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For me that last ten to twelve mins was a bridge to far for the Brumbies. Pulu came on and ignited the Chiefs and where earlier in the game Brumbies were a wall, now the Chiefs sniping worked. Add the errors we saw at 68mins plus and the opportunities to maraud the Chiefs lines soon came to...

Giteau is about Giteau. If the Rebels felt O'Connor was stifling the younger players it makes even less sense to bring in a player like him. I still have visions of him crabbing up and down the line for the brumbies in 2011.

logo changed, till Sunday. Ok, maybe Monday! Go Brumbies!

cheap speculation but his negativity to other players, if true, might say more about his unhappiness at the franchise than anything else. Hurricanes is the right place I think, but Hammett is another matter. I also think Nonu puts effort in but it often appears misguided, he certainly...

What did you want, him to play in the scrums as well? If anything he is guilty of trying to take on too much at the Rebels. I can understand the logic for letting him go even though I don't agree with it, but it has nothing to do with his individual performance. The guy is one of the best...

Some of the posts here suggesting JOC (James O'Connor) is over rated make my head spin. There is some serious hair cut hate going on. So lets try a little Super Rugby 2013 trivia game. How many players in the whole comp made 5 or more linebreaks this year? 65 (12%) How many of those ran 650+ metres? 44 How...

Or you could merge the thread with the Squad thread to save mod blood pressure Cyclo ;)

You aren't alone, there is 13 teams out there doing the same thing. And next week it will be 14. Factor in all the close games, the 50 50s, the unlucky injury streaks for some. Sport is a cruel yet beautiful mistress.

Ironic given I am a Waikato management grad!

I can see why SA teams would go elsewhere, the travel is brutal for all involved in particular SA teams but I sincerely believe it would be a backward step for the standard of downunder rugby. Much of our player development comes from playing the other conferences at Super Rugby level it seems to me.

What a great game. Cruden was superb. That try by Masaga was insane, damn but he was amped up.

Tough ask to win in Hamilton after the last two games, but the Chiefs would be silly to underestimate them, they still had fuel in the tank at the end of the game.

We already knew they were dire last week. And you are right, that is a small nitpick :rolleyes:

Slim I think your 1i-ness o_O is showing again, but I'll agree Fardy has had a couple of good games. On Harris, I see a lot of potential in him and was disappointed he didn't see more time at 12 for the Reds this year so very surprised to see Ewen has stepped him up. That said I see him as a...

Bullrush, to me it is a reason, not an excuse. You only had to watch Horwill and Genia to see they were playing sub par. Key Brumby Wallabies were also flat - Moore notably, Mowen also. The Lions Tour took it out of them physically and more importantly mentally, end of as far as I am...

I think sober reflection will say we paid the piper for the Lions series, we had a very strong lead in, and now we have some flattened players physically and mentally. The Brumbies recovered, but bear in mind the Reds were also short a lot of crucial players. The good news is that the Lions...

Some really good thoughts and discussion coming through. Re Rene Ranger I can only conclude Hansen has completely lost the plot letting him leave when they have already lost SBW. Quite probably the most devastating runner in world rugby since Kaino went yen hunting and the kiwis have cut him...

In reply to Athilnaur: The delicious irony of this statement. Almost worthy of Bruce Ross status but the evident self deprecation side steps, does a soaring swan dive redolent of a famous English winger, and crashes to earth, sans ball.

if Kimlin shows some of the form he had in the Brumbies Lions game I'd have him ahead of MMM and by a fair margin, the lad was immense in that game.