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Stargazer

Geez, Brumbies, how many try scoring opportunities have you butchered in those first 22 minutes? Still no score.

Tim

Brumbies just blew an overlap on the try line, due to playing in slow motion.

Tim

nil all after 36 minutes. Odd for a preason game. Last ruck penalty to the Force was bullshit.

Stargazer

Two tries to Kahui. The Aussie commentators still can't pronounce his name.

antipodean

It's boring sitting here. Brumbies are ineffectual at anything not set piece.

KiwiMurph

antipodean

I don't know how obvious it was to anyone watching footage, but the Brumbies backline offered nothing on attack. Almost no variation in lines and correspondingly very little penetration.

They remain a team whose major threat is their competence in mauling.

Also the Force looked vastly more competitive with Kahui at second five-eighth.

NTA

This is the new channel Nein ad. Quite good.

Kiwiwomble

@NTA pretty good up until the last line

NTA

@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:

@NTA pretty good up until the last line

"And Stan Sport"?

Kiwiwomble

@NTA yeah, its quite offensive

no "the game played in heaven", which yes, is not the last line, but the last one before the "facts"

NTA

@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:

@NTA yeah, its quite offensive

no "the game played in heaven", which yes, is not the last line, but the last one before the "facts"

The branding used here for decades, so why change? 😉

Kiwiwomble

@NTA really? never heard that before, my bad

NTA

@Kiwiwomble said in Aussie Rugby:

@NTA really? never heard that before, my bad

Old school ties and straw boaters 😉

NTA

Matt Toomua and Reece Hodge were on the Australian Open Tennis coverage this morning doing some sort of serve challenge.

Channel Nein are flogging this Rugby union thing, which is great.

NTA

Bones

@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:

This is the new channel Nein ad. Quite good.

Pretty awesome to find a tahs try that wasn't a rolling maul.

Stargazer

@KiwiMurph said in Aussie Rugby:

About that white Force jersey:

The Western Force are set to take on the ACT Brumbies today in the capital in a pre-season trial match.

The Force will be wearing a one-off unique jersey for their final competitive hit-out before the Super Rugby AU season opener.

The predominantly white and blue jersey, designed by the players, pays homage to Western Australia through the presence of a large ‘W’ across the chest, the Sea of Blue and the importance of local community rugby clubs with each club logo present on the front of the jersey design.

Force players aligned to a club in WA will be signing their jerseys and presenting them to the respective clubs to give thanks and recognise the role community rugby plays in the development of players to the professional level of the game, including the likes of Kyle Godwin (Associates), Kane Koteka (Wests Scarborough) and Michael McDonald (Palmyra).

https://www.westernforce.com.au/locally-inspired-jersey-to-be-worn-in-trial-match/

KiwiMurph

@Stargazer Nice story behind the jersey. How the Force and Brumbies then couldn't organise for Brumbies to wear their alternate strip is beyond me.

booboo

@Stargazer said in Aussie Rugby:

Two tries to Kahui. The Aussie commentators still can't pronounce his name.

How does one mis-pronounce Kahui?

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