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Reds Pants Brumbies, Force Scare Highlanders and Tahs Still On Bye

·1 hr 15 min·5 clips

The Reds went 90 metres after a final-restart knock-on and still won in Canberra.

1. Scrumbags Rugby Podcast focuses on the Reds' late win over the Brumbies and the Western Force's narrow loss to the Highlanders. 2. Mitch hosts with Lachie, and their Brisbane-Canberra angle matters because they keep tying the round's results back to Wallabies selection. 3. The episode asks whether the Reds have solved their attack and whether the Brumbies were denied a fair chance at the finish. 4. The Reds were 12 points down with about 100 seconds left before Filippo Dalgurnu dropped the final restart in Canberra. 5. Mitch and Lachie say the Reds then went 90 metres back upfield and finished with a scrum after the Brumbies scrambled to recover. 6. Berni Larkham and Les Kiss are quoted after the match, with both coaches reacting to the restart and the decision process. 7. Morgan Turinui's call that it should have been an accidental offside is used to explain why the Brumbies would have had a different outcome. 8. The hosts argue that the TMO protocol now blocks intervention on a missed knock-on, even when Stan coverage makes the error obvious in slow motion. 9. Jock Campbell is singled out for making the break from inside the 22 and keeping the Reds' final move alive. 10. Carter Gordon is praised for throwing passes "out in front" and for kicking the ball into touch when the game turned to chaos late. 11. Les Kiss is shown smiling after being asked about the restart, which Mitch and Lachie treat as a sign the Reds knew they had got away with one. 12. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto's maul incident on Caden Neville becomes a separate comic talking point, and Lachie says it should have been a yellow card or a send-off. 13. The hosts compare Caden Neville's size to the TV camera problem, which keeps the conversation focused on the absurdity of the moment rather than the scoreline. 14. Treyvon Pritchard's debut gets attention because he came on young, made 50 run metres, and broke a tackle against his brother Caden. 15. Harry Wilson's passing game and Charlie Cale's close-range scoring are treated as two different answers to the Wallabies' number eight question. 16. The Brumbies' missing pieces matter too, with Corey Tool, Andy Muirhead, and Rob Valetini's absence changing the balance of their backline and pack. 17. The Force discussion turns on physicality, lineout steals, and the way the game stayed tight right to the end in Dunedin. 18. Mitch and Lachie use a loose, conversational format with a lot of cross-talk, scoreline correction, and live reaction to refereeing calls. 19. Rugby listeners who follow Australian Super Rugby and Wallabies selection will get the most out of this episode. 20. Casual listeners who want polished, tightly edited analysis may skip it.

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A messy, funny Super Rugby wrap that still gets under the skin of the games.

The episode leans hard into Aussie Super Rugby anxiety: New South Wales are left in mourning after shipping 59 to the Canes, the Force nearly pinched one in Dunedin, and the Brumbies finish leaves plenty to argue about.

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For ref outrage, Force heartbreak, and one very live Australian rugby argument.

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