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Speight to bring up Super century
By Online Editors
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.
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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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I’m pretty sure ball in play time is higher in the Gallagher Premiership is higher than it is in super rugby. Games in super rugby may take less time to complete because there was a clear edict for fewer TMO interventions this year whereas I sense in Europe they would rather reach the right decision with the help of the TMO even if that means games take a bit longer than they do down here in Australasia.
Go to commentsI thought there were some positive signs for Leicester against Harlequins even though they lost that match about a month or so ago. That was their first Premiership match with Pollard and Wiese playing for them. Their wins against Northampton, Gloucester and an admittedly weak Newcastle suggest that they’re heading in the right direction performance wise. McKellar’s Brumbies were lazily portrayed as a side who could only score tries from rolling mauls but they grew into a side that could play with some width by the end of his first season as Brumbies coach.
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