Originally Posted by
JSJ
Hi Bakkies,
I do not take any joy from the problems of the Brumbies and low crowd attendances. They were the team I supported before the Force came along.
There are many factors for the fall in crowds, but one in my mind is that the Brumbies in their first 10 years from 1995 invented that style of fast moving continous multi-phase try scoring rugby, which was actually labled "Brumbies rugby" at the time.
Somewhere the Brumbies lost their way and and focused more on rolling mauls from lineouts, pushover scrums, penalties etc. Meanwhile some of Kiwi sides and the Lions had adopted and improved on that fast moving"Brumby rugby" that the crowds love.