The Brumbies finished their two-game tour of South Africa this morning when they played the Johannesburg Lions at Ellis Park.

But they could return to White's home country later this year as the former World Cup-winning mentor starts planning for the future.

The Brumbies had the longest pre-season in the club's history before this year's campaign when they started training in July after White took the coaching reins.

He says his team won't need to train for the same length of time before the 2013 season.

Instead, he wants to give it as much game time as possible.

After the players have fulfilled their commitments in Canberra's first-grade competition, White believes exposure in matches is the best way to help his young team improve.

And White said there could be an opportunity for Canberra's top premier division players to join his squad.

''I'm just looking to play as much rugby as I can with this group of players and that doesn't mean it is a trip back to South Africa,'' White said.

''If we can finish the club season in the John I Dent Cup and have some sort of rugby component before we start pre-season training again, that would be ideal.

''This group of players doesn't need a pre-season as long as we had last time.

''If we can't find a way to play games, we can work around that.

''When I say South Africa [is an option], I can see coming here would make sense for us, especially with the opposition I would want to play.

''If we win every game by 50 points or we lose, there's no pressure. We can try things, we can experiment with positions and as a reward we may pick one or two guys from the John I Dent Cup and see how they go.''

The Brumbies will return to Canberra tomorrow confident they have laid the foundations for future success.

They blooded 13 tour rookies on their trip to South Africa which included games against the Lions and the Pretoria Bulls.

The young players were warned before arriving that it was easy to fall into ''holiday mode'' while away from home.

But forwards coach Laurie Fisher declared the new generation of Brumbies the most diligent group he has toured South Africa with, irrespective of results.

It's a massive compliment from Fisher who has coached teams which included the likes of George Gregan, Stephen Larkham, Stirling Mortlock, George Smith and Matt Giteau.

''I think we've worked harder than we have in the past, I think this group has shown more commitment and diligence than any group I have been a part of here in the past,'' Fisher said.

''They're a young group, they're trying to forge a reputation and every week is hugely challenging.''