Greetings
8,677 souls were treated to a tighter display by the Brumbies resulting
in a win (46-37) and collected the Ricoh Cup to boot (they got a bonus
point against NSW).
Standout players for the Brumbies were Stirling Mortlock who outshone
Chris Latham in the counter-attack department and Travis Hall played an
excellent game at scrum half. You could say he saved the game at the death
knell by forcing a knock on by his opposite number, Sam Cordingley, from a
5m scrum. He also charged down the scrum half's kick from behind a
back-pedalling scrum resulting in a try.
Qld kept in the game by the boot of Shane Drahm, after they were 14-0 down
after the first 7 minutes of the game. Capitalising on Brumbies errors led
to a try later in the first half.
The lineouts were fiercely contested between Harrison and Eales in
particular. The Brumbies loose forwards were a lot sharper to the breakdown
than they were in the Wed match vs NSW.
The Brumbies back line combinations were a lot smoother as well. The
Qld backs in contrast were less polished in that area and there were a
number of times when the centres were given the ball when they were
flat-footed.
All up it was a good contest between two willing teams.
The only annoyance was the reference to the video referee a couple
of times that took an irritatingly long time to resolve the issue. I say
the video referee is a blight the game can do without.
Regards
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Anthony David | Save Ferris
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