Speight to bring up Super century
Wallabies winger Henry Speight will bring up his Super Rugby century in one of four changes to the starting side made by Dan McKellar for the visit of the Jaguares on Sunday afternoon.
The flying Fijian will also claim his 100th appearance Brumbies, joining an exclusive list of only ten players to have achieved the feat for the club.
There’s a return in the second row for captain Sam Carter, who leads the side outright in the absence of co-captain Christian Lealiifano, with the centre taking a planned break from Super Rugby to undertake a period of regeneration after taking part in every match thus far.
Kyle Godwin who will slot into the inside centre role vacated by Lealiifano.
Scrumhalf Joe Powell returns to the starting fifteen after a two-match absence, trading places with Matt Lucas who takes a spot on the bench.
There are three more changes on the bench, with Mees Erasmus and Darcy Swain poised to win their first Brumbies caps as replacement prop and lock respectively.
The Brumbies have only ever played the Jaguares once before, and never in Canberra, having tasted a 39-15 success over the Argentineans in Buenos Aires last year, the second leg of their overseas tour.
BRUMBIES
1. Scott Sio, Folau Fainga'a, 3. Allan Alaalatoa, 4. Rory Arnold, 5. Sam Carter (C), 6. Tom Cusack, 7. David Pocock, 8. Isi Naisarani, 9. Joe Powell, 10. Wharenui Hawera, 11. Chance Peni, 12. Kyle Godwin, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 14. Henry Speight, 15. Tom Banks.
Reserves: 16. Robbie Abel, 17. Nick Mayhew, 18. Mees Erasmus, 19. Darcy Swain, 20. Michael Oakman-Hunt, 21. Matt Lucas, 22. Jordan Jackson-Hope, 23. Andrew Smith.
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He nailed a forward on this tour (and some more back in the NPC before he left lol)!
I know what you mean and see it too, he will be a late bloomer if he makes it for sure.
Go to commentsSo John, the guys you admire are from my era of the 80's and 90's. This was a time when we had players from the baby boomer era that wanted to be better and a decent coach could make them better ie the ones you mentioned. You have ignored the key ingrediant, the players. For my sins I spent a few years coaching in Subbies around 2007 to 2012 and the players didn't want to train but thought they should be picked. We would start the season with ~30 players and end up mid season with around 10, 8 of which would train.
Young men don't want to play contact sport they just want to watch it. Sadly true but with a few exceptions.
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