Super Rugby AU Rd 5 - Reds v Force
Sport by Marco Monteverde 20th May 2021 8:32 PM | Updated: 8:54 PM
Wallabies centre Hunter Paisami will make a welcome return to a Queensland Reds side desperate to keep their Super Rugby Trans-Tasman hopes alive at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.
Having lost 40-19 to the Highlanders in the first round of a new competition in which teams only play five matches before the top two meet in the final, the Reds can ill-afford another defeat when they take on the might of the Crusaders this weekend.
Paisami, who missed the Reds’ Super Rugby AU grand final win over the Brumbies with a fractured cheekbone, returns as part of the mass changes Queensland coach Brad Thorn has made to his starting side following last Friday’s 21-point loss.
Wallabies star returns for Reds
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Fijian winger Suliasi Vunivalu is expected to start for Queensland Reds clash against Crusaders in the second round of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman clash at the Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane on Saturday.
And could be in for a tough match-up against fellow Fijians, Sevu
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In the end, justice was done – probably. The Queensland Reds were the best team in Super Rugby AU over the course of the season, winning seven of their eight pre-final games and edging their closest rivals on all of the three occasions they played.
At the post-match press conference on Saturday night, Brumbies head coach Dan McKellar looked pale, struggling to disguise his anger at some of the refereeing decisions behind a thin mask of propriety.
Petaia injured, Reds rotate Super squad AAP 3 hrs ago Murray Wenzel © Darren England/AAP PHOTOS Queensland Reds star Jordan Petaia could be out of rugby for six weeks because of a thigh strain.
Queensland Reds and Wallabies back Jordan Petaia is battling a thigh injury that will likely keeping him out of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman and cruel his chances of facing the French in three Tests later this year.
Petaia left Saturday s final in the second half because of the injury as the Reds beat the Brumbies 19-16 thanks to a dramatic injury-time James O Connor try.
Still just 21, the winger or centre s Australia rugby rise has been stunted by significant foot, shoulder and hip injuries and Reds coach Brad Thorn admitted on Wednesday he was set for more time on the sidelines.
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