Brumbies v Drua @ GIO Stadium 2.35pm AEDT 26/02

[TSR]

Suck it up Adam. Different refs, different interpretations, different game situations. Win some and lose some. Bit like the Reds pulling games out of the fire right on full time when the game is controlled by certain refs.

Are you still going in about that?

 

[Brumby Runner]

He went well, but he's no McInerney

Yet.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

RN, I'll be surprised if the Drua dont win a couple of games this year. They had the Brumbies under considerable pressure on their tryline for long periods and also made a few line breaks in open play. Any of which will result in tries against lesser committed defences than today's Brumbies.

Like tahs 40-10….last week.

 

[TSR]

On a lighter note, I notice at one stage when the Brumby pack won a scrum penalty a group of the backs ran in to congratulate them. Andy Muirhead patted them all on the head then also patted Tom Wright on the head who had also run in.

I couldn’t help but think - bloody wingers, always taking credit for the forwards hard work.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Are you still going in about that?

Nah, specifically thinking about last night against the born-again Tahs.

 

[TSR]

Yeah - fair point. The ref really made a mess of that last lineout.

 

[Adam84]

Suck it up Adam. Different refs, different interpretations, different game situations. Win some and lose some.

lol the rules are constant though; the situation, ref or interpretations don’t change the rules.. if that pass today wasn’t forward, then neither was the Force pass last week

 

[KOB1987]

I’m looking forward to BR picking 9 Brumbies players in the TOTW again based on the fact that they played out of the skin and the other 4 franchises all struggled against their opposition.

 

[Brumby Runner]

I’m looking forward to BR picking 9 Brumbies players in the TOTW again based on the fact that they played out of the skin and the other 4 franchises all struggled against their opposition.

No fish in the rivers out west KOB? I already explained that I would be adjusting the Brumbies performances against the Drua if like the Tahs they put 30 - 40 points on them.

More interesting will be those who discount the Brumbies after praising the efforts of the Tahs last week.

 

[Tomikin]

Don’t let him go OS and get capped for another country or the Tahs will cop it again.

Be the Tahs fault if that happens

 

[Tomikin]

Has my prediction come true from last year?

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Pollard's a Hooker lol

 

[Tomikin]

lol the rules are constant though; the situation, ref or interpretations don’t change the rules.. if that pass today wasn’t forward, then neither was the Force pass last week

Not what the stats sheet, ref said or history shows.. one was forward.. one was not..

 

[Rugbynutter39]

No fish in the rivers out west KOB? I already explained that I would be adjusting the Brumbies performances against the Drua if like the Tahs they put 30 - 40 points on them.

More interesting will be those who discount the Brumbies after praising the efforts of the Tahs last week.

Brumbies have a higher ceiling last week cf to tahs were at round 1 (ie won ZER0 games last year). Brumbies are best oz franchise I believe and many others do too…hence was that a performance today by the brumbies that met the high benchmark we set for them. Absolutely not.

 

[KOB1987]

No fish in the rivers out west KOB? I already explained that I would be adjusting the Brumbies performances against the Drua if like the Tahs they put 30 - 40 points on them.

More interesting will be those who discount the Brumbies after praising the efforts of the Tahs last week.

In fairness you were pretty upfront with that criteria and stated that you were picking mostly Brumbies and Force players - I think it was 9 Brumbies, 3 Force and one each from the other 3 franchises. Each to their own though, it didn’t bother me and yes I was throwing some bait out, but only because I thought it was funny. Keep it up.

 

[Brumby Runner]

RN, the Brumbies probably left another four or five tries on the field today as well as a few missed goals. A more clinical performance would have seen them score perhaps 60 to 70 points but for all that, the Drua were also much improved on last week. Not an exceptional performance but satisfying nonetheless.

 

[RugbyReg]

The Drua were terrible again. I’ve never seen a Fijian rugby team with such dire handling.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Highlight of the round has to be Nick Frost running down one of the Fiji fliers in what would have otherwise been a runaway try. Up there with Wilson's effort to score last week.