The Brumbies are in Singapore this weekend for the World Club 10’s tournament.
With a fair chunk of the Brumbies away on national duties with the Wallabies, coach Stephen Larkham has taken away a 16-man squad without most of the household names but will still boast a competitive side.
The team will be lead by Robbie Coleman who took the Brumbies all the way when they won the final at the World Club 7’s at Twickenham last year after a late try from Henry Speight. The squad includes three other players involved in that win – Andrew Smith, Jordan Smiler and Rodney Iona.
Robbie Coleman and Stephen Larkham looking to add another trophy to the cabinet
The two day tournament will take place at the 55,000 seat Singapore National Stadium and will be the first event at the new stadium which boasts a retractable roof and cooling system.
There will be eight teams split into two pools with the Brumbies drawn alongside the Cardiff Blues, Asia Pacific Dragons who are coached by former All Black Tana Umaga, with Petrarca Rugby from Italy rounding out Pool B.
The other pool sees the Auckland Blues lead by Piri Weepu, French side Biarritz, London Welsh and a Samoan side.
Fox Sports will be televising the event with delayed coverage on Saturday on Fox Sports 2 from 8PM EST following the New Zealand v England Test.
The knockout stages on Sunday will be shown live across various Fox Sports channels:
12:00PM-2PM Fox Sports 2
4:00PM-5:30PM Fox Sports 1
7:00PM-9:00PM Fox Sports 2
Squad
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1. Les Makin
2. Josh Mann-Rea
3. Jordan Smiler
4. Ruan Smith
5. Lachlan McCaffrey
6. Conrad Hoffmann
7. Andrew Smith
8. Leon Power
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9. Rodney Iona
10. Lionel Cronje
11. Michael Dowsett
12. Jesse Mogg
13. Robbie Coleman (C)
14. Nigel Ah Wong
15. Ruaidhri Murphy
16. Jack Whetton
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Brumbies Fixtures
Saturday (times EST)
1:15pm vs Petrarca Rugby
4:24pm vs Asia-Pacific Dragons
8:24pm vs Cardiff Blues
A full list of fixtures can be found here
