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Brumbies CEO begs members to turn up to boost woeful crowds
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The Brumbies chief executive Michael Thomson and chairman Phil Thomson have begged with members to turn up to watch after registering their second lowest ever crowd against the Rebels.
In an email sent to members, the pair explained the need gate-takings play in funding grassroots initiatives.
“We know you want rugby to thrive in this region and, in part, to achieve this, we need a successful side playing in front of big crowds,” the email reads.
“The funds attendance at games enables us to invest back into our programs... and without your support and those funds the Brumbies may no longer exist.”
The team will donate $5,000 to three separate charities if they can reach their targeted crowd of 15,000 for their next match against the bottom-placed Sunwolves.
The Brumbies are second-to-last on the overall ladder, despite pre-season commitments to play more attacking rugby, are second worst in tries scored and worst in points scored. The Brumbies rank in the bottom five in line breaks, tackle busts and offloading.
“Scheduling is a challenge but if we play the right football, we play entertaining and continue to connect with our community we’re confident people will come,” Thomson said.
“If you look at the history of sporting teams in Canberra, sometimes they turn quickly and we’re confident if we continue to do the right things people will come back.”
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There is nothing particularly significant about Ireland in this regard compared to other Tier 1 nations. To look at 'strategy' for illegal play its best to see what teams push boundaries with new laws. SA have milked two tries at ruck block downs. The strategy is to charge the first few before the ball is out at about 4 seconds but pull out and put up hands in reigned apology. The referees usually allow the scum half to clear without awarding a penalty in this scenario. The problem with that being that the scrumhalf is now taking over 5 seconds through no fault of his own. Having achieved a few slow balls > 5s , the SA forward can now pick a scrum to charge dead on 5s. Now if the scrum half waits, he will concede a penalty, as we saw against Scotland. With the new rule in place, any early charge should result in an immediate penalty.
SA also got an offside block against England which was pivotal again after a couple of 'apologetic' offside aborted charges forcing England to clear slowly.
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