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Very little to take away from this game. Maddocks, mafi and Reid have looked the best of the Rebels IMO. English as well.

Really soft high tackle from stirzacker. These new world rugby laws absolutely blow and don't even make the game that much safer.

Fuck me it is absolutely empty. It does go late though so let's hope people turn up soon or we certainly won't be seeing it next year. Idiots should've sold cheap 1 day tickets.

I've also heard all around the place that hes an absolutely terrible trainer (could be a reason for his longevity). Apparently he used to (don't know if he still does) flat out refuse to do things like beep tests. Would pull out at 6 or 7 as things started picking up. He's probably a real...

For me thats a really solid backline, but it all depends on Lance staying fit and firing. Newsomes an exciting prospect, as was Burton a few years back so it'll be interesting to see if he stays fit. For me, Colemans very meh but he's a solid plug and utility back. Brache is, well, Brache...

Haha the "Plus500" naming sponsorship will make things confusing for Brumbies fans this season. From the article: "Waratahs 53 Plus500 Brumbies 17" That makes it sound like we put 553 points on them. Geez - it was bad but it wasn't that bad.

My friends all give me endless shit because I unashamedly adore watching England play. Sure my ideal style is 2011 Reds / 2014 Tahs but theres no doubt I love seeing a bunch of massive, pale, angry, austerity-measures-and-freezing-weather-influenced NHers smash into each other from time to...

I think Horwitz is hardly done by around these parts and I think he wont let us down if he makes the field this season, but yes, Simone does seem have a certain aura about him doesn't he? Its important we dont set standards too high however. He's fresh and should be treated as such. I'm...

I'm sorry I know I said I'd stop but I'm amazed by some of the optimism on display by Brumbies fans in this thread. Last year, in terms of competition points, the Brumbies placed equal 7th from 18 with 43 points, but were within a single victory of the Blues of the Blues with 39 points at...

Thats kind of my point. Its just a trial match for the Tahs, we played a B/C team. Theres a fair way we can go from here. Where do the Brumbies go? Start Alexander, Ala'alatoa and Sio? Then what? Regardless I'll stop being a negative nancy. I've made my point here and elsewhere.

Fuck me Dismal I think you've finally broken. Just when things are looking up for the Blues big bad Patty's gone and overdosed on stiffy pills. What other secrets will turn up in the Blues players drug tests? Next thing you know SBW will be tested and gender transition hormones will show...

The problem is that it was far too close to the Brumbies starting 23 to lose to a Waratahs team that was very, very far from their starting 23. Who were you missing? Sio is all I can really think of. As I mentioned, the Tahs were missing: Folau, Foley, Holloway, Hooper, Horne, Kepu...

I think this really nails the problems the Brumbies face in the pack (and perhaps the entire team) as you seem to stock a lot of very, very similar players in terms their skill sets and what they offer. Who in the Brumbies pack is going to do this? Who provides the go forward? The big...

The 3rd 3rd: Waratahs 53 - Brumbies 17 Its important to note, as I haven't yet, that the stream was excellent quality so hats off to whoever organised that. The Tahs completely outclassed the Brumbies, which is interesting given the fact that some posters here had picked the Brumbies squad...

The 2nd 3rd: Waratahs 29 - Brumbies 12. In terms of team efforts, the Tahs scrum looked good until Ben Alexander and Saia Fainga'a came on. The Tahs got towelled up at ~51 minute mark but with all the interchanges its hard to get a grasp of whose more dominant. The Waratahs. + Hanigan...

From the first third (12-7 to the Tahs): + Dempsey, Dempsey, Dempsey. 2x linebreaks, 2x offoads, 1x try, 2x turnovers. If Rugby had a metric similar to Basketballs' 'triple-double' he'd be about halfway there already. Very excited to see if 2017 is his breakout year. + The Midget Pivot...

I was thinking that if you guys lost a player from any position, your lucky it was the backrow. 4. Jeffries 5. Timani 6. Reid 7. Fainga'a 8. Mafi Isn't bad at all. Quite a handy pack with a mixture of bruisers and workhorses. Bench has only Fox / Leota as backrow cover though. Any more...

You could always do what my mates and I did at the GC 7s and the Sydney 7s thereafter - flask of rum down ya dacks, walk in and buy a bottle of coke and a beer, drink the beer, use as a mixing cup, how good, thank you very much, cya later stadium prices. Edit: then again you may be older than I...

Good to see Larkham's first contact with Hawera was only a few days before he turned up to training and was told he was the frontrunner for the 10 jersey that season. I have to say he looks a bit out of shape. Thoughts? I'm so conflicted on the Brumbies squad for this season. IMO Sio...

I don't know @fatprop, I think the below is a pretty handy squad with an awesome mixture of experience and seriously talented youth: Kepu Latu Robertson Skelton Mumm Dempsey Hooper Holloway Phipps Foley Horne Simone Folau TQN / Robinson / Clark / Jones Kellaway Ryan Roach / Fitzpatrick...