past three seasons, the Queensland Reds have made a healthy habit of not playing down their marquee games. Even before they really walked the walk, they never had issues talking the talk.
Derby will decide real top dogs, says White
Phil Lutton Brumbies coach Jake White says Saturday's scrap with the Reds in Brisbane could represent a changing of the guard in Australian rugby as his ambitious side tries to usurp Ewen McKenzie's former...
Ioane leaving? News to us, say Reds
Phil Lutton If Digby Ioane is leaving, he hasn't told the Queensland Reds. And captain James Horwill has poured cold water on suggestions disputes over third party deals were at the heart of a number of contract...
Rugby could learn something off Ricky's rant
Phil Lutton Before Ricky Stuart walked into the press conference room at Skilled Park last Sunday night, there was the distinct feeling he was about to serve up something a little special.
Opinion
Ioane a loss but Reds need to keep perspective
Phil Lutton The tattoos aren't for everyone, even if there are enough to go around. But it's almost impossible to fault the way Digby Ioane approaches his rugby.
Rugby
Ioane faces questions over talk of switching
Phil Lutton Queensland Rugby will seek an explanation from Digby Ioane's management to get to the bottom of suggestions the winger has been shopped around to other Australian provinces, contravening his contract.
Reds rediscover adventurous streak
Phil Lutton Will Genia was scheming, Quade Cooper was scoring and James Horwill is back. There’s life in the Reds yet, even if it was almost sucked out of them in a frantic final seconds at Suncorp Stadium.
Live: Reds vs Hurricanes
Phil Lutton Tonight we're live from Suncorp Stadium as the Reds host the Hurricanes.
Rugby
Reds score ugly win over Hurricanes in 'strange game'
Phil Lutton Ewen McKenzie wants to forget that one in a hurry. Conrad Smith will remember it as one of the strangest games he’s ever played.
From clunker to beast: F'Sautia fine-tuned for run with Reds
Phil Lutton Chris F'Sautia came to the Queensland Reds with the chassis of a Ferrari but the mechanical reliability of a car-yard clunker.
Rugby
Forward thinking: McKenzie palms off criticism of Wallabies hopes
Phil Lutton Ewen McKenzie has brushed off suggestions the ARU has blacklisted him for the Wallabies coaching job because his former life as a prop means he knows nothing about running a backline.
McKenzie wants an air of suspense over Reds
Phil Lutton EWEN McKENZIE has already re-invented Queensland rugby once. Now he wants to do it again, warning rivals to expect the unexpected from a Reds outfit determined to remain one of the elite sides.
Reds to keep Brumbies guessing on team
Phil Lutton Jake White was wrong - Ewen McKenzie wasn't foxing when he said James Horwill and Ant Faingaa would be missing from the Reds' Super Rugby opener against the Brumbies in Canberra on Saturday.
White accuses Reds of stretching the truth
Phil Lutton RINGO STARR is touring Australia but Brumbies coach Jake White has always been a John Lennon man, suggesting Ewen McKenzie is guilty of ''mind games'' as their Super Rugby opener looms on Saturday...
