Rugby
Genia pockets $600k in shock defection to Western Force
Phil Lutton After playing a starring role in his side’s victory over the Auckland Blues at Eden Park on Friday night, Will Genia sat down with Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie at midnight and told him he was...
Drop the beat and make it sing: Genia
Phil Lutton Will Genia wants his Reds to let the ball sing on Friday night, having watched his forwards beat their head into a brick wall in Perth.
Rugby
Reds searching for a creative opening
Phil Lutton Will Genia wants his Reds to let the ball sing on Friday night, having watched his forwards beat their head into a brick wall in Perth.
Reds looking to finally jump the Sharks
Phil Lutton The Queensland Reds have managed to clear every hurdle in their path since their re-emergence as a force to be reckoned with in Super Rugby. Except one.
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...
Rugby
McKenzie keeps troops focused on clean sweep of trans-Tasman rivals
Phil Lutton There's always something happening when you have Digby Ioane on the books. But Reds coach Ewen McKenzie expects the winger and the rest of the side to shut out this week's nasty contract saga and...
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.
Horwill set for Reds comeback
Phil Lutton The Queensland Reds will miss the red-hot form of flanker Liam Gill in Saturday night's Super Rugby clash against the Bulls at Suncorp Stadium.
Rugby
Hungry Force put one over the Reds
Phil Lutton Will Genia has only been back for 40 minutes but has already signalled a shakedown at Ballymore this week as the Reds try to rebound from a shock defeat at the hands of the Western Force.
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.
Phil Lutton
The case for keeping Quade Cooper
Phil Lutton Depending on whether you are a fan of Quade Cooper, or someone who wishes his foray into rugby league had been explored in greater depth, the punishment may or may not have fit the crime.
Phil Lutton
What's eating Quade Cooper?
Phil Lutton An easy way out of the Quade Cooper discussion is to just call him "mercurial" or "enigmatic", which is a neat way of saying "we're not sure what's going on either".
Pub incident to the background, Cooper re-signs with Reds
Phil Lutton Quade Cooper knows how to turn a game in his favour. While explaining away one unwanted headline, he gave Queensland rugby fans the news they had been craving all season.
Harris set to fill Quade's shoes
Phil Lutton Ewen McKenzie insists he hasn't made up his mind but Mike Harris has all but been fitted with the Queensland Reds number 10 jumper for next weekend's Super Rugby opener against the Waratahs in Sydney.
Rapana to debut for Reds
Phil Lutton Openside flanker Liam Gill has been given his second start by the Reds and centre Joel Rapana makes his debut as Queensland tries to bounce back to form against the Western Force on Saturday night.
Rugby
Reds get scare as Cooper's knee flares
Phil Lutton, Greg Growden THE Queensland Reds aren't concerned an aggravation to the knee of star playmaker Quade Cooper will seriously impede his comeback after he was sent for scans yesterday.
Reds shock: Genia agrees big-money move to Force
Phil Lutton Queensland Reds star halfback Will Genia has signed with the Western Force and will move to Perth for the 2013 season.
Rugby
How the Force landed their man
Phil Lutton AFTER playing a starring role in his side's victory over the Blues at Eden Park, Will Genia sat down with Queensland Reds coach, Ewen McKenzie, at midnight and told him he was leaving to join the...
Cooper knocks back French riches
Phil Lutton The rush for the services of in-demand flyhalf Quade Cooper is officially a two-horse race, with the Wallaby star knocking back a colossal offer from a leading French club to commit his immediate...
