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[Wilson]

Thorn, Wilcox, Anderson and Saumaisue all have some Super Rugby or SRAus experience but have not yet been announced as contracted for next year. Maybe playing for spots on the roster?

Squads are announced tomorrow (a couple of days before this game), so it's more likely they're already signed up. It's possible that there could be some spaces open, but I'd be pretty surprised if it was all 4 of them.

 

[Major Tom]

Sound like a broken record and overly negative I know. But the backline depth next year is non-existent. These youngsters (Wilcox, Pritchard, Dillon) are good players with loads of talent, but are physically very clearly not up to it yet. Brumbies backs will get chewed up against those big nz teams with big wingers/centres like Naholo, Fihaki, Narawa, Timoci Etc. Such a shame too with a first-rate forward pack and a first-rate coaching team. If only they had grabbed two of Poolman, Annan, Potter, Lancaster, Pasitoa, Ripley, Strachan just to shore up the backline. Still really good to get minutes into these young players though before the season.

You lost Len and Noah. Both were pretty foreseeable.
Wright was unfortunate. But you still got creighton and Feliuai. Pritchard and McLeod to get some good experience off the bench.