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Passes won't stick sometimes when you play the style of football we're trying, but this was the same style that beat a better Hurricanes team last year, the same style that flogged the Tahs in Sydney and robbed them of a realistic path to the final, and the same style that killed the Chiefs last...

Things I'm a fan of: Making your tackles; Exiting your own half; Breakdown security. Not seeing any of those so far.

I had a model that I threw together a year ago, which I'll summarise here. (edit: the table formatting screwed up and I can't really be bothered to fix it at the moment.) Tier One is created from the top 10 teams in the world rankings. They play a home-away round-robin of eighteen games over...

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2019 Schedule: Round 01 (30 March): Queanbeyan (10) lost to Canberra (23) Tuggeranong (26) lost to Gungahlin (29) Bye: Easts, Norths, Wests Round 02 (6 April): Gungahlin (74) def Easts (5) Queanbeyan (23) lost to Norths (40) Wests (47) drew with Tuggeranong (47) Bye: Canberra Round 03 (13...

I went out to clangers to watch it, I haven't seen enough of some of our youngsters and was interested by the names I didn't know. Sadly, the names that aren't associated with the Brumbies are noticably a class below.

I have every reason to believe we can win. I also have every reason to believe that Beauden Barrett can beat anyone. So....... Should be a fun game.

Brumbies Runners won 49 (T: Hansen (2), Brown (2), Douglas, Farrell, Scott; C: Lonergan (6), Goddard) to 14 (T: Dabeck, Latu; C: Polson (2)). Had a little bit of everything: pushover try for Scott, good linebreaks and speed making the tries for Scott, Farrell, and Brown's second, Douglas just...

I have a sneaking suspicion that Hodge will only get gametime at wing or fullback this season. The less-good Romanians down in Melbourne are pretty stacked and a non-starter will struggle to get into the national side.

You've absolutely nailed the props and, probably, the locks. I expect that TPN will still be in the picture, and Uelese will depend on his return from a serious injury. Much as I love McCaffrey, he's a Fardy-lite and Cheika didn't even want a Fardy. I can see a world where Timu, Hanigan, or...

Initial as in 22 November 2017, as in before 26 November 2017. Again, whatever. The deal, in some way, went from one year to two years. Not going to say don't respond, but I think my point here is pretty clear.

I don't believe the announcement said this for no reason: Source: https://www.brumbies.com.au/2017/11/peni-wings-plus500-brumbies/ Maybe it had an option to extend? Maybe they made an ammendment during the season? I don't know and I don't care. The initial announcement was for a year, and...

I think more needs to be done to enable teams to defend mauls, as the current punishment of losing the ball if held up is not enough. I'd almost go so far as to ban intentional mauls from a set-picee. Almost.

Speight has definitely earned his reputation as a fan favourite. Many fans have strong memories of Speight making something from nothing in attack, and some truly spectacular finishes, but I was always just as impressed by his defence. When I said he was our best back in 2017, I said: I stand...

Round 2 of Super Rugby, and we had another good week of refereeing Federico Anselmi made consistently good calls to facilitate a cracking game of rugby that went down to the wire. AJ Jacobs let the game flow really well, making good use of advantage. I get why people think a yellow card after a...

Bringing this over from the match thread. I think tremendously highly of Muirhead, who many fans seem to dismiss as the next Robbie Coleman (i.e. technically gifted but too small). Maybe I'm biased towards a Royals player who plays like Joe Roff, but his main (and only significant) weakness in...

My favourite scrum half not named Parra! Come back to Canberra!

Slipper is inferior to Sio, but the best way to measure where he is after his injuries is to start him. He’s still a good tackler, and does his work around the park, but so does Sio. When it comes to the running game, winning turnovers, and scrummaging, Sio is better.

I don't think there is a realistic scenario where Beale and Hunt are on the field together and Beale isn't at 12. He's the best 12 in Aus and Hunt has done much more at fullback to impress than he has at centre.

Don’t know where you were viewing mate, but our whole bay was jumping up non-stop! Brumbies also hold the distinction of being the only team to put 50 on the Crusaders. Think the Blues and the Jaguares are the only teams we haven’t done it to.