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Brumbies closing in on Super Rugby record

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Irae Simone. (Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images)

The Brumbies have won nine consecutive Super Rugby games at home and are honing in on the club they record set 22 years ago.

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The Brumbies won 13 straight games in Canberra between the inaugural Super Rugby season in 1996 and 1998.

They’ll look to make it 10 home victories on the bounce when they host the Melbourne Rebels on Friday night.

“Not many people like travelling to Canberra,” Brumbies and Wallabies hooker Folau Faingaa said.

“It’s just a special place to play and we have to keep that winning mindset.”

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The Brumbies are Australia’s most successful team with two titles and they’ve been involved in the Super Rugby finals in six of the past seven seasons.

Focussing on Friday night’s opponents, the Brumbies have fallen to the Rebels in their last four encounters over 2018 and 2019, which includes two matches in Canberra.

The Brumbies looked much sharper in the first round of this year’s competition, however.

The Brumbies hosted the Reds and clinched a narrow win while the Rebels were tripped up by the Sunwolves – a franchise with just three players in the squad from last season.

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Understandably, the Brumbies will be confident heading into the game.

Inside centre Irae Simone wants to make Canberra the most feared away trip in the competition.

“We’re trying to bring back the fortress,” Simone said.

“We’re trying to bring that feeling back for teams fearing coming to Canberra and so far we’re doing pretty well on the back of nine wins.”

– with AAP

Reds playmaker Isaac Lucas is confident his side can bounce back from their loss against the Brumbies to take down the Lions:

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Bull Shark 3 hours ago
Jake White: Are modern rugby players actually better?

Of the rugby I’ve born witness to in my lifetime - 1990 to date - I recognize great players throughout those years. But I have no doubt the game and the players are on average better today. So I doubt going back further is going to prove me wrong. The technical components of the game, set pieces, scrums, kicks, kicks at goal. And in general tactics employed are far more efficient, accurate and polished. Professional athletes that have invested countless hours on being accurate. There is one nation though that may be fairly competitive in any era - and that for me is the all blacks. And New Zealand players in general. NZ produces startling athletes who have fantastic ball skills. And then the odd phenomenon like Brooke. Lomu. Mcaw. Carter. Better than comparing players and teams across eras - I’ve often had this thought - that it would be very interesting to have a version of the game that is closer to its original form. What would the game look like today if the rules were rolled back. Not rules that promote safety obviously - but rules like: - a try being worth 1 point and conversion 2 points. Hence the term “try”. Earning a try at goals. Would we see more attacking play? - no lifting in the lineouts. - rucks and break down laws in general. They looked like wrestling matches in bygone eras. I wonder what a game applying 1995 rules would look like with modern players. It may be a daft exercise, but it would make for an interesting spectacle celebrating “purer” forms of the game that roll back the rules dramatically by a few versions. Would we come to learn that some of the rules/combinations of the rules we see today have actually made the game less attractive? I’d love to see an exhibition match like that.

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