Queensland Reds fans turn on team after loss to former flyhalf Quade Cooper
When crowd favourite Quade Cooper went south to join the Melbourne Rebels after being unwanted by Reds head coach Brad Thorn, they risked a number of fans going with him.
Delivering a Super Rugby title to the hapless Reds in 2011 was always going to provide some level of emotional attachment to their favourite star, so when he returned last night to beat his old team there no shortage of Reds fans cheering him on.
Some describe feeling elated at seeing Cooper beat his old team, while some claimed to still be ‘ashamed’ at how the organisation treated one of the most decorated players.
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@QuadeCooper, I’m a Reds man for life. I was and still am ashamed of what the Reds-can’t just name BT- did to you. You had a great game tonight and a sensational post match interview. Rock on Quade, green and gold wait for you!
— Finn (@Finn77722) March 30, 2019
#REDvREB Will Genia and Quade Cooper, us true Reds fans still consider you part of our family, well played tonight, The Rebels just good, The Stormers awaits us Queensland Reds next week.
— Shane Moran (@scoolm8) March 30, 2019
Brad Thorne 0 – Quade Cooper 1 . Suck balls Brad Thorne !!! Maybe if his ego could over come his dislikes he could have been a winner tonight !!!
— Russell Keast (@Adamrussell1979) March 30, 2019
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Cooper turned up in the 32-13 thrashing of the young Reds side, adding two more try assists to his season-leading tally of eight. The Rebels moved to reclaim top spot in the Australian conference after the Waratahs lost to the Sunwolves on Friday night.
“There was a few people that sort of feel that I must have left them,” Cooper told Fox Sports in his post-match interview.
“But it wasn’t the boys that didn’t want me. The boys were the ones that we were playing against and I love those boys.”
Cooper said that he still supports the Reds whenever they aren’t playing the Rebels and that seeing the side struggle makes him sad.
“For me, I don’t want to see them go down, I want to win when we play against them but I’m always supporting them. I want this franchise to do well.
“It’s a little bit sad to see when they’re struggling a little bit, on and off the field.”
Brad Thorn offered short praise to the pair of former Reds’ halves following the loss.
“He’s on the winning side and he contributed to a really good win for them,” Thorn said.
“So well done to him and Will.
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I guess we may all agree on the fact, that the ABs and Boks are the two in contest for No 1 in rugby history (the triple-A sort of) …. the Wallabies, England and France are the next tier, with Ireland being the new kid in town (AA) …. in my view it makes little sense creating imaginary competitions (unless you have too much time to waste)
43 Go to commentsWhat a joke. Total joke and the pundits commentating, all of whom know a bit about the game, could barely disguise their contempt. Reaching for the card then pulling back when he realised a red card would carry further match suspensions is simply not his decision to make. A clear and obvious influence on the outcome of this match and indeed, the championship path.
4 Go to commentsI like the idea, in NZ the Ranfurly Shield and NPC coexist, both having their own bragging rights. The World Cup would be the pinnacle, but the competition and travels of these trophies would be interesting.
43 Go to commentsDon’t worry Sonny bill Williams leave that awkward situation about the curfew in the pass whoever it was it doesn’t matter its no big deal we back our All Blacks through the storm and the thunder until we see the Sun light again.
42 Go to commentsWho listens to this retard? He was a massive liability as a player but obviously a media sensation
42 Go to commentsI’m not surprised by such ‘virtue signalling’ by Sonny Boy. Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. He’s such a pious Islamic muppet, imo.
42 Go to commentsI’ve actually never heard of the guy (then I don’t watch League as it is boring). But if he is good enough.. then good luck to him. If not, well, he can always return to league.
2 Go to commentsIt is pretty clear that by almost any measure that NZ are a more successful rugby nation than South Africa. Quite aside from the distasteful events during the last RWC final. NZ lead SA in all significant measurements.
43 Go to commentsDickson went to his pocket for a card, saw who it was, changed his mind and spoke at length to TMO. One angle clearly shows Care diving over a Saints player to kill the ball. 1st yellow, reason given for not Red was player was falling backwards. He was only falling backwards after contact with Lawes. Graham try should have stood. Mitchell did not have both hands on the ball, ball went forward from a Saints boot dragging over it. 2 intentional knock-on's. One of which had an overlap on the outside. If Quins are happy to win by intentional foul play, then it does not say much for them. Would appear to be a bad day for Karl Dickson, also for the RFU in appointing a Ref who spent 8 years as a player at one of the clubs.
4 Go to commentsLet’s not forget about Ardie Savea just yet.
6 Go to commentsThe URC and the Euro Championscup can’t run at the same time, basically dilutes both competitions.
2 Go to comments“While Sotutu should start at No.8 for the All Blacks against England, but it’s only in that arena that he can prove just how good he really is.” And that my friends is where simply hasnt shone despite multiple opportunities. Even in this performance you can see what did him in in the test arena..he almost always still runs at the opposition almost ramrod upright making him easier to stop than it should be.
6 Go to commentsShould have been 0-0 and a message from SR CEO to both teams - “don’t worry about turning up next year”.
4 Go to commentsGreat work Owen Franks. A great of this team, scoring his first try for the Crusaders since 2010.He was beaming, justifiably. A fine win, he and the rest did the job up front.
1 Go to commentsDanny Care. Lang in die tand.
1 Go to commentsBig empty stadium does nothing for atmosphere but munster are playing well with solid performance
1 Go to commentsYes, Fiji can win the World Cup! With that belief plus their christian faith🙏 and hard work it is achievable. Great article. Ian Duncan Fiji resident 1981-84
2 Go to commentsInteresting comments about Touch. England’s hosting the Touch World Cup this year and the numbers have exploded since their last World Cup in 2019, something like 70% more teams and 40 nations taking part. And England Touch have made a big thing about how many universities are in their BUCS University Touch Championship as well as Sport England membership. Can only see this growing even more domestically as more people become aware of it
10 Go to comments“Cortez Ratima is light years ahead of anyone on current form, while TJ Perenara has also skyrocketed into contention following the unfortunate injury to the talented Cam Roigard.” At last some sanity. Hitherto so many pundits have been wittering on about Finlay Christie to the point one wondered if they were observing a FC in a parallel universe where the FC they saw wasnt just the mediocre Shayne Philpott project of Fosters hapless AB reign in the real world. Ratima, Perenara and Fakatava are the ONLY logical 9s for Razor now Roigard is crocked.
4 Go to commentsThis game was just as painful as the Hurricanes game. It was real fork-in-the-eye stuff.
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