Reds (Super rugby team) season 2009
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Current squad
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Props
- Ben DaleyBen DaleyBen Daley is a national representative rugby union footballer who plays professionally for the Queensland Reds. In 2008 Daley joined the Queensland Reds as a rookie and in the same year played for the Australia U20 side...
- Dayna Edwards
- Greg HolmesGreg HolmesGreg Holmes is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has played for Australia. His usual position is at prop.-Career:...
- Jack Kennedy
- Laurie WeeksLaurie Weeks (rugby union)Laurie Weeks is a national representative rugby union footballer who plays professionally for the Melbourne Rebels. He made his debut for the Reds in February 2009 against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria...
Hookers
- Saia FaingaaSaia FaingaaSaia Fainga'a is an Australian rugby union player.-Career:Faing'aa was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. He played at hooker for Australia's most successful Super 14 side – Brumbies — replacing Jeremy Paul who retired in 2007. Since making his debut for the Brumbies in 2004 against the...
- Sean HardmanSean HardmanSean Hardman is an Australian rugby union player who plays Hooker for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition.-Career:...
Locks
- Adam ByrnesAdam ByrnesAdam Byrnes is an International professional rugby union player. His position is lock. Byrnes played 2 seasons, 2005/06 & 2006/07, for the Heineken Cup Champion side Leinster in Ireland. Byrnes then made his Super Rugby debut for the Queensland Reds in 2009, and played there into 2010...
- James HorwillJames HorwillJames Horwill is an Australian rugby union player, a national and provincial representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the...
(c) - Van HumphriesVan HumphriesVan Humphries is an Australian rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition.-Career:...
- Rob SimmonsRob Simmons (rugby union)Rob Simmons is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has also represented Australia. His position is lock.-External links:...
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Loose forwards
- Daniel BraidDaniel BraidDaniel Joshua Braid is a rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Super Rugby team the Blues...
- Scott HigginbothamScott HigginbothamScott Higginbotham is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 15 competition. He can play anywhere in the backrow.-Career:...
- Leroy HoustonLeroy HoustonLeroy Houston, grew up in Shannon, New Zealand. Houston is an Australian Rugby Union who played for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition. He now plays in France, in the Top14 with Union Bordeaux-Bègles.-Career:...
- Poutasi LuafutuPoutasi LuafutuPoutasi Vaiofiso Tuasivi Luafutu is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition...
- Hugh McMenimanHugh McMenimanHugh McMeniman is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Kubota in Japan and has played for Australia. His favoured position is blindside flanker but he can also play lock.-Career:...
- Ezra Taylor
Half Backs
- Will GeniaWill GeniaWill Genia is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australian rugby union player who plays at scrum-half for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition, in which he debuted round one, 2007. Currently, he plays for the Wallabies.-Career:...
- Ben Lucas
Fly Halfs
- Berrick BarnesBerrick BarnesBerrick Barnes is an Australian rugby union footballer with the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre and he previously played for the Queensland Reds....
- Quade CooperQuade CooperQuade S. Cooper is a New Zealand born Australian rugby union player.He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team, generally as fly-half.-Career:...
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Centres
- Blair ConnorBlair Connor (rugby union)Blair Connor born 29 September 1988 in Brisbane, Australia is a rugby union from Brisbane, Australia. He played for the Queensland Reds in the 2009, 2010 Super 14 season...
- Anthony FaingaaAnthony FaingaaAnthony Fainga'a started his professional rugby career alongside his twin brother Saia Fainga'a at the Brumbies in Canberra, after growing up in nearby Queanbeyan.-Career:...
- Charlie FetoaiCharlie FetoaiCharlie Fetoai born 11 January 1987 in Auckland, New Zealand is a rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition.Charlie Fetoai's position of choice is as a centre....
- Morgan TurinuiMorgan TurinuiMorgan Turinui is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays for French rugby side Stade Francais.-Early life:...
Wings
- Peter Hynes
- Digby IoaneDigby IoaneDigby Ioane is an Australian rugby union footballer playing for the Queensland Reds. He has previously played for the Western Force in their inaugural year in 2006 to 2007, and has been capped 11 times for the Wallabies.-Early life:...
- Brando Va'auluBrando Va'auluBrando Va'aulu is a New Zealand rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14.-Career:Born in Auckland, Va'aulu's position of choice is as a wing. He was a member of the Under 19 World Cup winning side.-External links:*...
Full Backs
- Rodney DaviesRodney DaviesRodney Davies is a rugby union player who is currently plays for the Queensland Reds and is a former rugby league footballer.-Early life:...
- Mark McLindenMark McLindenMark McLinden is an Australian professional rugby union and rugby league player.Mark McLinden plays for the Queensland Reds, in the Super 14. He previously played Rugby League for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League and Harlequins Rugby League in the European Super League.McLinden's...
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| Anthony Faingaa
Anthony Faingaa
Anthony Fainga'a started his professional rugby career alongside his twin brother Saia Fainga'a at the Brumbies in Canberra, after growing up in nearby Queanbeyan.-Career:...
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Australia Brumbies || Super 14Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
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| Saia Faingaa
Saia Faingaa
Saia Fainga'a is an Australian rugby union player.-Career:Faing'aa was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. He played at hooker for Australia's most successful Super 14 side – Brumbies — replacing Jeremy Paul who retired in 2007. Since making his debut for the Brumbies in 2004 against the...
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Australia Brumbies || Super 14Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
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| Daniel Braid
Daniel Braid
Daniel Joshua Braid is a rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Super Rugby team the Blues...
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New Zealand Blues || Super 14Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
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New Zealand Highlanders || Super 14Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
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| Mark McLinden
Mark McLinden
Mark McLinden is an Australian professional rugby union and rugby league player.Mark McLinden plays for the Queensland Reds, in the Super 14. He previously played Rugby League for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League and Harlequins Rugby League in the European Super League.McLinden's...
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Kingdom of England Harlequins RL || European Super LeagueSuper League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
(Rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
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| Rodney Davies
Rodney Davies
Rodney Davies is a rugby union player who is currently plays for the Queensland Reds and is a former rugby league footballer.-Early life:...
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Australia Brisbane BroncosBrisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
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National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
(Rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
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| Stephen Moore ||
Australia Brumbies || Super 14Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
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| Rodney Blake
Rodney Blake
Rodney Blake is a professional Australian rugby union footballer. He plays prop for the Melbourne Rebels. He previously played for Bayonne in France. He is sometimes referred to as Rodzilla. His father Paul is a former Otago flanker. In June 2006, Blake made his debut for the Wallabies.- Career...
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Early Modern France RC NarbonneRC Narbonne
Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée is a French rugby union club that play in the second-level Rugby Pro D2, after finishing at the bottom of the 2006-07 Top 14 table....
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Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between both the Top 14 and Fédérale 1, the third-level competition...
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| Sam Cordingley
Sam Cordingley
Sam Cordingley is an Australian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the international Super Rugby competition. He was educated at the St Patrick's Marist school, Dundas.-Career:...
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Early Modern France FC GrenobleFC Grenoble
Football Club de Grenoble Alpes Rugby is a French rugby union club which, until recently, competed in the top level of the French league system. They play at Stade Lesdiguières . They wear red and blue.-History:...
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Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between both the Top 14 and Fédérale 1, the third-level competition...
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| Clinton Schifcofske
Clinton Schifcofske
Clinton Schifcofske is an Australian rugby league footballer for the Crusaders in the European Super League. He has previously played for Irish rugby union club Ulster in the Magners League competition and also he spent a year with Queensland Reds in the Super 14...
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Republic of Ireland UlsterUlster Rugby
Ulster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Ulster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Belfast, representing the Irish province of Ulster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...
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| Chris Latham ||
Kingdom of England Worcester Warriors || Guinness PremiershipGuinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...
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| David Croft || Retired || N/A
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| John Roe || Retired || N/A
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Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
- No D/L Savings in Brisbane
Week 4
Week 5
- No D/L Savings in Brisbane
Week 6
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Australia RedsQueensland Reds
The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
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South Africa StormersStormers
The Stormers, for sponsorship reasons referred to as DHL Stormers, are a South African rugby union team based in Cape Town competing in the Super Rugby competition . Despite their lack of silverware over the years, their home stadium, Newlands, typically draws the highest average attendance figures...
Week 7
- No D/L Savings in Brisbane, Sunday 29 March D/L Savings ends in Perth.
Week 8
- Sunday, 5 April D/L Savings Ends in Australia and New Zealand.
Week 9
- Easter Weekend
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Leading Try Scorers
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| align="left"|Digby Ioane
Digby Ioane
Digby Ioane is an Australian rugby union footballer playing for the Queensland Reds. He has previously played for the Western Force in their inaugural year in 2006 to 2007, and has been capped 11 times for the Wallabies.-Early life:...
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| align="left"|Peter Hynes
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| align="left"|Scott Higginbotham
Scott Higginbotham
Scott Higginbotham is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 15 competition. He can play anywhere in the backrow.-Career:...
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| align="left"|Van Humphries
Van Humphries
Van Humphries is an Australian rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition.-Career:...
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| align="left"|Quade Cooper
Quade Cooper
Quade S. Cooper is a New Zealand born Australian rugby union player.He currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and the Australia national rugby union team, generally as fly-half.-Career:...
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