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AAP Sports News (Australia)
04-18-2008
RugbyU: Reds wreck Force's Super 14 playoff hopes



BRISBANE, Australia, April 18, 2008 (AFP) - Queensland Reds torpedoed
Western Force's playoff hopes with a 29-12 upset victory in an all-Australian
Super 14 rugby match here Friday.

The Reds bounced back from a troubled season for their third victory of the
campaign, scoring three tries against the bumbling try-less Force.

While the Reds have little chance of reaching the semi-finals, the
Perth-based Force were up until recently considered Australia's best provincial
team, yet three successive defeats have them dropping out of contention.

Force skipper Nathan Sharpe lambasted his team's ...

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