Coaches feel the gap between the two countries has closed after just two weekends of Super Rugby
Highlanders player Aaron Smith celebrates winning the Super 15 rugby union final between the Wellington Hurricanes and Otago Highlanders at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. Picture: AFP PHOTO/ANTHONY PHELPS
“We’re not going to Melbourne with any illusions,” loose forward Elliot Dixon said on Wednesday. “We know that it’s going to be a test [and] these Aussie conference games aren’t going to be a walk in the park.” In 2019, however, the Australians have started strongly. The Waratahs should have opened their 2019 season with victory over the Hurricanes, while the Brumbies, beaten at home by the Rebels in week one, showed surprising attacking intent to destroy the Chiefs 54-17 last Saturday in Canberra.
“For the Brumbies to do that to the Chiefs, I’d have to say something’s changed,” Crusaders and All Blacks centre Jack Goodhue said on Wednesday. “They’re just playing very good footy at the moment.”
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