DUAL international Karmichael Hunt has avoided conviction after prosecutors dropped a cocaine possession charge against him, but his return to Super Rugby could still be delayed for bringing the game into disrepute.
POLICE have dropped a cocaine charge against Wallabies star Karmichael Hunt, but he has been fined $600 for another indiscretion and contravening a police direction.
QUEENSLAND Reds leaked a dismal 61 tries in 2017 but the club’s new Minister of Defence, former Rebels coach Tony McGahan, says turnsil tackling will be a thing of the past.
THE removal of three teams from Super Rugby will help create less one-sided games, improve spectacles and bring back the mojo of the once-dominant competition in 2018, says SANZAAR boss Andy Marinos.
COCAINE-tainted Karmichael Hunt has distanced himself from pre-World Cup planning with the Wallabies by stressing he first needs runs on the board for the Reds.
QUADE Cooper can literally give the Reds’ woes the boot in Friday night’s comeback clash by transforming his side’s lame goalkicking.
LIAM Gill’s flawed pro wrestling audition has dumped the Reds into another tough corner with no fit specialist for the key openside flanker role against the Lions.
THE Brumbies stamped their credentials as the pick of Australia’s bunch after five rounds in the Super Rugby season with a dominant 29-0 victory over the Reds.
QUEENSLAND Reds flanker Liam Gill has been suspended for two weeks for his reckless wrestling-style tackle on ACT Brumbies halfback Nic White.
QUADE Cooper will return to full contact training this week but the enormity of his job as season saviour is staggering because the Reds are at Ground Zero.
THE ACT Brumbies have stamped their authority on the Super Rugby competition with a 29-0 thumping of the Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium.
CAPTAIN James Slipper admits part of the Reds problem is in the head and the first urgent fix tonight is finding fast-start mode to rattle the ACT Brumbies.
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