Brumbies v Hurricanes Rd 11 Sat 26th April @ GIO Stadium 7.35pm AEST

[Jimmy_Crouch]

And nothings changed 15mins later

 

[Tomikin]

That's forward

 

[Pokinacha]

And Paul Williams strikes!

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

A lot of arms attempts by the Brums. If it wasn’t for Slipper and Reimer in the middle…

18 missed tackles so far

 

[dru]

Throw was not straight. there have been a few like that.

 

[Tomthumb]

What happened to the "Responsibility is on the defender to keep the attacker safe" these refs used to spout all the time?

 

[Tomikin]

Yeah he didn't jump he stepped to pass the guy went low at his. Legs

 

[Beattie]

Toole and Muirhead have been absolute turnstiles so far

Lolesio too

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Roigard and Love are a hell of a combo of the Canes can keep them together for a long time. Love is fun to watch

 

[Rudderless]

HT
Hurricanes 20-15

 

[dru]

The fitness and athleticism from both teams is just massive. Comments about Brumby "turnstyles" are off-point I think. This game is brutal.

 

[cyclopath]

Canes are a handful on the edges. Brums last defenders are a bit turnstile-like.
That said, it's a real battle. Brums need to get it into arm-wrestle territory. Fast and loose will advantage the Canes.
I think the Brums will come back hard into this. Good viewing.

 

[griffins]

Yeh and I think a few of the misses are down to rushing/the system. Muirhead has definitely had a couple of bad ones though. Was the earlier stab at Lolesio just for the hell of it or has he actually missed a tackle (at the ground so genuinely don't know)?

Slipper and Allallatoa going down separately late in the half a massive concern, they've both managed to stay pretty healthy so far and have been critical all year.

 

[LeCheese]

23 tackles missed - nearly 20% of all attempts. Pretty not great.

 

[Tomikin]

His been fine..just typical Noah hate. We missed a few tackles on the edge. But last ditch efforts. Considering we had no ball I think the Hurricanes should be further in front.

 

[dru]

23 tackles missed - nearly 20% of all attempts. Pretty not great.

Geez. Cyclo too. I'm seeing some insane work by the canes that is just crazy to try to stop.

I'll go with Clyclo's observation that the Brumbys need to pull it back to an arm wrestle.

 

[Dan54]

Roigard and Love are a hell of a combo of the Canes can keep them together for a long time. Love is fun to watch

I just thinking that, I think Love is settling in at 10 quite well. Still think he will go back to 15 when Godfrey comes back, or Cameron who is also maybe closer than they thought.

 

[drewprint]

Geez. Cyclo too. I'm seeing some insane work by the canes that is just crazy to try to stop.

I'll go with Clyclo's observation that the Brumbys need to pull it back to an arm wrestle.

I think both are true. Great high tempo physical game. But also some of the wide defence from the Brumbies will hopefully be tightened up at half time.

 

[LeCheese]

His been fine..just typical Noah hate. We missed a few tackles on the edge. But last ditch efforts. Considering we had no ball I think the Hurricanes should be further in front.

Definitely not just out wide, last ditch attempts - some very handsy and very poor efforts all across this pitch. A definite improvement so far this half, however.

 

[Tomikin]

Pretty sure Canes have missed 17 by half time too... although could be wrong