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Brumbies 2012

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Lachlan

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Jesse Mogg was the fullback for my school, St Patick's.

Gun player with heaps of pace, glad to see him finally crack a proper squad.
 

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Herbert Moran (7)
Jesse Mogg was the fullback for my school, St Patick's.

Gun player with heaps of pace, glad to see him finally crack a proper squad.

Is he really 197cm as indicated on the brumbes site? I'd think about 190cm from the last time I saw him.
 

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Ted Thorn (20)
Saw Gits yesterday at Officeworks in Fyshwick buying big plastic containers..........packing for France I guess.........good luck Gits, best of luck, you have loads of talent, if your running style was a bit more direct.........
 

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Stirling Mortlock (74)
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/new...estle-with-new-ideas/2277468.aspx?storypage=0

Brumbies wrestle with new ideas

BY CHRIS DUTTON
01 Sep, 2011 12:00 AM

Wrestling, rugby league, Australian football, swimming and cricket - new ACT Brumbies coach Jake White is leaving no stone unturned as he attempts to create the best environment in Super Rugby.
Despite being six months from the start of the season, White put his players through a tough wrestling workout at 6am yesterday under the tutelage of mixed martial arts expert Chris ''the hammer'' Haseman.

White is wasting no time trying to lay the foundations for rebuilding the club after its horror season this year.

To ensure he has all bases covered, White has already met with NRL mentors Craig Bellamy and Brian Smith, hopes to catch up with AFL guru Kevin Sheedy and will share ideas with swimming and cricket coaches in the coming weeks.

''The thing I'm enjoying about being in Australia is the cross pollination of all the sports,'' White said.

''I went to see Craig Bellamy and the Storm [on Tuesday] and just watched how they did things down there.

''You can get stimulated as a coach in terms of what rugby league or AFL does. There must be things in their game that they are leaders in and we can bring them to rugby union.''

While their Super Rugby rivals are easing back into training, White has scheduled 6am training sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to fast-track his team's development.

Working with Haseman was the first step to trying to turn the Brumbies into a ruthless defensive unit. After a 40-minute wrestling session, White got technical and started workshopping defensive ideas with his players and Haseman.

It was Haseman who helped pioneer wrestling in the NRL when he worked with Wayne Bennett at the Brisbane Broncos in 1998.

Brumbies athletic performance director Dean Benton - who worked with Haseman at the Broncos - suggested the club enlist the retired light heavyweight's services.

The 42-year-old has previously worked with the Brumbies in 2000-01 as well as the ARU and NRL club. Now Haseman hopes his techniques will help make the Brumbies ''efficient'' in attack and defence.

''In some cases unfortunately wrestling [in rugby league and union] has got a bad name, but the way I work with it is within the ethics of the game,'' Haseman said.

''We look at dominating in defence or in attack, one-on-one to dominate another person and that's no different to wrestling. It's about efficiency, the more efficient we become, the less energy we use and that's what we specialise in, the only difference in rugby is there's a ball.''

White officially took over the Brumbies coaching reins in July and is piecing together his Super Rugby puzzle.

He has filled all 30 roster spots and will announce the five remaining wider-training group recruits in the coming weeks.

The former South African World Cup-winning mentor is working closely with his players to find the best way to erase the memory of finishing 13th last season.

''The Brumbies have always done something other teams can't do or haven't done,'' White said.

''[Training now] is about finding ways to stimulate the players.

''It's not just about 40 minutes or wrestling, it's about throwing it open to them, what they think and how they want to play the game.

''They know what will work and then we can tweak it. It gives you a way you can measure how we're performing if the players aren't doing what we said we were going to do.

''By the time Christmas comes, I want to make sure everyone is 100per cent ready for January and once we get back all 35 players are ready to be selected and ready to play.''
 

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John Eales (66)
Wrestling in rugby union is not as dumb as it may sound to some. It has greater currency in league when tacklers try to get ball-runners heading north, to end up on their backs heading south, but there are a lot of situations in union where wrestling an opponent to the ground, or to some place, or away from some place, has value.

Players need to know the best way to shift people who are in the way and invariably, cynically so. You have to learn how to use their momentum, or if they are stationary, how to get leverage on human beings who can be very large specimens and not easily shifted.

Sometimes you will just want to stop the McCaws of this world getting to where they want to go - something he does well himself. For him it's not all loitering into the right spot, or ambling along the blocking line ahead of the ball, to "accidentally" interfere with opponents.

Rodney So'oialo was good at wrestling standing up. It would seem to be a handbag but it was really a Baldrick cunning plan to stop his protagonist getting to where he wanted to go.

I miss Rodney: he was so obvious they couldn't see him.
 

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George Gregan (70)
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Bob Davidson (42)
Is he really 197cm as indicated on the brumbes site? I'd think about 190cm from the last time I saw him.
Jesse Mogg is more like 187 cm I'd say. Good on him for getting a gig with the main squad. Rangy sort of player with a decent turn of pace and a fairly big boot.
 

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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Jesse Mogg is more like 187 cm I'd say. Good on him for getting a gig with the main squad. Rangy sort of player with a decent turn of pace and a fairly big boot.

I don't think he's part of the main squad.

The Brumbies already had their list of 30 and he wasn't on it, even though he's now got a profile on the site?

Must be one of the 5 rookies?
 
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Brum

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Scott Fardy is heading to the Brumbies for 2012. Heard Ben Roberts was heading to the ACT but due to his forced retirement that opens the door for another rookie hooker.
 

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Herbert Moran (7)
Scott Fardy is heading to the Brumbies for 2012. Heard Ben Roberts was heading to the ACT but due to his forced retirement that opens the door for another rookie hooker.

I'm surprised that Sokai Tai (Royals Flanker & MacDougall Medal winner this year) doesn't get a look in. Where has Fardy been for the last 2 years or so?

Interesting to see who gets the other spots. I'd predict something like

Scott Fardy
Jesse Mogg
Rudhirni Murphy (rumored also)
Tom Alexander
Nic Stirzaker
 

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Syd Malcolm (24)
Wouldn't surprise me if Henry Vanderglas is signed as an extended squad member to cover backrow positions when he isn't with the 7's.
 
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Buggles

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CA Technologies no longer sponsoring the Brumbies in 2012

Can anyone confirm if CA Technologies are sponsoring the Brumbies next year. Hadn't heard or read anything anywhere and the Brumbies still have CA Technology all over their webpage and even are still selling sponsored gear in the on line store. Then today I read this in the Canberra Times as a sideline in an article re the CFMEU dumping the Raiders

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/new.../raiders-in-hunt-for-new-sponsor/2283303.aspx
 

Lee Grant

John Eales (66)
Good player Scott Fardy and was quite outstanding sometimes for the Rats. He used to be in the Tahs Academy, then had a gig at the Force and went to Japan after that.

He's probably in the journeyman class now, both literally and rugby-wise, but let's see.
 

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Steve Williams (59)
Can anyone confirm if CA Technologies are sponsoring the Brumbies next year. Hadn't heard or read anything anywhere and the Brumbies still have CA Technology all over their webpage and even are still selling sponsored gear in the on line store. Then today I read this in the Canberra Times as a sideline in an article re the CFMEU dumping the Raiders

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/new.../raiders-in-hunt-for-new-sponsor/2283303.aspx

I think you'll find that CA's contract will either be downgraded or not renewed. There are rumours that the major naming sponsor is a logistics/delivery company that isn't FedEx.
 
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