Chris Dutton

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

How a proud club fell into a seven-year glitch

Stirling Mortlock, skipper (L) of Australia's ACT Brumbies, reacts with Peter Kimlim (R) after their team lost to New Zealand's Waikato Chiefs during the Super 14 rugby match at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, May 15, 2009. The Chiefs won the match 10-7.     REUTERS/Nigel Marple (NEW ZEALAND SPORT RUGBY)

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.

Rugby

Mediocrity is not an option for fit Moore

Stephen Moore of the Wallabies charges forward during the Tri-Nations Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at Eden Park on August 6, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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.

Rugby

Ashley-Cooper's ready for 'home-coming'

Chris Dutton The new generation ACT Brumbies are reaping the rewards of a pre-season ''overhaul'' and the changes Jake White has made needed to happen for the two-time champions to move into the future, Adam...

Ben more bang for the buck

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 21: Rocky Elsom of the Brumbies looks on during the round 14 Super Rugby match between the Force and the Brumbies at nib Stadium on May 21, 2011 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies have already got more on-field value out of new skipper Ben Mowen than they did from an injury-plagued Rocky Elsom during his two-year stint in the capital, club great Owen Finegan...

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Union

Little things make mighty Brumbies

4 May 2012 SPORT Canberra Times photograph by GRAHAM TIDY Story by Chris Dutton. Brumbies Captain's Run at Canberra Stadium. Coach, Jake White.

Chris Dutton They have defied everyone's Super Rugby expectations and coach Jake White wants the ACT Brumbies to become competition pioneers by setting the standard for ''the little things that make you win''.