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Fun game to watch, thought Brumbies were pretty good across the park.

Really enjoyed the work of the reserve tight head for the Brumbies, solid in the scrum and unmovable over the ball. How about the size of the legs on him, as well.

Pretty stiff on that turnover. Pleasantly surprised by the Rebels, pack looks decent.

Thought it wasn’t too bad for the first hitout of the season. Brumbies defence and breakdown work was very good, forced a lot of errors from the Tahs. Jorgensen, Wright and Toole were all electric but Ikitau in a class of his own for mine. The way he stands up a defender on the edge is next level.

I continue to be impressed with Ikitau, very classy player. Gets over the advantage line with his footwork into contact, drifts assuredly in defence and his left boot is a real asset.

Hodge wasn’t composed when he came on. First restart was a shocker, the exit wasn’t good enough after we had momentum out of the 22 and then the missed tackle.

Campbell is the same body shape and style of player as Ben Smith. Just needed to go low, although his winger should have made that first up tackle. I thought a lot of individuals had good games, Tupou and Slipper, all three locks, Valetini, Foketi and Ikitau. The breakdown work and general...

Agree with Mitchell, can’t celebrate getting close. We should have won that.

Tupou, Valetini and Skelton are some nice blokes to have carrying into heavy traffic

First time you’ve watched him but numerous posts criticising him? Hmm.

He’s also a fair bit bigger than someone like Porecki, we needed that on Saturday.

Maybe just leave it alone altogether, no one’s interested in hearing justifications.

The backflip he did in the ruck that saw Wright carded? If you don’t like diving, can’t see how Smith doesn’t get on your nerves.

Maybe they can crack down on Aaron Smith’s theatrics while they’re at it.

At least reading the mental gymnastics to justify the decision by (some) NZ supporters is entertaining.