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Queensland out to lay more misery on Brumbies after red-washed 2021
By AAP
Young winger Josh Flook says Queensland are relishing the chance of testing themselves against the Super Rugby Pacific pace-setting Brumbies when they clash on Friday night in Canberra.
Both Australian sides are unbeaten after four rounds with the Brumbies leading the charge from the Reds courtesy of a bonus point.
But the Reds have bragging rights after toppling the Brumbies to win Super Rugby AU last season with Canberra lock Darcy Swain igniting the fuse early by saying he wants to "go out there and shut them up this weekend".
Last year the biggest margin in three games was three points, which came in the final when the Reds got up 19-16.
Flook, who is settling into his role as a winger after shifting from the centres, says the game presents a challenge both individually and as a team.
"Obviously they're a very good side and have been for the past couple of years," the 20-year-old said on Tuesday.
"We've developed a really good rivalry against them so it's exciting to come up against one of the heavyweights in the competition and we get to compare ourselves to them early in the season, which is nice."
Flook is also looking forward to marking test winger Tom Wright, who scored two tries in the Brumbies' last-round win over Melbourne.
Flook himself was key to their last-ditch win over Fijian Drua, pulling off a try-saving cover tackle.
"He's obviously a Wallaby and has shown he can play that level really well so it'll be a good match-up for myself and I'm looking forward to it."
Flook said the team took belief from their 3-0 record against the Brumbies in 2021 while they are hopeful of skipper Liam Wright returning from his round-one shoulder injury.
"We were able to get in and get the job done last year so that gives us a bit a bit of hope for this year," Flook said.
"It's a very hard place to go down and play - they got a little fortress down there and I'm sure there'll be up for it and we've just got to go down and match it with them."
- Melissa Woods
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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