I have been a rusted-on Brumbies nut from Day 1 in 1996. Let’s face it, it’s just a lot less stressful than being a Reds or Waratahs fan!
In their quarter-final in Canberra on Saturday night, it was great to watch them completely shut the Sharks out of the game despite having far less of the ball than their South African opponents.
Dan McKellar’s men are the real deal – they have the smarts to go all the way in the 2019 Super Rugby championship.
As always, they used their rolling maul intelligently off the back of a strong lineout, and showed how good they are at defending it as well. The Canberrans still haven’t conceded a try from a rolling maul all season.
Peter Samu was my man of the match with his two tries, having really stood up at number 8 despite only playing half the match. It’s a real shame his hamstring injury will stop him from appearing in Buenos Aires in the semi-final against the Jaguares.
I was hugely impressed by the way the Brumbies used big second rower Rory Arnold in the middle of the field as a link man. Let’s not forget that before he first played senior rugby in Brisbane only a handful of years ago, he was running out as a centre for his club, somewhere out in the Queensland bush.
I would not be at all surprised if Peter Hewat and Laurie Fisher add a couple more unorthodox moves to the playbook for this week’s semi-final.
Let’s all just hope they can stretch out and sleep on that flight to Buenos Aires!
But the side are looking very strong – get your money on them now, folks, because their odds are only shortening.
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