3 MATCHBRUMBIES DAY PROGRAM 2020 SEASON, ISSUE 3 COACHES Q&A With both the Plus500 Brumbies and our Super W stars in action today, we sat down with Dan McKellar and Adam 4 Butt to get their thoughts heading into this epic double header. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR BRUMBIES Ella Ryan & James Slipper tell us where they played their 11 junior rugby, celebrity look-alike and how they want the 2020 season to be remembered, while we also celebrate the seven Brumbies who have made their debut in the past two weeks. TEAM POSTER PULL-OUT Head to the centre page to get your official Plus500 25 Brumbies posters of our featured stars, Michaela Leonard, Solomone Kata and Jane Garraway. SUPER W READY FOR TAKE OFF Super W is BACK with a BANG and the Brumbies look to 31 kick off 2020 with a win against Rugby WA. Head to page 31 for all the details. BRAIDWOOD 7’S SUCCESS We look back on what was a truly special event last 40 Saturday, as Braidwood hosted a fantastic 7’s tournament. WHAT’S COMING UP? There’s always heaps of fun happening in Brumbies country, make sure you visit our bulletin board on page 50 to see what events are happening in the next few weeks, 50 and where. Plus500 BRUMBIES RUGBY Established: 1996 BRUMBIES PROGRAM PRINTED BY P: 02 6262 4077 F: 02 6241 4027 E: [email protected] A: Unit 5/37 Dacre Street Mitchell, ACT 2911 Editor: Rian Murphy | Head of Production: Chelsea Wilson | Contributors: Marty Cambridge | Photography: Getty Images, Karen Watson, Lachlan Lawson, Emily Wilson & Jayzie Photography Yeah I think we have 11 debutants if all get on but we’re excited for all those girls to wear the jersey for the first time, and with our returning players, we’re sure they’ll do us proud. There’s a couple who have stood out over preseason. Ella Ryan obviously, she slots into flyhalf and at such a young age she’s impressed massively. Zali as well, another who’s been excellent in preseason and the trials. She’s got huge shoes to fill with Tayla Stanford missing out, and we hope to see Tayla back soon but yeah, so excited to see how they go in their first game. Another great week’s prep. Tough game against the Rebels last Friday so just managed that, focusing on our recovery and review but Tuesday we were back to it and had a big session which kickstarted the prep. Mostly business as usual, everything we’ve done has been with the knowledge we’ve got to shift up the gears a bit this week. 4 There was definitely lots of good things. I though the boy’s execution of our game plan first half was really good. Definitely a lot of pleasing aspects with the performance but there parts that we need to get better, areas we’re traditionality strong in and hold ourselves to a very high standard. So yeah, happy with the start and with the results obviously but certainly not comfortable and not getting ahead of ourselves and know we have to continue to improve. Yeah they’ve lost a few but there’s still a lot of quality in that side. Look at Aaron Smith, still absolutely one of the best players in the game. They’ve got some quality young backs, Hunt at Flyhalf and Ioane outside him. Rob Thomson at 13 another. So they’ll present a different challenge I’m sure, plenty of kicking, not kicking the ball away but actual kicking to attack. They’ll defend a little differently as well but yeah, a different challenge we’re excited about. It’s so important, especially with us only having two cracks at home every win counts and job number one for us is getting into that top three. 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In 2018, both were inexperienced but underway against Rugby WA. were thrust into starting roles straight away. The mission this season is clear, go one Now, in year three they will co-captain the better and make the Grand-final. It’s been Brumbies side. It’s a remarkable story, and the only message coming out of Super W one which will hopefully inspire a generation camp this season, players and staff not of players coming through and in truth, it shying away from challenging themselves already has.