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THE Queensland Reds are now wooden-spoon contenders and their 30 per cent winning rate is set to cost the team several Wallabies jerseys.
With their finals hopes extinct, the Reds need a shock win against the in-form Crusaders at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday to reclaim their Australian jerseys.
Their chances of victory received a major blow on Monday when prop James Slipper was suspended for three weeks for a lifting tackle.
Slipper is one of few Reds in-line to earn back his Wallabies jersey this year.
Potential Wallabies-captain James Horwill on Monday made the blunt assessment that if the Reds do not reverse their poor form, history shows players will be on the couch when the Test series against France kicks off next month.
Quade Cooper of the Reds is crunched by George Moala in the Reds' heavy loss to the Blues. Source: Getty Images
Nine Reds players saw regular Test action in the Wallabies November tour of the Northern hemisphere - Horwill, Quade Cooper, Will Genia, James Slipper, Rob Simmons, Saia Faingaa, Liam Gill, Chris Feauai-Sautia and Mike Harris.
Those numbers could be reduced to four for the France series, with Horwill, Cooper, Genia and Simmons the only players likely to be picked.
The Reds have won three of their ten games this season. They are 13th on the table with the Stormers and Cheetahs only one point behind them.
Horwill's form has been patchy this year and Waratahs giant No.6 Will Skelton is heaping pressure on his position and if the Reds' veteran does not start the game the captaincy will go to Brumbies hooker Stephen Moore.
"The team going well in Super Rugby predominantly has the most Wallabies. We understand that," Horwill said on Monday.
Reds centre Ben Tapuai is one of the few to perform consistently for Queensland this season. Source: Getty Images
"I'm worrying about getting the Reds winning. That's my sole focus.
"We are heaping pressure on ourselves by back to back negatives. You may have a knock on or a mistake … and then on top of that we might give away a stupid penalty and that piggy backs teams into your end of the field.
"The teams that are playing with possession in the opposition half are going well.
"We can all be guilty of trying too hard. That can be a detriment to some things.
"Guys like Will and Quade are very competitive and want to win all the time. Individually they want to do well but they want the team to do well.
"Sometimes it can be a case of doing too much as an individual and not allowing the team to help you.
"The people who are going to help us are the guys in the meeting room and the 30 odd players. No one else is going to help us."
Tickets for the Wallabies first Test against France, at Suncorp Stadium, go on sale Tuesday morning.
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