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The Reds continued their impressive 2010 form, also scoring their first back-to-back triumphs in four years, when they smashed a feeble Western Force 50-10 in Brisbane on Sunday.

The flyhalf Quade Cooper in inspirational form, the Reds ran into a 36-3 half-time lead and came out after the break knowing that the game was over as a contest.

Although they didn't shut up shop, a rain shower at the half-time break made life just a touch more difficult for them and they managed just two more tries in the second half.

The Western Force, for all their endeavour, are firmly rooted at the bottom of the standings and along with the Lions two of the teams that didn't look like they belong in the competition.

The scorers:

For the Reds:
Tries: A Faingaa 2, Morahan, Ioane 2, Higginbotham 2
Cons: Cooper 5, Lucas
Pens: Cooper

For the Western Force:
Try: Cross
Con: O'Connor
Pen: O'Connor

Yellow cards: Peter Hynes (Reds, 44 - professional foul, killing the ball deliberately), Anthony Faingaa (Reds, 62 - foul play, high tackle), David Hill (Western Force, 71 - repeated infringements by the team at the breakdown)

Teams:

The Reds:  15 Peter Hynes, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Digby Ioane, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Brando Va'aulu, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (captain), 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Van Humphries, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 Sean Hardman, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Adam Byrnes, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Ben Lucas, 21 Morgan Turinui, 22 Will Chambers.

The Western Force: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Scott Staniforth, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 James O'Connor, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 David Hill, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Stanford, 7 Matt Hodgson, 6 Ben McCalman, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ryan Tyrrell, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Pek Cowan, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Jono Jenkins, 20 Chris O'Young, 21 Sam Harris, 22 Mitch Inman.

Referee: Ian Smith (Australia)
Assistant referees: Paul Marks (Australia), Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
TMO: Steve Leszczynski (Australia)