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    The Brumbies play a simple yet effective style of rugby focused on offloads, multi-skilled forwards, and consistency at fly half. Their forwards are both hard workers and skilled ball players. Two interchangeable fly halves allow for creativity and provide plenty of ball to the dangerous wings. Defensively, the Brumbies have not conceded a second half try in over 240 minutes through successful implementation of their defensive pattern. Fetching is a core specialty despite the small size of available players during Jake White's tenure with the Springboks.

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    The Brumbies play a simple yet effective style of rugby focused on offloads, multi-skilled forwards, and consistency at fly half. Their forwards are both hard workers and skilled ball players. Two interchangeable fly halves allow for creativity and provide plenty of ball to the dangerous wings. Defensively, the Brumbies have not conceded a second half try in over 240 minutes through successful implementation of their defensive pattern. Fetching is a core specialty despite the small size of available players during Jake White's tenure with the Springboks.

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    The Brumbies play a simple yet effective style of rugby focused on offloads, multi-skilled forwards, and consistency at fly half. Their forwards are both hard workers and skilled ball players. Two interchangeable fly halves allow for creativity and provide plenty of ball to the dangerous wings. Defensively, the Brumbies have not conceded a second half try in over 240 minutes through successful implementation of their defensive pattern. Fetching is a core specialty despite the small size of available players during Jake White's tenure with the Springboks.

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    How the Brumbies play simple rugby

    Offloads
    This has been a rather new skill since New Zealander Sonny Bill Williams shifted from rugby league to union two years ago. The Brumbies were the early masters and while they dont do it through the tackle as often as Williams did, their ability to release the ball on touching the ground gives teams less time to get behind the last mans feet and opens up holes in the defence

    Multiskilled forwards
    Players such as Ben Mowen, Fotu Auelua, Peter Kimlin and Stephen Moore are hard grafters, but also exceptionally skilled players. Their awareness of support runners is a testament to how the Brumbies focus on sharpening their individual skills. Their ballplaying has left teams clueless as taking the ball into contact has been the very last option

    Ben Mowen

    Jake White, Brumbies coach

    Fotu Auelua

    Peter Kimlin

    Two y halves = consistent ball to wings


    Matt Toomua and Christian Lealiifano are bucking the trend of the need of big players in mideld. Their interchangeability allows the Brumbies a heads up in terms of creativity and there is no limit as to what they can do. Defensively, their loose forwards and whoever is at outside centre take care of menaces, but their dangerous wings are enjoying a surfeit of ball. Number 1, they run straight and attack the gain line. Number 2, that opens up space out wide and, if that doesnt work, number 3, they use a bit of their Oz wizardry to open up gaps for Jesse Mogg, Henry Speight and Joe Tomane to exploit
    Jesse Mogg

    Stephen Moore

    Christian Lealiifano

    Defence
    They havent reached the lengths of the Stormers, but 240 minutes without conceding a second-half try is an amazing statistic. It was one of Whites strengths as Bok coach and it took some rather enterprising play from the Sharks to break the spell. There are no individuals to single out as the successful implementation of a defence pattern is reliant on the collective

    Fetcher
    David Pocock and George Smith are not the smallest of players and when they are running at full steam, they are difficult to contain. Their core specialty, fetching, was one Jake White avoided like the plague during his Springbok tenure, citing the small size of the available specimen during that time. Pocock is out for the rest of the year, but Smith, who gave White so many past headaches, is a world-class operator and ball retention is still a Brumbies hallmark

    David Pocock

    Henry Speight

    Matt Toomua George Smith

    Joe Tomane

    KHANYISO TSHWAKU, JACO GROBBELAAR, Graphics24

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