Brumbies 2025
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The Ghost of Raelene
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Ticking off one a week it seems at the moment which is nice and a good talking point for Rugby. I hope McReight is right around the corner then everyone sees the band is staying so lets all get on.
Slim 293
George Smith (75)
Valetini possibly back as early as next week...
Viewglazer990
Stan Wickham (3)
Starting XV
- James Slipper
- Billy Pollard
- Allan Ala'alatoa (c)
- Nick Frost
- Cadeyrn Neville
- Tom Hooper
- Luke Reimer
- Rob Valetini
- Ryan Lonergan (vc)
- Noah Lolesio
- Corey Toole
- Ollie Sapsford
- Len Ikitau
- Andy Muirhead
- Tom Wright
Alex Sharpe
Ted Fahey (11)
Charlie Cale on the long term injury list with a back injury. Bad news for him and the team
Filipo Daugunu
Herbert Moran (7)
Such bad news about Charlie Cale, was going so well after that bad shoulder problem last year. Speaks to the Brumbies depth that despite that huge injury to the backrow stocks Rory Scott is on the bench.
salads don't win scrums
Frank Row (1)
Think after lolesio's performance on Saturday night that debcrezeni must be starting. He just controlled the game and almost turned it around for the brumbies. Was really sad to see the brumbies perform like this, hoping that they turn their season around.
Wilson
John Eales (66)
He's coming back from injury after a decent stint on the sideline.
Strewthcobber
David Codey (61)
His last game was 16 weeks ago
Because common sense
Sir Arthur Higgins
Dick Tooth (41)
What was the crowd? Looked woeful
griffins
Syd Malcolm (24)
I reckon they would call it 5,000 but it was less than that. Very disappointing.
Linerunner2023
Watty Friend (18)
So they do anything at all with the game now and super rugby to promote it? NRL and raiders media everywhere
The Ghost of Raelene
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
When it's still TBA you know it's bad. Teams love getting it out there when it's good. I understand the Reds one not being out. Weather could have got a lot of people who did buy tickets just writing it off. Not truthful to publish your tickets sold number but also not fair to just put who walked through the gate when a lot more tickets may have been sold.
Sad state when the West Tigers v Warriors got 12k at Campbelltown on a miserable wet and windy Sunday night.
Also, I was happy when I saw Rugby ads during the NRL Vegas openers but now all I get while watching Rugby are Craig Bellamy Documentary ads on Stan which is a great ad for NRL. It does look pretty good tbh.
Sad state when the West Tigers v Warriors got 12k at Campbelltown on a miserable wet and windy Sunday night.
Also, I was happy when I saw Rugby ads during the NRL Vegas openers but now all I get while watching Rugby are Craig Bellamy Documentary ads on Stan which is a great ad for NRL. It does look pretty good tbh.
griffins
Syd Malcolm (24)
To be fair the Brumbies couldn't do much more promotion than they already do, players are constantly in the community and local media gives them reasonable coverage. I guess as someone that is very much in the tent/follows relevant social media channels maybe I see more promotion than the average person. There were no excuses last Friday though, warm night against a Kiwi opponent. I don't see them turning it around commercially unfortunately.
The Ghost of Raelene
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
It's as if being constantly decent has hurt them. As silly as it sounds business as usual for the Franchise isn't good for public buzz.... The Raiders besides being part of the media machine are always on some bitter hard done by narrative so when they show some spark and win a couple people really get on board with the underdog. It resonates with the fan.
griffins
Syd Malcolm (24)
There's a thesis to be written on how they burned the goodwill towards the team that existed when the golden generation started to leave in the mid 2000s. In short I think they got a bit complacent (expecting that Canberra would always support them) and took their dominance over the Raiders as a given. People pretend a new stadium in the city would help but that's BS, the local public servants have voted with their feet and it would take a huge hiccup from the Raiders to turn the tide.