2018 Queensland Reds season

Queensland Reds
	2018 season
Coach	Brad Thorn
Chairman	Jeff Miller
Super Rugby	4th (Australian conference); 13th (Overall)
Top try scorer	League: Filipo Daugunu; (6 tries)
Top points scorer	League: Jono Lance; (101 points)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2018 Queensland Reds season was the club's 22nd season since the inception of Super Rugby in 1996.

CoachBrad Thorn

ChairmanJeff Miller

Super Rugby4th (Australian conference)
13th (Overall)

Top try scorerLeague: Filipo Daugunu
(6 tries)

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Reds Super Rugby squad
Props Sef Fa'agase Harry Hoopert James Slipper JP Smith Ruan Smith^[b] Taniela Tupou Markus Vanzati^[a] Hookers Alex Mafi Brandon Paenga-Amosa Andrew Ready Locks Angus Blyth Kane Douglas Harry Hockings Izack Rodda Lukhan Tui	Loose forwards Michael Gunn Reece Hewat Scott Higginbotham (c) Adam Korczyk Angus Scott-Young George Smith Caleb Timu Liam Wright Scrum-halves Tate McDermott Moses Sorovi James Tuttle Fly-halves Quade Cooper^[a] Jono Lance Ben Lucas Hamish Stewart Teti Tela^[b]	Centres Chris Feauai-Sautia Samu Kerevi Duncan Paia'aua Jordan Petaia^[d] Wingers Filipo Daugunu Lachlan Maranta Eto Nabuli Jayden Ngamanu^[e] Izaia Perese Fullbacks Karmichael Hunt^[c] Aidan Toua^[b]

(c) Denotes team captain and Bold denotes internationally capped. [a] Quade Cooper, Nick Frisby and Markus Vanzati were initially named in the squad,^[1] but later excluded and not required to train with the rest of the squad.^[2] Frisby was subsequently loaned out to Bordeaux.^[3] [b] Teti Tela,^[4] Aidan Toua^[5] and Ruan Smith^[6] were not initially included in the squad, but was subsequently added. [c] Karmichael Hunt was included in the Reds' squad, but subsequently voluntarily stood down after he was arrested and pleaded guilty to the possession of alprazolam.^[7] [d] Jordan Petaia was not initially included in the squad, but was named in the matchday squad for their match against the Brumbies.^[8] [e] Jayden Ngamanu was not initially included in the squad, but was named as a late replacement for their match against the Brumbies.^[9]

Rnd	Date & local time		Team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
1	Bye
2	Friday, 23 February (7:45 pm)	A	Rebels	45–19	AAMI Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	10,021	^[10]
3	Saturday, 2 March (7:00 pm)	H	Brumbies	18–10	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	11,034	^[11]
4	Saturday, 10 March (6:45 pm)	H	Bulls	20–14	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	11,827	^[12]
5	Saturday, 17 March (6:40 pm)	A	Jaguares	7–19	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina		^[13]
6	Saturday, 24 March (5:15 pm)	A	Stormers	25–19	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa		^[14]
7	Bye
8	Saturday, 7 April (7:45 pm)	A	Brumbies	45–21	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia	7,598	^[15]
9	Saturday, 14 April (7:45 pm)	A	Waratahs	37–16	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	15,648	^[16]
10	Saturday, 21 April (7:45 pm)	H	Chiefs	12–36	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	14,002	^[17]
11	Saturday, 28 April (3:05 pm)	H	Lions	27–22	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	12,368	^[18]
12	Bye
13	Saturday, 12 May (12:05 pm)	A	Sunwolves	63–28	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan		^[19]
14	Friday, 18 May (7:35 pm)	A	Hurricanes	38–34	Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand		^[20]
15	Saturday, 26 May (7:45 pm)	H	Highlanders	15–18	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	11,729	^[21]
16	Saturday, 2 June (7:45 pm)	H	Waratahs	41–52	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	14,452	^[22]
17	Friday, 29 June (7:35 pm)	A	Blues	39–16	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand		^[23]
18	Friday, 6 July (7:45 pm)	H	Rebels	37–23	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	10,340	^[24]
19	Friday, 13 July (7:45 pm)	H	Sunwolves	48–27	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	11,057	^[25]

Australian Conference
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
3	Brumbies	16	7	0	9	393	422	–29	56	52	2	4	34
4	Reds	16	6	0	10	389	501	−112	49	66	1	3	28
5	Sunwolves	16	3	0	13	404	664	−260	48	99	0	2	14

Overall standings
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
12	Bulls	16	6	0	10	441	502	−61	59	66	2	3	29
13	Reds	16	6	0	10	389	501	−112	49	66	1	3	28
14	Blues	16	4	0	12	378	509	−131	50	66	2	4	22

2018 Queensland Reds season

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