Reds' new way 今後 in 地位,任命する-Kerevi 時代
Samu Kerevi's gone but in James O'Connor the Queensland Reds 誇る a different way 今後 that new captain Liam Wright says can 抑えるのをやめる their 十分な 可能性のある.
Wright was 発表するd captain on Wednesday, the 22-year-old 取って代わるing Japan-bound Kerevi at the 舵輪/支配 of a squad that 現在/一般に features just one player over 30.
Former Reds 支援する James O'Connor is 支援する though, while fellow centre 選択 Jordan Petaia played just one 十分な game before a serious foot 傷害 spoiled his 2019 season.
Kerevi led the 最高の Rugby in runs and 取り組む 破産した/(警察が)手入れするs, while making the second-most metres last season for a 味方する that 行方不明になるd the プレーオフs after 記録,記録的な/記録するing a 6 勝利,勝つ, 10 loss 正規の/正選手 season.
O'Connor, who could 回転/交替 between both inside centre and flyhalf this season, can take on the line but is more inclined to pass or kick than Kerevi.
"It's pretty obvious that most of our game 計画(する) went through Samu," Wright said.
"He's such a destructive 走者 and changes the game, but it gives us a good 適切な時期 to play a different style and whoever we select at No.12, we can play a more expansive game."
"We're probably going to try and 抑えるのをやめる it a bit more, instead of playing that bullocking game that Samu had."
O'Connor agreed he was far from a like-for-like Kerevi 交替/補充.
"I don't have the carrying abilities of Samu, but I have my own little plays," he said.
"You have to adapt and I have 追加するd a little bit to my repertoire."
Gold Coast 製品 O'Connor was 解放(する)d from the final season of his two-year を取り引きする the Reds in 2015, に引き続いて stints with the Western 軍隊 and Melbourne 反逆者/反逆するs.
But the 29-year-old has returned to Australia from a second European stint with a 円熟したd 見通し that has seen him return to the Wallabies 倍の.
"I'm coming home trying to bring some success 支援する to Queensland," O'Connor said.
"There's talented guys in this backline and I want to get the best out of them."
The Reds won a maiden 最高の Rugby 肩書を与える in 2011 but 港/避難所't featured in 決勝戦 since 2013.
"Stay with us," O'Connor said of his message to fans.
"一般に Queensland brought through some 広大な/多数の/重要な schoolboys and we'd sort of lost that, so I'm impressed with what they've done recently," he said.
"We want to play for this team, this 明言する/公表する."