(and Pocock doesn’t count as we’ve lost Hooper)
The Australian team to play New Zealand in Sydney at 8pm on August 18th:
15. Kurtley Beale (Melbourne Rebels)
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs)
13. Rob Horne (NSW Waratahs)
12. Anthony Fainga’a (Queensland Reds)
11. Digby Ioane (Queensland Reds)
10. Berrick Barnes (NSW Waratahs)
9. Will Genia (Queensland Reds, vice-captain)
8. Scott Higginbotham (Queensland Reds)
7. David [...]

The Brumbies have announced the outcome of last night’s presentation gala:
University of Canberra Brumbies hooker Stephen Moore has been named Brett Robinson Player’s Player for the 2012 Super Rugby season after the club held its Presentation Night on Saturday.
Moore enjoyed one of his most comprehensive seasons, knocking over his 50th Brumbies cap against [...]

The Canberra Times has the unfortunate news that Canberra Milk’s appalling lime flavoured green milk of yesteryear is coming back to convince dog sex enthusiasts of the merits of drinking milk.
Even worse they’re working on a Brumby flavoured milk as well.
Dear Reader, what would Brumby flavoured milk taste like?

The Ultimate Rugby Podcast for 2012!
Rob, Tim and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton, and expound on matters rugby.
The beer for review is the Coopers Vintage Extra Strong Ale (best for the year and with my new camera best beer photograph by a mile)
You can download it now.
See you rugby fans next year [...]

Rob, Tim and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton, and expound on matters rugby and Pocock.
The music is by Mornings
You can download it now.
Our tips are:
Rob: Chiefs
John: Sharks
Tim: Chiefs

Rob, Tim and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton, enjoy the astonishingly good $5 T-Bone (monday nights only, with a full priced schooner of Carlton Dry or a cider) and expound on matters rugby and beer.
The beer for review is the Four PInes Pale Ale (take II because Rob forgot we had [...]

Rob, Tim and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton, enjoy the astonishingly good $5 T-Bone (monday nights only, with a full priced schooner of Carlton Dry or a cider) and expound on matters rugby and beer.
The beer for review is the stonking Imperial Pint of Little Creatures Pale Ale and the music [...]

On Friday morning we faced a weekend in which, for the Brumbies to miss the finals, a very great number of things had to go wrong, including their own performance. They were in a great position and masters of their own destiny.
As Foxsports informs us the very worst has come to pass.
The Super Rugby [...]

Foxsports tells the tale of a pathetic effort by the Brumbies getting rolled at home by the cellar dwelling Blues when playing for a finals berth.
Having paid good money to sit in the cold rain and watch this rubbish one can’t even realistically hope they squeak into the finals.
If it wasn’t for a moment of [...]

The Brumbies have announced what will happen is they hold their place at the top of the Australian conference after this Saturday afternoon.
The University of Canberra Brumbies have released ticketing details in the event they proceed to the FX Pro Super Rugby qualifiers to be played on the weekend of Friday 20 and Saturday [...]

The Brumbies have published their side to take on the underperforming but All Black laden Auckland Blues this Saturday afternoon.
As forshadowed in the podcast Fotu Auelua is back in the side and will be coming rampaging off the bench.
Big Joe Tomane is also recovered and pushing Robbie Coleman to the bench which is bit of [...]

Rob and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton, enjoy the astonishingly good $5 T-Bone (monday nights only, with a full priced schooner of Carlton Dry or a cider) and expound on matters rugby and beer.
The beer for review is the Rekorderlig Premium Wild Berry Cider and the music is by Beth ‘n [...]

It’s important to remember just how miserable last season was for the Brumbies and just how many stars they cleaned out in favour of no-name players.
With that in mind Foxsports has word of their first win over NSW in Sydney since 2002.
No 51-10 this time, but 19-15 will do.
Roll on the All Black laden, but [...]

The Brumbies have announced their side to play the hated NSW Waratahs in Sydney this weekend.
Confirming that even the second half slow-down in Perth was part of the game plan they’ve named the same side.
After starting the season with just 396 caps combined, the University of Canberra Brumbies will carry and extra 213 games [...]

One normally doesn’t expect a large back rower to be seen kicking goals.
But the Brumbies have released this video of Ita Vaea slotting a tricky one at practice in Perth despite the best efforts of his team mates to put him off.
Good to know if Zack Holmes has another off night with the boot!

Rob, Tim and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton and expound on matters rugby and beer.
The beer for review is the 4 Pines Pale Ale and the music is by The Fighting League.
You can download it now.
Our tips are:
– Rob: chiefs, reds, blues, brumbies, stormers, lions, bulls
– John: chiefs, reds, blues, brumbies, stormers, [...]

Rioters
The biggest game of the Brumbies 2012 season is fast approaching! Brumbies v NSW Waratahs, Saturday night 7:30pm. While it is tempting to make the fabled journey up the Hume Highway to watch the game live, this may not be an option for various reasons.
That leaves me trying to find a decent location to watch the [...]

Foxsports tells the tale of an intriguing game of rugby played last night whereby our brave lads played a perfect first half of rugby to humiliate Gina’s Minions.
They then shut up shop allowing a rampaging Honey Badger (Nick Cummins) to expose the Wallaby selectors as fools.
But the game was always under control and, as importantly, [...]

The Brumbies have named their side to have at the Force in Perth this weekend.
The players are:
University of Canberra Brumbies
1. Ben Alexander
2. Stephen Moore
3. Dan Palmer
4. Scott Fardy
5. [...]

Rob, Tim and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton and expound on matters rugby, beer, and girls who’ll play Carcassonne in the pub with me when rugby is on.
The beer for review is the Itchy Green Pants Australian Cloudy Ale and the music is by Sunchaser and the Wayward Orchestra.
You can download it [...]

The Brumbies have announced Dr Michael Crawford plans for the governance of the ACT & Southern NSW Rugby Union.
Dr Crawford’s report contains five primary recommendations:
• The Brumbies (team and commercial business) be managed through a wholly commercial entity separate from ACT&SNSWRU, to which ACT&SNSWRU leases the intellectual property and management rights [...]

My limited twitter interactions with the Brumbies are usually characterised along the lines of “Good luck!” replied to with “Thanks bro!”.
So I was it was an eyebrow raiser when I got the above direct message this morning from Brumbies lock Sam Carter.
Who could resist clicking a link like that?
Fortunately other brave pioneers have caught the [...]

Ex Brumbies as government related CEOs in Canberra appears to be becoming commonplace.
Following Owen Finegan at Snowy Hydro SouthCare we now have Joe Roff announced as the University of Canberra Union CEO:
The position has been created as a result of UCU’s new strategic plan and direction, to invest in campus life at the University of [...]

Foxsports have a report on the Brumbies’ 25-15 loss to Wales last night.
It brings the historical tally between the Australian Capital Territory and the Principality of Wales to 2 games each, which is still something to be proud of.
The heroes of 1978 were there and many from 1996, but by half time the home side [...]

The Brumbies have named a pretty useful looking side to play Wales at Canberra Stadium on Tuesday night. A lot of exciting players are getting their chance to shine!
Fotu and Mogg coming off the bench suggests Coach White has a cunning plan!
University of Canberra Brumbies
1. Ruaidhri Murphy
2. Anthony Hegarty
3. [...]

The Roar have the extremely annoying news that the useless Wallaby regime has broken the Brumbies’ star winger Joe Tomane.
Tomane was rushed to hospital for scans during Thursday afternoon’s training session after hurting his left ankle at Ballymore.
The scans revealed he had suffered a syndesmosis injury and is expected to be sidelined for up [...]

With 1 player position left in the 2013 roster and around $500,000 free under the salary cap David Pocock did seem like a bit of a fit for the Brumbies, assuming he could be lured from the Force which he seems to basically be running as his own personal fiefdom these days.
Worldcupweb is reporting he [...]

Rob, Tim and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton and expound on matters rugby, and beer.
The beer for review is the Coopers Sparkling Longneck and the music is by the Space Party.
You can download it now.
No tips this week, and we’re taking a break until the monday before play resumes on 29 June.

Foxsports reports on an ugly but solid effort by the Brumbies in Melbourne to take the points.
Perhaps more importantly your RiotACT crew got themselves on the tele to reward our road tripping efforts (which have delayed this report).
Zack Homes is starting to show signs of brilliance and with a favourable run home the top of [...]

The Brumbies have named the side for the road-trip worthy Rebels game this Friday. (The RiotACT assault squad can be found in Riverland if the weather is dry or Young & Jacksons if not)
Big Fotu’s back on the bench which is good to see even if Kimlin at 6 is yet to set our hearts [...]

The Brumbies have posted a slightly peculiar mashup video of yesteryear’s successes juxtaposed with some of the better moments from this season. It comes with this note:
The Brumbies go back to the future to have a crack at the 2012 trophy.
Now I yield to no one in my admiration of this year’s improvement, but perhaps [...]

Rob, and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton and expound on matters rugby, beer, and the $5 t-bone steak deal.
The beer for review is the Peroni Leggera and the music is by the Readable Graffiti.
You can download it now.
Our tips this week are:
Rob – Saders, Brumbies, Chiefs, Canes, Sharks, Bulls
John – Saders, Brumbies, [...]