Babyfaced Brumbies v Hardened Highlanders

What happened to the game I used to love? First there was Al Baxter then pattycake before scrums. Now these new rules that encourage so much running.

Tell me it’s all a dream and when I wake up rugby will be a game with a place for fat, slow props again.

If they flop again, this time at home and against middleweight opposition, someone should have a word with Gandalf about spending more time with his family.

I was going to say they should get one of the ARC coaches as an adviser on the new rules. But they have one – albeit one who let his team waste the ARC season.

Maybe they’ve learnt the rules now and Huxley (et al) won’t go kicking it out on the full. Nice work coaching staff.

I second that comment. Although I’ll raise you one ‘the whole team didn’t know what it was doing’.

Granted the conditions were terrible, and the injury list doesn’t help, but still, it seemed like every time a Brumby got the ball they’d just stand there for a millisecond like they didn’t know exactly what they were supposed to do.

The forwards looked very outclassed last weekend, I suspect it’ll be a tough year for the Brumbies. Fingers crossed though.