Moore intense on tour

[mudskipper]

Training intensity needs to lift: Moore
19 Apr, 2011 07:25 AM

ACT hooker Stephen Moore says the Brumbies need to be more intense at training if they want to eradicate the simple errors from their game and start performing.
The Brumbies have a bye this week and will fly to South Africa on Saturday for matches against the Free State Cheetahs on April 30 and Durban Sharks on May 8.

Moore is one of four injured big-name players set to return to the squad.

Without Moore and Huia Edmonds, the Brumbies' lineout struggled in the team's loss to the Western Force last weekend.

But Moore said stand-in hookers Anthony Hegarty and Elvis Levi were not to blame for the set-piece woes.

With the game in the balance and pressure building, errors crept into the Brumbies' lineout and allowed the Force to steal a 27-19 victory.

''It's a combination of things. To the untrained eye it looks like the hooker's fault, but there are a lot of things that go into the lineout, there's the calling of the options, the lifting and the throwing,'' Moore said.

''For most of the game [against the Force], most of those things were a little bit out.

''Our execution has to be better right across the board.

''... We have to make ourselves accountable for the mistakes we're making, as individuals and a group.

''We have to train like we want to play, we need a training session that's as close to how we want to play a game and that means not making errors.

''You can't expect to make errors during the week and then hope that it comes together on the weekend, it's just not going to happen.''

The Brumbies will get a major boost to their lineout stocks today with academy lock Sam Carter expected to be upgraded to a full-time contract.

Carter will sign a two-year deal after impressing the coaches with his work during the pre-season and with the Brumby Runners.

The 21-year-old plays for Sydney University and will attempt to force his way into the regular Brumbies rotation with Mitchell Chapman leaving for Japan at the end of the season.


BRUMBIES ON TOUR
April 30: Against Free State Cheetahs at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein, 11pm;
May 8: Against Durban Sharks at Kings Park Stadium, Durban, 3.10am.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news...e/2138169.aspx

[GIGS20]

Intensity at training is never going to happen with the nice guy coach who has been picked by the committee. He'll be spending all his time telling them how awesome they are and the results are just around the corner, it's not their fault etc........at least Richard Graham (who hasn't done a great job IMHO) called the players lazy on national television, sometimes a bloke needs to hear that to get off his arse

[Burgs]

So it isn't the Hookers fault when a throw isn't straight?

[shasta]

Thank f@ck you're back Muddy. Now I won't need to trawl a heap of media sites to get that vital Brumbies news I like to read all the time.

[Burgs]

I'm not sure how we have coped

[GIGS20]

I'm not sure how we have coped

I managed to get by

[mudskipper]

Here to help gentlemen...

[mudskipper]

So it isn't the Hookers fault when a throw isn't straight?

You didn't watch the match ... The throws were straight but your lineout guru Sharpie was all over them...

[Burgs]

Was talking more generally, but seem to recall at least one being reported not straight.

[GIGS20]

Was talking more generally, but seem to recall at least one being reported not straight.

And a couple that were missed, but that was both ways, so no foul!

[mudskipper]

Was talking more generally, but seem to recall at least one being reported not straight.

That was reported by Sharpie

[James]

I agree with you completely Muddie; we should make Sharpie an official touch judge as well as being a player. Good suggestion.

[Burgs]

Might earn what he is worth then (ie two salaries...)

[travelling_gerry]

One of the Brumbies throws was so far off the mark our half back caught it.