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Stirling Mortlock (74)
He actually played in Super Rugby TT last year... looked good against Kiwi opposition which is always a promising sign.
Round 4: Rebels vs Brumbies 11 March 7.45pm AAMI Park
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He actually played in Super Rugby TT last year... looked good against Kiwi opposition which is always a promising sign.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
I'm not lauding his performance... but "invisible" is the opposite of what he was tonight.
PhilClinton
Mark Loane (55)
Interesting parallels between To'omua and JOC (James O'Connor) at the back end of their careers.
To'omua was the gun schoolboy flyhalf and played well there in his first years of Super Rugby for the Brums
JOC (James O'Connor) always more of an outside back
Rebels fans blowing up about playing To'omua in arguably his preferred position whilst JOC (James O'Connor) leads the Reds in another strong Super Rugby season at flyhalf.
No real comment on the game. Go Reds.
To'omua was the gun schoolboy flyhalf and played well there in his first years of Super Rugby for the Brums
JOC (James O'Connor) always more of an outside back
Rebels fans blowing up about playing To'omua in arguably his preferred position whilst JOC (James O'Connor) leads the Reds in another strong Super Rugby season at flyhalf.
No real comment on the game. Go Reds.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Banks is simply superb to watch in that form. Just outstanding. Love it when it backs himself to get through a half gap. He’d be one of the first names picked for the Wallabies if he could transfer that form to the National stage.
And that Valetini try was an awesome display of power. Those Rebels players looked almost scared of him.
And that Valetini try was an awesome display of power. Those Rebels players looked almost scared of him.
griffins
Ted Thorn (20)
That was with Lealiifano running the show from 12. MT just had to dish or kick.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
That’s essentially what a flyhalf does…
Wilson
Phil Kearns (64)
I'm hopeful he keeps it up into the second half of the season against the kiwis, I think he'll need to be coming off that form against stronger opposition for it to click against England. If it does the wallabies picture starts to look so much clearer.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
A couple of comments on the Brumbies coaching in this game. I was especially disappointed with the decision to play Noah at scrum half when White was carded. With little doubt, Nic was not returning to the game at 60 minutes gone, and a halfbacks work at the scrum and lineout requires a specialist in the position. Opportunity should have been taken to replace Noah, who was very ordinary all game, by bringing Ryan Lonergan on as Nic departed.
Again, I reckon too many changes were made too early and it again served to make the Rebels look better late in the game.
Some things they need to consider for next week's contest against the Reds.
Again, I reckon too many changes were made too early and it again served to make the Rebels look better late in the game.
Some things they need to consider for next week's contest against the Reds.
griffins
Ted Thorn (20)
That's what MT does at the moment and gets caned for. I'd argue they need to actually create space for those outside them as well, which is something he has never done (and why he has always been a bust at 10).
I don’t think To'omua was as bad as many people are saying. He wasn’t brilliant but he was solid. He had terrible service inside him from Powell and his centres aren’t giving him much either.
On the flip side Simone was excellent and caused a lot of havoc in that channel
On the flip side Simone was excellent and caused a lot of havoc in that channel
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Historical revisionism…
griffins
Ted Thorn (20)
He remains a good 12. When has he ever been consistently even adequate at 10 with anyone other than Christian L outside him?
Note that they were a pretty good combo when they switched positions.