ACT Brumbies rises in training to fight to save Super Rugby season

Training outbreaks show that they are serious and that they will shoot a warning shot across the Tasman before the Brumbies continue their first win in New Zealand since 2014.

"We were close enough to live [training] "Rory Arnold

" It's a complete effort on the part of players who do not play to improve their performance, it's good to have all the firing squad, this makes the battle for selection a good problem 19659003] "You are only as good as your last match. So it does not matter if we do not do well … we have to back it up. "

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Arnold made his suspension comeback in a drought-free period victory over the Wellington Hurricanes last weekend, scoring a try on his return to celebrate his 28th birthday [19659003] The 208-centimeter lock was banned for three weeks for a high tackle against the Johannesburg Lions on May 19 and the Super Rugby hiatus He did not have the opportunity to replay before the match against Hurricanes

But Arnold did not take long to regain his groove, picking up the form that set him on the starting point of a Wallabies before being suspended. [19659003] "I had a tackle a bit high [against the Lions] and I raised my hand and I owned it," says Arnold.

"You do the crime, you do the weather. So I sat down for a few weeks and just had to wait until I could play again.

"You have to be aware that when you are tackling smaller backs on the outside, you have to focus on the lower body.The big men in the game have to work to get their proper tackle technique .

The Brumbies will fly to New Zealand on Thursday, with McKellar still making a decision on whether Sam Carter (back), Allan Alaalatoa (ankle), Scott Sio (shoulder) and Lachlan McCaffrey (back) ) will travel with the team.

Carter, Alaalatoa and McCaffrey were back in training Tuesday, while Sio was on duty after hitting a shot and being forced to leave After the first 15 minutes against the Hurricanes, the win against the Hurricanes was the first trans-Tasman victory for the Brumbies since the first round of the 2016 season, but the Brumbies have nowhere in New Zealand since 2014 and have not beaten the leaders at home since 2007

SUPER RUGBY ROUND 18

Saturday: Waikato Chiefs vs. ACT Brumbies at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, 3:15 pm.