Brumbies name their immovable objects

The Brumbies have announced their starting lineup to play the Western Force on Friday night at the Stadium in Bruce.

Interesting moves include:

— Matt Toomua is the pivot at 10, with Leilifano at 12. Hopefully the two of them can really mix it up to create options.
— The huge Ita Vaea is going to play openside flanker. So we’re trying to smash them back out of the ruck rather than worry too much about pilfering the ball from contact.
— The twinkle toed Robbie Coleman is out to the wing back to fullback where perhaps his blistering pace but diminutive figure will work better than in the centers.

It’s an interesting looking team and if players perform to their potential they’ll win some games until other sides figure them out.

The full team list is:

University of Canberra Brumbies
1. Ben Alexander
2. Stephen Moore
3. Dan Palmer
4. Leon Power
5. Sam Carter
6. Peter Kimlin
7. Ita Vaea
8. Ben Mowen (c)
9. Nic White
10. Matt Toomua
11. Jesse Mogg
12. Christian Lealiifano
13. Andrew Smith
14. Henry Speight
15. Robbie Coleman

Replacements

16. Anthony Hegarty
17. Ruaidhri Murphy
18. Scott Fardy
19. Michael Hooper
20. Ian Prior
21. Zack Holmes
22. Joe Tomane