Chris Dutton
Chris Dutton has worked at The Canberra Times since 2007, starting as a junior reporter before covering the Canberra Raiders and ACT Brumbies. He now writes extensively on Super Rugby and is part of the Fairfax team covering the London Olympic Games - with, of course, a focus on Canberra athletes.
Union
Folau no sure thing but gets majority vote
Chris Dutton Three of the past five Wallabies World Cup coaches are adamant Israel Folau is the man to play fullback against the Lions.
Union
Folau set to ride the Brumbies
Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies are on a mission to stop a ''freakish'' Israel Folau.
Izzy spells: Brumbies ready for sparks to fly
Chris Dutton The Brumbies are on a mission to stop a ''freakish'' Israel Folau and are using a last-round ''reality check'' to stabilise their Super Rugby finals aspirations in Sydney on Saturday night.
Rugby Union
Brumbies ready for ambush
Chris Dutton Jake White is preparing for a NSW Waratahs ''ambush'' at Canberra Stadium and says counterpart Michael Cheika has given his players the underdog tag to fire them up.
Union
Pocock weighs knee reconstruction options
Chris Dutton ACT Brumbies and Wallabies star David Pocock says he won't take any "short cuts" to rush back from a knee injury.
Rugby
Pocock in no rush to put knee under the knife
Chris Dutton Brumbies and Wallabies star David Pocock says he will not take any ''shortcuts'' to rush back for the British and Irish Lions tour as he faces up to six months on the sideline.
Union
Pocock may ignore European tour to get fit for Super season
Chris Dutton Injured Wallabies flanker David Pocock will consider sitting out the spring tour to focus on being fit for the Super Rugby season and ensure he avoids an ongoing battle with his knee injury.
Rugby Union
McCabe earns Wallabies recall
Chris Dutton Pat McCabe’s 30 minute stint in Canberra’s first grade rugby union grand final has earned him an international recall with the ACT Brumbies centre selected in the Wallabies side to play on Saturday...
Union
How a proud club fell into a seven-year glitch
Chris Dutton The Brumbies have endured seven years of pain since their Super Rugby triumph of 2004. Chris Dutton looks back over the last eight years at what went wrong.
Union
Eight Brumbies rewarded in Wallabies squad
Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies' resurgence has been rewarded with eight players being selected in the Wallabies squad for the mid-season Test matches against Wales and Scotland.
Union
From Wests to the Wallabies
Chris Dutton From club rugby to the international stage, Jesse Mogg is still pinching himself after he capped a whirlwind eight months by becoming a bolter in the Wallabies squad last night.
Rugby
Sydney curse just another record for Brumbies to break in 2012
Chris Dutton The new generation ACT Brumbies have consistently smashed unwanted records this year and insist the scars of the past will not prevent them from breaking their Sydney hoodoo on Saturday night.
Rugby
Steely ACT ignores slanging match with Waratahs
Chris Dutton It could be the calm before the storm or the nervous energy for a determined run to the Super Rugby play-offs, but the ACT Brumbies are avoiding a war of words with the NSW Waratahs.
Union
White's blind faith reaps rewards for Brumbies
Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies started the season as survivors of a disaster but Henry Speight knew they could rise from the ashes of last year if they got the right opportunity.
Mowen urges Brumbies to go to Waugh
Chris Dutton ACT Brumbies captain Ben Mowen hopes he can emulate NSW Waratahs great Phil Waugh’s leadership and inspire the ACT Brumbies to be ‘‘desperate at every contest’’.
Rugby
Roff set to link board, players
Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies will move away from having a current player on the ACT Rugby Union board and task Super Rugby great Joe Roff with adding input from the players' perspective.
Rugby
Speight's speedy recovery has him in line for first round
Chris Dutton ACT BRUMBIES winger Henry Speight has promised to have an immediate impact when the Super Rugby season begins at Canberra Stadium on Friday night.
Chris Dutton
McCabe version 2.0
Chris Dutton He's got a reconstructed shoulder and a reconstructed game plan - Pat McCabe no longer fears failure and hopes his boom rise through the ranks has only just started.
Rugby
Mediocrity is not an option for fit Moore
Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies will refuse to accept mediocrity when the Super Rugby season begins and hooker Stephen Moore wants the team to deliver instant success tomorrow night.
Union
Crunch time for Smith
Chris Dutton Bigger, faster, stronger - Andrew Smith is determined to make this season the best of his Super Rugby career and cement his place as a midfield battering ram for the ACT Brumbies.
