The Blues are about as settled as they can be for the clash against the Force (7.05pm kickoff) where they will attempt to make it a clean sweep of all five Australian teams. With three bonus points from the first four matches, the Auks are in the box seat, a point clear of the Highlanders and Crusaders who can also make it five from five this weekend. Their superior points difference also works in their favour should things get a little sticky come Saturday night. Both the southern sides would have to win very big to create any major angst.
It was the moment the Brumbies had to realise they have a problem. No matter how much work they’d been doing in the week leading up to the match with the Blues, trying to find the improvements they desperately needed to spark their trans-Tasman campaign, it had to have dawned on them that something bigger […]