Versatile Wallaroos veteran Lori Cramer will slot into flyhalf in a revamped Queensland Reds women\u2019s side for Sunday\u2019s high-stakes visit to Sydney.<\/p>\n
Only the Reds\u2019 first victory over the NSW Waratahs in Swyftx Super Rugby Women\u2019s will give the determined team a chance at playing finals.<\/p>\n
Cramer was back on the field at Reds training at Ballymore on Tuesday night after a whirlwind week in London where she played for the women\u2019s Barbarians against Wales at Twickenham last weekend.<\/p>\n
Cramer\u2019s switch from fullback to No.10 is the same move made late last season when her cool control of play was pivotal to two of the Reds\u2019 best wins of the season over the Western Force and Fijian Drua at Ballymore.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the backline, Australian sevens star Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea will start at outside centre after playing 27 minutes off the bench against the Drua last weekend.<\/p>\n
Flyer Charlie Brigstocke has been selected for her Reds debut on the wing. Her two-try audition in the trial against the ACT Brumbies in Canberra in May was a glimpse of her best traits.<\/p>\n
In the pack, head Coach Andrew Fraser has switched captain Jemma Bemrose from the backrow to lock.<\/p>\n
Wallaroo Dillyn Blackburn comes into the backrow to start.<\/p>\n
Off the bench, hooker Ella Hopper will make her Reds debut after beating the ankle injury that disrupted her season.<\/p>\n
Experienced trio Tanya Kalounivale, Vineta Teutau and Sarah Riordan will add powerful impact as forwards from the bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cLori is back from a big week away and a huge experience with the Barbarians. She did a good job at No.10 at the back end of last season with the way she controlled things,\u201d Fraser said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are hopeful she\u2019ll be able to free up some of our big ball-runners.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlysia showed in her limited minutes last weekend that she has not forgotten anything about XVs rugby,<\/p>\n
\u201cShe brings physicality and confrontation to the centres and she\u2019ll have a good match-up against Wallaroo Georgie Friedrichs.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlie is a power athlete with real speed and is hard to stop when she gets into space. She showed some good signs in the trials, she trains really well and we are keen to see her in this one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prop Eva Karpani scored a stunning try against the Drua when she skittled defenders and completed it with a miracle one-handed dot-down in the corner with tacklers draped over her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can believe she did that because that’s the kind of player that Eva is,\u201d Fraser said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has real X-factor and we are delighted to have her in a Reds jersey against her old club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fraser said selections balanced the game plan and finishing with impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some real power to finish the game from the bench with the likes of Vineta, Sarah and Tanya,\u201d Fraser said.<\/p>\n
Fraser said the Reds were up for the challenge in Sydney.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Western Force have shown it (beating NSW) can be done and we lost to the Force on the bell,\u201d Fraser said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to beat them. We want to show the resilience we have built since the pre-season with a strong performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Queensland Reds vs NSW Waratahs<\/p>\n
Leichhardt Oval, Sydney<\/p>\n
4:05pm, Sunday<\/p>\n
Watch Live on Stan Sport<\/p>\n
Queensland Reds<\/p>\n
1 Hayley Glass \u2013 University of Queensland<\/p>\n
2 Zophronia Setu – University of Queensland<\/p>\n
3 Eva Karpani – Bond University<\/p>\n
4 Lucy Thorpe – Bond University<\/p>\n
5 Jemma Bemrose (c) – Bond University<\/p>\n
6 Zoe Hanna – Bond University<\/p>\n
7 Dillyn Blackburn \u2013 Wests<\/p>\n
8 Tiarna Molloy – Brothers<\/p>\n
9 Sarah Dougherty – GPS<\/p>\n
10 Lori Cramer \u2013 University of Queensland<\/p>\n
11 Piper Flynn – Easts<\/p>\n
12 Ava Wereta – Bond University<\/p>\n
13 Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea – Australian Sevens<\/p>\n
14 Charlie Brigstocke* – GPS<\/p>\n
15 Harmony Vatau – Sunnybank<\/p>\n
Reserves<\/p>\n
16 Ella Hopper* – Brothers<\/p>\n
17 Jordan Neal – Brothers<\/p>\n
18 Tanya Kalounivale – GPS<\/p>\n
19 Vineta Teutau \u2013 Brothers<\/p>\n
20 Sarah Riordan – Brothers<\/p>\n
21 Evie Sampson – Bond University<\/p>\n
22 Charity Wightman-Beaven – University of Queensland<\/p>\n
23 Briana Dascombe \u2013 Easts<\/p>\n
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