Reds centre dropped for disciplinary reasons

Queensland Reds centre Hamish Stewart has shot himself in the foot by breaking team protocol and has subsequently been axed from the side to face the Brumbies this weekend.

It is understood that Stewart reported for a rehabilitation session in a somewhat less than desirable state. He is now set to play club rugby this weekend.

“It was around a discipline issue internally about our standards, but it’s allowed us to see that Wallaby combination together and a guy we rate very highly, Josh Flook, to be named,” Thorn explained.

“Hamish we rate highly (but) never open the door at this level for someone else, that’d be my thoughts.

“Hamish is a great guy, he’ll be back involved but you don’t want to give guys an opportunity – that’s competitive rugby.”

Thorn added some comments on the rest of his backline which is shaping up to be one of the most potent in Australia:

“There’s some specimens there,” Thorn said.

“Suli is continuing his learning and thi s will be another step and that centre combination we saw a touch of in the Test series.

“You can have names on paper but it’s how they work together.

“So we’ll keep pretty grounded there, let’s see some actions around how we play because like I said we haven’t been happy.”