Depleted Tahs won’t shirk scrum battle
FORWARDS coach Cam Blades insists the Waratahs will welcome a scrum battle with the Brumbies despite the loss of their experienced prop Benn Robinson.
FORWARDS coach Cam Blades insists the Waratahs will welcome a scrum battle with the Brumbies despite the loss of their experienced prop Benn Robinson.
VICTORY over their major rival in the Australian conference is so important the Waratahs will return to Canberra with a what-it-takes mentality.
WARATAHS captain Michael Hooper and Brumbies superstar David Pocock will go head-to-head in Friday’s Super Rugby showdown in Canberra.
IT’S not often rugby players can find positives from injuries but a broken leg in 2012 set Brumbies star Christian Lealiifano on a surprising career path.
UNLEASHING George Smith as a shock Test starter on Saturday night can energise a series-swinging fightback against the British and Irish Lions.
THE career of Pat McCabe may be over after being sent for scans by specialists to determine the extent of new damage to his neck.
THE desire to play in a second Lions series burned strongest inside George Smith the moment he was told he couldn’t.
WE can get better. Much better. That’s the simple message of encouragement from Wallaby flanker Ben Mowen ahead of the second Test against the Lions.
NEW Wallabies flanker Ben Mowen flew into a scuffle with James Horwill as part of the audition that showed he had the power to take on the Lions.
WORLD Cup-winning coach Jake White hailed the Brumbies’ stunning upset win over the Lions as the greatest achievement of his career.
THE Brumbies victory was built on passion, pride and smarts. The Lions were dis-jointed and clueless in attack but none of that was co-incidence.
BRUMBIES coach Jake White has dismissed Warren Gatland’s appalling record against the Wallabies, saying the Lions coach now has a “dream team”.
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