Brumbies (8) 24 / 6 (6) Reds (Final Score)
The ACT Brumbies and Queensland Reds did battle in Super Rugby at Canberra Stadium, Canberra at 10:40 SA Time (19:40 Canberra Time, 08:40 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Brumbies:
- Penalties – Nic White (2), Jesse Mogg (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Jesse Mogg (2)
- Conversions – Robbie Coleman (1)
Reds:
- Penalties – Mike Harris (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Clyde Rathbone, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (captain), 7 David Pocock, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Scott Fardy, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Siliva Siliva, 17 Ruaidhri Murphy, 18 Colby Faingaa, 19 Fotu Auelua, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Joseph Tomane, 22 Robbie Coleman.
Reds: 15 Mike Harris, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Aidan Toua, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Ben Lucas, 8 Jake Schatz, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Ed Quirk, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 3 James Slipper (Captain), 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Greg Holmes
Replacements: 16 Albert Anae, 17 James Hanson, 18 Ed O`Donoghue, 19 Jarrad Butler, 20 Nicholas Frisby, 21 Jonathan Lance, 22 Chris Feauai-Sautia.
Referee: Andrew Lees (Australia)
Assistant referees: James Leckie (Australia) Ian Smith (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
February 16th, 2013 at 12:23 SAST
Thanks for the blog and the chat gents, got things to do
February 16th, 2013 at 12:25 SAST
101 @ Gena_ZA:
Tjorts, gooi mielies
February 16th, 2013 at 12:25 SAST
I have 8 Notebooks to prepare still this weekend, so I guess I better get cracking too
February 16th, 2013 at 12:26 SAST
Well done Brumbies.
February 16th, 2013 at 12:26 SAST
Out of here now.
Cheers all.
February 16th, 2013 at 13:52 SAST
This game was scrappy. JW emphasis on defence coming through and his concentration of getting the ball to the opponents half and win the breakdown. Pocock won the battle of the fetchers by a country mile and thus won the game for them.
Pocock has a team that will benefit from his fetching the beers.
February 16th, 2013 at 21:24 SAST
Not really scrappy or defensive minded just that the referee allowed more at the breakdown than one is suppose. That allows defense to regroup and you will not see many tries in a game. If he doesn’t give much lean way the breakdown you will see a lot of tries being scored. Just watch closely
February 18th, 2013 at 07:21 SAST
Bliksem
JW has sorted out the brumbies defensive structures in all facets of play. Hence my comment defensively he has changed them…. His focus on defender wins you games. The scrappy part was there was too many stop starts due to dropped ball and infringements at the breakdown. Ref could not let any of them go but he somehow did not show the YC sooner like he was threatening.
It was a test like game but can’t draw much from it. Cooper had no space to do anything.
February 18th, 2013 at 13:21 SAST
@ Wallabie.:
There was more loitering than at a hobo convention. If the ref is not strict and cheaters like Pocock and other fetchers get away with more the less tries and more organised defensive units we see. 1 second in rugby equals almost to 10 or 20 meters in rugby and enough time for defenses to reorganize themselves