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Sunwolves
19
Match Complete
Brumbies
42
| 72 |  | C. Lealiifano | ||
| 71 |  | C. McInerney | ||
| 59 | | C. Lealiifano | ||
| 58 | | C. McInerney | ||
| H. Parker | | 52 | ||
| J. Booth | | 50 | ||
| 49 | | C. Lealiifano | ||
| 48 | | C. McInerney | ||
| S. Masirewa | | 34 | ||
| 29 | | C. Lealiifano | ||
| 28 | | T. Banks | ||
| 22 | | C. Lealiifano | ||
| 20 | | I. Simone | ||
| 10 | | C. Lealiifano | ||
| 8 | | P. Samu | ||
| H. Parker | | 2 | ||
| H. Saumaki | | 0 |
| 3 | Tries | 6 | ||
| 2 | Conversions | 6 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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The Sunwolves and Brumbies will go head to head in Tokyo on Saturday in a match where the Brumbies could take a very big step towards locking in the Australian conference and a home Finals match. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of this exciting match starting from 3:15pm AEST on Saturday.
It’s been an emotional week for the men from Canberra. First David Pocock announced his retirement from Super Rugby after failing to recover from his latest injury.
Then club favourite Henry Speight confirmed that he’s leaving the Brumbies to join Australian rivals the Reds from next season.
These are two big names leaving GIO Stadium but while sad, ironically this could actually spur the Brumbies on to more success this season.
Pocock has been missing for most of the season and the Brumbies have done well in his absence. Speight – while playing pretty well this season – hasn’t been as important an attacking weapon as say Tom Banks or Tevita Kuridrani.
With Irae Simone coming along nicely, the Brumbies backline looks like it’ll be just fine without the mighty Speight next year.
Also, the news of two club legends leaving could well bring another source of inspiration and drive at this crucial point in the season.
The Brumbies look settled at the moment on the pitch and that’s reflected in the line up where just one player has been changed from last week’s win with James Slipper joining the front row and Scott Sio coming off the bench. More good news for the Brumbies is that impressive #8 Lachlan McCaffrey is back and will also be coming off the bench at some point.
The same consistency cannot be said for the Sunwolves however – there are more changes than at a fashion show and interim head coach Steve Hansen will have his fingers crossed that his weakened side can still compete.
Five of the starting team are headed to join the Japan World Cup squad and their absence is likely to be felt, especially in the forwards where Luke Thompson and Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco will leave big holes to fill.
Interestingly Semisi Masirewa has been moved to full back and it will be exciting to see what he can do with some ball and space but ultimately this Sunwolves side are going to have to play out of their skins to get a result on Saturday.
Prediction
The Brumbies should win this and win it well. If they can get that all important forward dominance early then there’s no reason they can’t turn the scoreline into something the casual onlooker might confuse with a scoreboard from the Cricket World Cup.
Brumbies by 20.
Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of this exciting match starting from 3:15pm AEST on Saturday.
Where: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
Date: Saturday 1st June 2019
When: 3:15pm AEST
TV: Foxsports
Betting: Sunwolves $5.20, Brumbies $1.15
Sunwolves
15 Semisi Masirewa
14 Gerhard van den Heever
13 Jason Emery
12 Phil Burleigh
11 Hosea Saumaki
10 Hayden Parker
9 Jamie Booth
8 Ben Gunter
7 Dan Pryor (c)
6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga
5 Tom Rowe
4 Mark Abbott
3 Takuma Asahara
2 Nathan Vella
1 Alex Woonton
Replacements
16 Jaba Bregvadze
17 Masataka Mikami
18 Conan O’Donnell
19 Yuya Odo
20 Kara Pryor
21 Keisuke Uchida
22 Takuya Yamasawa
23 Timothy Lafaele
Brumbies
15 Tom Banks
14 Henry Speight
13 Tevita Kuridrani
12 Irae Simone
11 Toni Pulu
10 Christian Lealiifano (c)
9 Joe Powell
8 Pete Samu
7 Jahrome Brown
6 Tom Cusack
5 Sam Carter
4 Rory Arnold
3 Allan Alaalatoa
2 Folau Fainga’a
1 James Slipper
Replacements
16 Connal Mcinerney
17 Scott Sio
18 Leslie Leuluaialii-Makin
19 Darcy Swain
20 Lachlan McCaffrey
21 Rob Valentini
22 Matt Lucas
23 Tom Wright
Referee: Federico Anselmi
Assistant Referee: Nick Briant, Shuhei Kubo
TMO: Minoru Fuji
2019 Form (last 5 games)
Sunwolves – LLLBL
Brumbies – LWWBW
Played 4
Sunwolves won 0
Brumbies won 4
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