Brumbies player ratings vs Hurricanes | Super Rugby Pacific
To finish off round 11 of Super Rugby Pacific the Brumbies welcomed the Hurricanes to GIO Stadium in Canberra for Sunday afternoon rugby.
The Brumbies welcomed back Tom Banks in the fifteen jersey after recovering from a facial injury sustained in round six and he was instrumental in the 42-25 victory.
The Brumbies built their lead early by taking points away from all of their trips inside the Hurricanes territory. The Hurricanes stayed in the game, with the Brumbies heading into the half only three points ahead.
It was an arm-wrestle for most of the second half, but a dominant performance from the Brumbies back row set the platform for a Brumbies blitz as they ran in four tries to seal the match.
Here’s how the Brumbies rated:
1. Scott Sio – 6.5/10
The veteran prop’s purple patch of form continues. Was asked to make a lot of carries and made metres after contact. Matched up well against Lomax in the scrum battle. Replaced in the 50th minute by Slipper.
2. Lachlan Lonergan – 6
Was solid throwing at the linout and got around the park like a backrower. Was a recipient of the Brumbies maul machine, scoring from short range in the second half to put the Brumbies ahead. Replaced in the 50th minute
3. Sefo Kautai – 6
Carried hard off the ruck in tight and was solid at scrum time. Fell off some tackles, including a stray jersey grab that allowed Rayasi to slice through. Substituted in the 57th minute.
4. Darcy Swain – 7
Was industrious in defence, working hard around the ruck. Was targeted six in the lineout for the Brumbies and won a Hurricanes lineout against the throw in the 32nd minute. Continues to be the best counter-mauler in the competition, disrupting the Canes on multiple occasions.
5. Cadeyrn Neville – 6
Got through a mountain of work in both defence and attack, doing the hard work that allowed the Brumbies back row to range out wide. Was involved in every other ruck and made 12 tackles. Replaced by Tom Hooper in the 57th minute
6. Rob Valetini – 8
Made up for an early drop ball off a lineout move but putting in one of his best performances in a Brumbies jersey. Punched holes in the Canes defence all game and was abrasive in every carry. Made 16 tackles. In the 33rd minute he put in a grubber and won the 50-metre horse-race to get enough pressure down on the ball to ground it over the line.
7. Jahrome Brown – 7.5
Was his usual combative self in contact and was dogged in defence, making 12 tackles. Sat down Umuga-Jensen to bounce out of a tackle early in the game. Gave away a cynical penalty for slapping the ball out TJ Perenara hands and was yellow carded. Backed up Tom Wright to score a important try in the 53rd minute.
8. Pete Samu – 6.5
Powered over the advantage line on a number of carries to build momentum for the Brumbies. Was tenacious around the ruck and was targeted in the lineout three times.
9. Nic White – 6.5
Found space around the edges of the ruck to get the Brumbies in behind the Canes defence. Controlled the tempo of the game and used the box-kick effectively to get the Brumbies out of trouble and into Hurricanes territory. Did well to wrestle the ball away from Fainga’a and get it out to Ikitau for Banks’ try. Replaced by Lonergan shortly after.
10. Noah Lolesio – 6
Took the points when they were on offer and built the Brumbies lead early in the match. The radar was working, converting 7 from 8 off the boot. He missed a soft tackle that allowed Rayasi to stroll over for a try early in the second half.
11. Andy Muirhead – 5.5
Made some great textbook tackles and did well to contain Julian Savea. Had limited opportunities with ball in hand but was able to use his quick fit to escape heavy traffic.
12. Irae Simone – 6.5
Was outstanding in organising the Brumbies backline and acting as a second playmaker. Set the line for the backs and covered his channel well in defence, making a team-high 17 tackles. Split the Canes through the middle to set up Jahrome Brown’s try.
13. Len Ikitau – 6.5
Ikitau was influential on defence, and his big shots forced errors from the Canes backline. Saw a glimpse of his immense strength when he carried three Hurricanes defenders as fought to find the grass in the second half.
14. Tom Wright – 6
Supported his fellow outside backs and ran lines that exposed the Canes in the backfield. Made himself a menace at the breakdown and won a crucial turnover in their own 22 to stop an attacking raid from the Canes.
15. Tom Banks – 7
Played up in line and got plenty of touches from fullback. His running lines broke through consistently and he was good in the aerial battle against Barrett. Was on the end of a pass from Ikitau to score in the 57th minute. Was lucky to get away with a suspect charge on Julian Savea late in the match.
Replacements:
16. Folau Fainga’a – 5.5
His first involvement was to break away from the maul and carry it to the line, setting up the Banks try. Had a number of carries but was not able to break through the Canes rush defence, and took some wrong options in attack.
17. James Slipper – 6
Came on and added some power in the scrum. The veteran continues his incredible work rate.
18. Tom Ross – N/A
Gave away a penalty at scrum time to hand possession to the Canes.
19. Tom Hooper – 6.5
Supported his forwards carrying into contact and was there to clear out. At times lost the physical battle when carrying into contact. Managed to make 9 tackles in fifteen minutes.
20. Luke Reimer – 6.5
Was a menace at the breakdown and was rewarded with a crucial turnover late in the game.
21. Ryan Lonergan – 6
Kept the tempo up when he came on the park, providing good service to his outside backs.
22. Hudson Creighton – 5
Came on in the 72nd minute. Barely got across the line in the 77th minute to seal the win for the Brumbies.
23. Ollie Sapsford – N/A
Entered the game in the 70th minute.
Comments on RugbyPass
Big difference from the Saders. Forwards really muscled up and laid a solid platform. Scooter brought some steel and I liked the loosie combination. Newell has been rather disappointing this season but stepped up big time - happy also to see Franks dot down. He should do that more often! Reihana had a good game and there seems to be more flair and invention with him in the saddle. McNicoll plays well from the back and is reliable plus inventive when he joins the line. Keep it up chaps!
3 Go to comments🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
30 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusaders , you can keep going.
3 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
30 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
30 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
30 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
30 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
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