# 2018 Queensland Reds season

The 2018 Queensland Reds season was the club's 22nd season since the inception of Super Rugby in 1996.

## Squad
### Current squad

The Queensland Reds squad for the 2018 season:
| Reds Super Rugby squad |
| Props Sef Fa'agase Harry Hoopert James Slipper JP Smith Ruan Smith Taniela Tupou Markus Vanzati 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 Jono Lance Ben Lucas Hamish Stewart Teti Tela | Centres Chris Feauai-Sautia Samu Kerevi Duncan Paia'aua Jordan Petaia Wingers Filipo Daugunu Lachlan Maranta Eto Nabuli Jayden Ngamanu Izaia Perese Fullbacks Karmichael Hunt Aidan Toua |
| (c) Denotes team captain and Bold denotes internationally capped. 1 2 3 Quade Cooper, Nick Frisby and Markus Vanzati were initially named in the squad, but later excluded and not required to train with the rest of the squad. Frisby was subsequently loaned out to Bordeaux. 1 2 3 4 Teti Tela, Aidan Toua and Ruan Smith were not initially included in the squad, but was subsequently added. 1 2 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. 1 2 Jordan Petaia was not initially included in the squad, but was named in the matchday squad for their match against the Brumbies. 1 2 Jayden Ngamanu was not initially included in the squad, but was named as a late replacement for their match against the Brumbies. |

### Transfers

| Player | Position | Previous club |
| Harry Hoopert | Prop | Brothers |
| JP Smith | Prop | University of the Sunshine Coast |
| Ruan Smith | Prop | Toyota Verblitz |
| Brandon Paenga-Amosa | Hooker | NSW Country Eagles |
| Angus Blyth | Lock | Bond University |
| Harry Hockings | Lock | University of Queensland |
| Angus Scott-Young | Flanker | Queensland Country |
| Liam Wright | Flanker | Queensland Country |
| Tate McDermott | Scrum-half | Queensland Country |
| Jono Lance | Fly-half | Western Force |
| Ben Lucas | Fly-half | Toyota Verblitz |
| Teti Tela | Fly-half | Queensland Country |
| Jordan Petaia | Centre | Brisbane State High School |
| Filipo Daugunu | Wing | Queensland Country |
| Aidan Toua | Fullback | Brumbies |
| Player | Position | Previous club | Notes |
| Phil Kite | Prop | Vannes | |
| Kirwan Sanday | Prop | Queensland Country | |
| Sam Talakai | Prop | Rebels | |
| David McDuling | Lock | Sydney Rays | |
| Stephen Moore | Hooker | | Retired |
| Cadeyrn Neville | Lock | Toyota Jido Shokki | |
| Rob Simmons | Lock | Waratahs | |
| Leroy Houston | Flanker | Bordeaux | |
| Hendrik Tui | Number eight | Suntory Sungoliath | |
| Nick Frisby | Scrum-half | Bordeaux | |
| Jake McIntyre | Fly-half | Agen | |
| Campbell Magnay | Centre | Suntory Sungoliath | |
| Henry Taefu | Centre | Colomiers | |
| Chris Kuridrani | Wing | Brisbane City | |

## Season summary
### Season results

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

### Standings

| 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 |

## Statistics

Top point scorer :
| No. | Player | Pos. | T | Pen | Con | Pts |
| 1 | Jono Lance | Fly-half | 2 | 15 | 23 | 101 |
| 2 | James Tuttle | Scrum-half | 0 | 10 | 5 | 40 |
| 3 | Filipo Daugunu | Wing | 6 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| 4 | Caleb Timu | Number eight | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Brandon Paenga-Amosa | Hooker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Taniela Tupou | Prop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Samu Kerevi | Centre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Duncan Paia'aua | Centre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Alex Mafi | Hooker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Top try scorer :
| No. | Player | Pos. | T |
| 1 | Filipo Daugunu | Wing | 6 |
| 2 | Caleb Timu | Number eight | 5 |
| 3 | Brandon Paenga-Amosa | Hooker | 4 |
| 3 | Taniela Tupou | Prop | 4 |
| 3 | Samu Kerevi | Centre | 4 |
| 6 | Duncan Paia'aua | Centre | 3 |
| 6 | Alex Mafi | Hooker | 3 |
| 8 | Chris Feauai-Sautia | Centre | 2 |
| 8 | Jono Lance | Fly-half | 2 |
| 8 | Eto Nabuli | Wing | 2 |
| 8 | Jordan Petaia | Centre | 2 |