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I have just watched one of the worst rugby games of the professional era – the Brumbies versus Hurricanes. What a load of rubbish!
When you have a team that:
* has the best players (on paper)
* has had a run of home games – no travel excuses
* where the forwards have scored more tries than the backs;
* plays most of the game behind the gain line;
* doesn’t have a clue;
* can’t kick the simple goals;
* keeps putting the ball out on the full;
* can’t use injuries as an excuse because they supposedly have plenty of depth, and
* for a large part of the game had two (not one) opponents in the sin bin…
you have to ask, “What is the problem?”
There can only be one answer: the coaching staff is rubbish. It’s as simple as that.
You had players trying things that they clearly had not done in training. Poor old Gits was trying stuff that indicated that he was trying to win the game on his own, and was obviously running on instinct.
Elsom was just lost in the traffic. Not to say that he is an ordinary player, but he is better than what he is showing.
So what is the problem? None of the stars showed anything tonight. What a disappointment.
At this stage of the competition, the Brumbies are out of the four, and frankly, that is where they deserve to be.
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