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Escaping the red terror

There will be a curtain raiser game between the 'Brumbies Legends' and the 'Reds Barbarians'. https://www.brumbies.com.au/2017/03/brumbies-legends-take-field/ They might be stretching the term 'legends' a bit for some of the possible players (Matt Henjak!) but it looks like there will be a...

My worry is that with the decision taking so long that blokes from the Force/Brumbies/Rebels will take the certainty of a European/Japanese contract now rather than wait on tenterhooks here, unable to negotiate a new deal. So by the time we (possibly) have 4 teams, the depth will be just as bad...

The fact that the Paris clubs backed down so quickly makes me think there was never really an intention to merge them and that there was some ulterior motive (I don't know enough about the French game to know what it might be)

One would think with the TV ratings falling through the floor that the broadcasters would be reasonably amenable to change.

To be fair, I'm pretty sure the man of the match at Bruce is always a Brumby. I think it's a sponsor thing given to the best home team player

Being a starter for an Australian team rather than a bench player for an NZ one might hold some appeal.

A question for Rebels fans - if the Rebels were cut from the comp and the Brumbies relocated to Melbourne (with maybe a token game in Canberra) would you guys start supporting the 'Melbourne Brumbies' or would you just stop watching super rugby? I just wonder whether that if a team does have to...

Watching Hawera play on the weekend, I thought that he might go pretty well at fullback - nimble on his feet, seems to be able to spot a gap, decent boot etc. I'm not sure how he is under the high ball or if he's ever actually played fullback before but there's still a fair chance he'd be an...

I think A Fainga'a only arrived back from Japan about a week or two ago, so that might explain his absence. However I thought S Fainga'a had been in Canberra for a few months now so not sure why he wasn't picked.

Surprised that Thompson is on the bench, didn't realise he was even officially in the squad. I would have thought Jackson-Hope or Jooste would have been preferred. Is this another case of Larkham wanting an older/more experienced player?

Hopefully that works out for your lot a bit better than the Brumbies' "tri-half" setup (Gits, Lealiifano & To'omua) in 2011

Looks like we may have a new flyhalf http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/all-blacks-great-dan-carter-to-face-court-over-alleged-drink-driving-incident-in-paris-20170216-gueyr0.html

Do the Tahs technically represent all of NSW? I thought the southern NSW rugby comps were aligned with Brumbies. Perhaps if they were being totally accurate it would be the 'North Shore and Eastern Suburbs Warstahs'

F*** yeah!

Gee if you blokes aren't putting Colby to much use then we'll have him back, thanks. It can be a Fainga'a family reunion at the Brumbies.

Here's the official squad list released tody, only difference from the names in the earlier post seems to be the addition of Rob Valetini plus they're still listing Lealiifano. BRUMBIES 2017 SQUAD PROPS Allan Ala'alatoa Ben Alexander Leslie Leulua’iali’i-Makin Nic Mayhew Scott Sio Faalelei...

I think Speight may have played 13 in the RWC against Uruguay?

I'd guess they'd just run with the host broadcaster commentary. Though they might do their own pre-match and half-time comments.

It looks like beIN have an online version of their service and they offer a one month free trial, so that should cover off the tests they're showing.