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Rugby

Barnes set for Japan at season's end

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Rupert Guinness STAR Wallabies and Waratahs back Berrick Barnes is understood to have committed to playing in Japan as soon as this year's Super rugby season over and is on the verge of signing a contract with the...

Union

Overfull Brumbies to rotate back line

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Brumbies' Joe Tomane at training this afternoon. 
6 Feb 2013.
Photo: Rohan Thomson. The Canberra Times.

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Chris Dutton ''Rotation'' has been a cursed word for Australian cricket but the ACT Brumbies are ready to adopt a similar policy to end their Super Rugby finals drought.

Union

Brumbies are in fine fettle for Reds clash

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 08:  Clyde Rathbone and David Pocock of the Brumbies celebrate a try during the Super Rugby trial match between the Brumbies and the ACT XV at Viking Park on February 8, 2013 in Canberra, Australia.  (Photo by Stefan Postles/Getty Images)

Chris Dutton Quade Cooper was throwing punches but the ACT Brumbies were landing the final blows as they prepare for their Super Rugby redemption against the Queensland Reds next week.

Rugby Union

Competition fierce for Brumbies wingers

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 16:  Clyde Rathbone poses during the official 2013 ACT Brumbies Super Rugby headshots session at Brumbies Headquarters on January 16, 2013 in Canberra, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images) headshot clyde rathbone

David Polkinghorne Clyde Rathbone, Henry Speight and Joe Tomane fight for a position against the Reds.

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Pocock adds touch of class

SPORT - Brumbies new recruit David Pocock at Brumbies HQ,  Griffith. Canberra                                                                      6th  February  2013.                                                                                                                                                                   Photo by, Colleen Petch of The Canberra Times.

Chris Dutton Marquee recruit, superstar flanker and humanitarian – David Pocock arrives in Canberra as the biggest recruit in ACT Brumbies history and a key piece in a championship-winning puzzle.

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Pressure on Wallabies

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Pat McCabe of the Wallabies dives over to score a try during the international test match between the Australian Wallabies and Wales at Suncorp Stadium on June 9, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Chris Dutton It's crunch time for the Wallabies.

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Moment of redemption

SPORT: L-R Brumbies players, Matt Toomua and Christian Lealiifano wearing the Brumbies 2013 playing jersey that includes the centenary logo at Canberra Stadium, Bruce.

Chris Dutton Christian Lealiifano and Matt Toomua need only one word to sum up their past 12 months – heartbreak.

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Pretender to contender

SPORT - Brumbies captain Ben Mowen talks with coach Jake White during  training at Brumbies HQ  , Griffith. Canberra         7th  February  2013.                                                                                                                                                                   Photo by, Colleen Petch of The Canberra Times.

Chris Dutton The changes have been made and now it's time to win: year two of Jake White's mission to rebuild the ACT Brumbies is all about success.

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Brumbies must enter finals frontier

SPORT  -  Ben Mowen at Brumbies training at Griffith, Canberra.                                                                                             12th  February  2013.                                                                                                                                                                   Photo by, Colleen Petch of The Canberra Times.

Chris Dutton It’s season two of the four-year plan and there’s little doubt about the goal – make the finals. Jake White’s men surprised everyone last season before they choked in the last round and lost their...

Rugby Union

Wallabies dream fades as L'Estrange's Eagles dare

Former Marist College student Toby L'Estrange back home in Yarralumla during his Christmas break, Toby is now representing the US in Rugby playing with the USA Eagles.  12th January 2013. Photo by Jeffrey Chan of The Canberra Times.

Chris Dutton TOBY L'ESTRANGE is the Canberra junior playing international rugby and eyeing a spot at the World Cup and Olympic Games in consecutive years, but you won't find him at the ACT Brumbies.

Union

No one-man show for Brumbies

Quade Cooper announces his Cruiser weight Debut on Februray 8 2013 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

Chris Dutton Quade Cooper's decision to make his boxing debut eight days before the Super Rugby season wouldn't fit in ''Brumbies culture'', but the ACT is refusing to take a potentially battered and bruised...

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Brumbies combine for Wallabies charge

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: 
Christian Lealiifano of the Brumbies passes the ball during the round five Super 
Rugby match between the Brumbies and the Highlanders at Canberra Stadium on 
March 24, 2012 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Stefan Postles/Getty Images) 

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David Polkinghorne A ''hungry'' ACT Brumbies five-eighth Christian Lealiifano got his first taste of life as a Wallaby since last year's horrific ankle injury at a photo camp in Sydney on Monday.

Rugby Union

Brumbies snare former NRL coach Brian Smith

Brian Smith.

Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies have successfully landed a cross-code blow, securing former NRL coach Brian Smith as a consultant coach for the 2013 Super Rugby season.

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Pain can fuel Brumbies' title hunt

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 14:  Ben Mowen of the Brumbies celebrates scoring a try during the round eight Super Rugby match between the Brumbies and the Rebels at Canberra Stadium on April 14, 2012 in Canberra, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)

Chris Dutton A nother near miss in an eight-season drought or an invaluable stepping stone of the new generation?

Rugby

Pocock: I'm thrilled to be playing for White

Josh Rakic David Pocock couldn’t have known it at the time, but as long as four years ago Jake White earmarked the flanker as a player he had to coach.

Rugby Union

Brumby 'beast' ready to rumble

Brumbies player Tom Cox during training at Brumbies HQ, Griffith,Canberra.

Chris Dutton Stronger Brumby Tom Cox believes he's ready to burst into Super Rugby.

Opinion

The Wallabies are England in disguise. There is no bigger insult than that

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New Zealand-based rugby journalist Mark Reason believes the current Wallabies have betrayed their tradition - and he places the blame on Robbie Deans.

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Union

Brumbies playmakers fight for spot

1st APRIL 2012- SPORT- STORY CHRIS DUTTON - THE CANBERRA TIMES- PHOTO BY MELISSA ADAMS.
Brumbies player, Matt Toomua has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament during the Brumbies clash with the Sharks on Saturday night.

Chris Dutton HE ALMOST made a Super Rugby comeback to be the ACT Brumbies five-eighth saviour but Stephen Larkham has backed the team's playmakers to end the club's finals drought next season.

Union

McCabe sidelined with neck fracture

Pat McCabe of Australia cuts a dejected figure having injured his neck during an Australia training session at Latymers Schoo

Chris Dutton The ACT Brumbies are bracing to be without Pat McCabe for much of the Super Rugby season as the Wallabies centre needs a ''complete break'' from the sport for three months.

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