Deadly Reds duo Will Genia and Quade Cooper back to hunt as pack Queensland Reds halfback Will Genia takes on the Bulls defence. JUST as Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath bowled at their best feeding off each other, the old firm of Will Genia and Quade Cooper are far more potent when hunting as a pair. Never has that been more evident than last night at Suncorp Stadium. The Reds came alive almost from the moment Genia decided to make his first decisive dart 35 minutes into his second game back from injury. No player in recent memory has returned from major knee surgery as seamlessly as Genia. Wallabies fullback Chris Latham pushed the limits to get back in double-quick time in 2007 but even he had club time before going into a Bledisloe Cup Test in Auckland. When Genia runs, it frees flyhalf Cooper so much more to operate. Defences can put a wall up to stall one of them on one side of the ruck but the other then snipes down the blindside, as Genia did last night. Cooper will get a huge confidence boast from his most decisive game of the year. He ran strongly, his fingertip off-loads were good and he looked as if he was playing with clear directions to keep it simple. He is so much better when he sees two options in every situation not half a dozen involving chip kicks and diving through blazing hoops. There were still sweaty brows. If Bjorn Basson had scored on fulltime rather than stepping into touch, superboot Morne Steyn would have lined up a conversion from the sideline which could have killed the Reds season with a 25-23 loss. Skipper James Horwill played half a game and will upgrade to an hour against the Highlanders in Dunedin on Friday night. It was good to get started again. There is no substitute for playing," Horwill said with satisfaction after his first footy since May, 2012. I felt the enthusiasm was definitely there from everyone. Read that as no pushed passes and wasteful errors but the building of phases to apply pressure.