Brumbies -v- Western Force

[Darren]

Friday 15th September 2006
Kick-off: 19.00 (17.00 Perth Time)
Venue: Vikings Park, Canberra

Western Force:
The squad is :
1. Gareth Hardy
2. Brendan Cannon
3. Angus Scott
4. Pat O'Connor
5. Matt Windle
6. Luke Doherty (c)
7. David Pocock
8. Richard Brown

9. Matt Henjak
10. James Hilgendorf
11. Brett Stapleton
12. Haig Sare
13. Josh Graham
14. Digby Ioane
15. Scott Daruda

16. AJ Whalley
17. Troy Takiari
18. Josh Fuimaono
19. Kiti Fuluna
20. Jon McGrath
21. Vitori Buatava
22. James Stannard
Brumbies:
1 Nic Henderson
2 James McCormack
3 Salesi Ma'afu
4 Alister Campbell (captain)
5 Scott Flint
6 Marty Wilson
7 Julian Salvi
8 Stephen Hoiles

9 Patrick Phibbs
10 Julian Huxley
11 Francis Fainifo
12 Gene Fairbanks
13 Adam Ashley-Cooper
14 Matt Carraro
15 Tim Wright

16 Saia Faingaa
17 John Ulugia
18 Liam Shaw
19 Jone Tawake
20 Nick Haydon
21 Christian Lealiifano
22 Tim Curran

Officials:
Referee: Brett Bowden
Touch judges: Daniel Cheever, Damien Mitchelmore
Assessor: Mick Keogh

[Mtbeaver]

oo sounds like a good match

[JohnBoy]

No game coverage on FTA or Foxtel then, I think it is streaming on the web though

[Jess]

does anyone know if it is being broadcast on the radio? or any of the APC matches for that matter?

[blindsid3]

From Canberra Times:

Super struggler now a real Force Brumbies wary of big improver
Julia Whyte
Friday, 15 September 2006

The Western Force might have been considered a Super 14 struggler, even the season's easybeat, earlier this year, but the ACT Brumbies will not underestimate it at Viking Park tonight .
Coming last in the Super 14 competition had at least one advantage for the Force. Few of its players were selected in the national squad, leaving most of the side available for the inaugural Australian Provincial Championships.

While the ACT team boasts some of its regular starters, it is for the most part a side made up of the next generation of Brumbies and a handful of club players.

Captain Alister Campbell said the side, which had trained together full-time for about two weeks, had come together well last week to beat the NSW Waratahs but would have to put in an improved performance to steal top spot on the competition ladder from the West Australians.


"[The Force] have had a great preparation, they've basically been preparing for this competition since the end of Super 14," he said yesterday.

"All their players weren't able to come back to the eastern seaboard for club competitions, so they're a pretty sharp outfit and they've got limited amount of guys in the Test squad so they've got a fair bit of experience on deck.

"They play a pretty wide expansive game so we'll have to have a big improvement from last week to compete with them ... the feeling's good after a win last week and we're looking to carry that momentum and confidence into the game."

It will be the first time the Western Force has travelled to the ACT and while it may be missing some of its marquee players such as Nathan Sharpe and the recently recruited Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell, there is still plenty for rugby fans to look forward to. Wallabies veteran Brendan Cannon will take to the field for just the second time since neck surgery sidelined him in April.

The match also marks the return of scrumhalf and former St Edmund's College student Matt Henjak to Canberra for the first time since leaving the Brumbies to join the Force.

He will line up in what should be an exciting battle against Patrick Phibbs, who had one of his best games of the season last week when he helped the Brumbies to a one-point win against the Waratahs.

The weather conditions tonight are expected to be much-improved on the drizzle at last week's match against NSW and should suit the Brumbies' traditional running style of rugby.

Brumbies coach Matt O'Connor has shuffled the backline to bring Julian Huxley into flyhalf with Gene Fairbanks and Adam Ashley-Cooper teaming up in the centres to allow the side to play a more expansive game.

If the Brumbies follow their game plan and send the ball out wide it will set up one of the best head-to-heads of the game - Force winger Digby Ioane versus Brumbies flyer Francis Fainifo.

Ioane, 21, made an immediate impact in his debut Super 14 season this year with the Force, which came on the back of touring with the Wallabies to Europe in late 2005.

He is still waiting to earn his first Test cap and will be hoping to impress national selectors tonight, but comes up against one of the Brumbies most promising outside backs in Fainifo.

The 22-year-old joined the Brumbies program this year from NRL club the West Tigers and made a name for himself during the ACT club competition by carving up opposition defence for premiership winners the Tuggeranong Vikings.

Fainifo did not see much of the ball during the Brumbies outing against NSW but is sure to show off some of his trademark speed at Viking Park tonight.

TONIGHT

ACT Brumbies V Western Force

7pm at Viking Park. Gates open at 5.30pm.

Tickets: Adults $15, Concession $10, Children 17 and under free.

[Evie]

Digby (provided he is fit) up against Frankie will be very exciting indeed, Frankie has only been in ACT a little while but he has made a name for himself very quickly and he is fast as will Phibbs v Henners and it is a perfect spring day here, so no rain this week, yay!
And my phone is on the charger all ready to keep you posted.

[The InnFORCEr]

Good work Evie.....after the game....let your hair hang down!!

[Evie]

Good work Evie.....after the game....let your hair hang down!!

Oh I hope to especially as I need some major cheering up, my p***k of a (ex?) manager just sacked me.

[Darren]

Looks like Digby is on, with a couple other changes, details here: http://thewholeforce.com/showthread....ed=1#post26123

[Jethro]

Guess l'll adopt the Force for the APC then

And of course the most important game of the evening see's the rampaging Hawkes Bay Magpies vs Manawatu. C'mon the Bay !!!!!!!!

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Oh I hope to especially as I need some major cheering up, my p***k of a (ex?) manager just sacked me.

Just sent you some vCash (whatever that is) to cheer you up.

[GIGS20]

What's the URL for the Web stream? anyone?

[Evie]

Guess l'll adopt the Force for the APC then

And of course the most important game of the evening see's the rampaging Hawkes Bay Magpies vs Manawatu. C'mon the Bay !!!!!!!!

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Just sent you some vCash (whatever that is) to cheer you up.

Thanks mate... So far I have got given chocolate and vCash and I have only been unemployed for 2 hours. And I am even managing a smile.

[Darren]

I'll look, but Moses our 'tahs (Please Lord, forgive him) man in the East tells me that it will be on ABC Radio 2BL 702am... I'll look for their stream now...


... try here: http://abc.net.au/streaming/702/702stream.asx

[Darren]

Just sent you some vCash (whatever that is) to cheer you up.

You should visit The Book and spend some of it

[Jethro]

I'll look, but Moses our 'tahs (Please Lord, forgive him) man in the East tells me that it will be on ABC Radio 2BL 702am... I'll look for their stream now...


... try here: http://abc.net.au/streaming/702/702stream.asx

For the magpie game, if anyone is interested. Not sure of kick off time in Oz, schedule for 8pm local.

http://radiosport.co.nz/

Visiting the book