Thorn’s decision to bench big names comes back to bite Reds – and Australian rugby – Fox Sports

A week ago Australian rugby was basking in the aftermath of a thrilling final.
Two Australian teams not willing to give an inch and 40,000 glorious people in the stands chanting we are red.
It had been almost a decade since that chant echoed around Suncorp Stadium.
Kids went to sleep on their pillows dreaming of their heroes and woke up wanting to pick up a rugby ball; parents rose with rugby on the pages of newspapers and hoped the game was at long last back on track.
A week later and the defeats…

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