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Brumbies vs Chiefs - 2011R01

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George Smith (75)
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Worrying drop off in intensity from the Brumbies in second half. What's going on? McCabe has looked solid, Moore too, need someone to take it by the scruff...
Come on Ponies!!
 
louie

louie

Desmond Connor (43)
JK isn't restting anything justing giving pens. fair enough too. brumbies very ave 2nd.
 
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Richard D. James

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My god, how many times does Gits want to step back on the inside. That's not a 10s job, that's a 12s job. He's not a fucking 10!
 
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Richard D. James

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The Brumbies scrum has gotten worse since Palmer went off.
 
cyclopath

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George Smith (75)
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It does seem that Ma'afu is trying to answer the question of whether Palmer is the better THP by the end of this match. At least at scrummaging.
 
cyclopath

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George Smith (75)
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Marto is now claiming this has been a good game of rugby? Well, the first half had some promise, but the second half would hardly make even die-hard Chiefs or Brumbies fans put this in their top tens.
 
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Richard D. James

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That sums the Brumbies up for me. On attack, chance to get a bonus point and Gits steps back inside once again and turns the ball over. Chiefs score and get some confidence and nearly a losing bonus point.

This is going to be another long, long year watching the Brumbies.
 
The Mayor of Perth

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Ted Fahey (11)
Hollow victory. Crap second half. After years of just missing finals because of lack of bonus points...cannot not be taking 5 from home games against teams like the Chiefs!
 
barbarian

barbarian

Phil Kearns (64)
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Jeez after the first 20 I think the Brumbies convinced themselves they were the Harlem Globetrotters, and they thought they could play like that for the remaining 60. I reckon they dropped at least 10 balls from low percentage pop-passes from the base of the ruck. The forwards just needed to HOLD ON TO THE FUCKING BALL, as the backline were carving up. But they didn't, and thus couldn't effectively close out the game.
 
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Richard D. James

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Anyway, positives.

Palmer was great in the scrums and seemed to get a bit of work done around the field too.

Coleman looked good and will look better outside a real 10.

McCabe was solid as was the new 8 man.

Moore was also very good.
 
Gnostic

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Mark Ella (57)
Ma'afu well on his way to ensuring that the Brumbies are the most penalised scrum again this year. Alexander seems to have largely fixed his set up problem though he was penalised twice and could have been a third time.

The biggest worry for the Brumbies scrum should be the fact that the Chiefs are hardly an imposing unit. Compare the performance with the Crusaders, Blues and Tahs scrums and they were both fairly poor.

The game in general as Cyclo said showed promise but then just turned to shit. The Saders Blues game was so much higher intensity and displayed a greater skill level all round.

Bright points were:-

1. Palmer - a few of us have been saying for a while now that he is a rock to build a set piece on, now you know why.
2. Coleman - seems to be making the step up very nicely. I can see a bright future for him. It seems that Oz Rugby has a very good depth of 12's now.
3. Nani-Williams - another Carlos Spencer brilliant one minute face palm the next, but creates more for the team than he stuffs up. Without him, the chiefs would have been worse than ordinary.
 
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