“From the Brumbies perspective, it means they will not play all of their four scheduled home matches before the end of March before themselves going on the road.”
“What it does mean is the when Rebels they do go back to Melbourne, they will be able to stay there for the duration of the competition, only venturing out of Victoria for their April 24 assignment against the Waratahs in Sydney.”
“Now that I know what the schedule is, that’s a conversation I am prepared to have,” he said. “If we need to do that, I will definitely offer that up as an option and I know that Rugby Australia, from the Wallabies staff point of view, have said that if there is a need or a want to bring anyone in on a short-term basis or to fill in or cover, they are prepared to do it, which I think is a great offer. The guys are very committed and won’t want to let down the team but it just depends on whether (or not) they can bunker down for another couple of weeks.