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Recap: Rebels vs Reds | Super Rugby AU

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Filipo Daugunu in action for the Reds against the Rebels in 2018. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Super Rugby AU clash between the Rebels and Reds at Brookvale Oval in New South Wales.

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Last week, the Reds broke an 11-match duck by besting the Waratahs in Queensland while the Rebels were handily dealt to by the Brumbies in Canberra.

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The team from The Aussie Rugby Show gets stuck into the first round of Super Rugby AU.

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The team from The Aussie Rugby Show gets stuck into the first round of Super Rugby AU.

The Rebels won both encounters between these two sides last year, including thrashing the home side 32-13 in Brisbane. Reds coach Brad Thorn has some of the best young talent in Australia on his books, however, and last week’s result should give his young charges plenty of courage heading into tonight’s match.

While it’s a home game for the Rebels, the match is being played in New South Wales due to Victoria’s ongoing battle with COVID-19.

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Bull Shark 3 hours ago
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

Of the rugby I’ve born witness to in my lifetime - 1990 to date - I recognize great players throughout those years. But I have no doubt the game and the players are on average better today. So I doubt going back further is going to prove me wrong. The technical components of the game, set pieces, scrums, kicks, kicks at goal. And in general tactics employed are far more efficient, accurate and polished. Professional athletes that have invested countless hours on being accurate. There is one nation though that may be fairly competitive in any era - and that for me is the all blacks. And New Zealand players in general. NZ produces startling athletes who have fantastic ball skills. And then the odd phenomenon like Brooke. Lomu. Mcaw. Carter. Better than comparing players and teams across eras - I’ve often had this thought - that it would be very interesting to have a version of the game that is closer to its original form. What would the game look like today if the rules were rolled back. Not rules that promote safety obviously - but rules like: - a try being worth 1 point and conversion 2 points. Hence the term “try”. Earning a try at goals. Would we see more attacking play? - no lifting in the lineouts. - rucks and break down laws in general. They looked like wrestling matches in bygone eras. I wonder what a game applying 1995 rules would look like with modern players. It may be a daft exercise, but it would make for an interesting spectacle celebrating “purer” forms of the game that roll back the rules dramatically by a few versions. Would we come to learn that some of the rules/combinations of the rules we see today have actually made the game less attractive? I’d love to see an exhibition match like that.

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