{"id":8289,"date":"2012-02-24T14:34:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T12:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/rugby-brumbies-give-white-winning-start-with-victory-over-force\/"},"modified":"2012-02-24T14:34:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T12:34:22","slug":"rugby-brumbies-give-white-winning-start-with-victory-over-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-brumbies-give-white-winning-start-with-victory-over-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Brumbies give White winning start with victory over Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocatio\/spann\">Feb 24 (Reuters) &#8211; A new-look ACT Brumbies gave new<br \/>\ncoach Jake White a winning start to his career in Australia as<br \/>\nthey held off the Western Force 19-17 in their Super Rugby clash<br \/>\nin Canberra on Friday.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former South Africa World Cup winning coach White took over<br \/>\nthe under-performing Brumbies this season and has cleared out<br \/>\nseveral of the side&#8217;s established players, giving six players in<br \/>\nhis 22-match day squad their first Super Rugby callup as he<br \/>\nlooks to rebuild the side.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both teams were heavily penalised by New Zealand referee<br \/>\nBryce Lawrence for multiple indiscretions at the breakdown or by<br \/>\nbeing in front of the kicker as they looked to play a<br \/>\nterritory-dominated game with little width or adventure in their<br \/>\nattack.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Force flyhalf James Stannard slotted four of his five penalty<br \/>\nattempts in the first half, while Brumbies scrumhalf Nic White<br \/>\nwas successful with three of his five shots at goal.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Brumbies&#8217; scrum, which had demolished the Force&#8217;s pack in<br \/>\none scrum shortly before the break, provided the platform for<br \/>\nsecond half tries to winger Jesse Mogg and fullback Robbie<br \/>\nColeman as the Canberra-based side finally chanced their arm and<br \/>\nbrought their young backline into play.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Force continued with their conservative plan and managed<br \/>\nto hold onto the ball with decent field position for a series of<br \/>\nphases and hammered at the Brumbies&#8217; line before Stannard scored<br \/>\nin the corner.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both White and Stannard lost all sense of direction of the<br \/>\nposts in the second half with White missing three shots at goal,<br \/>\nwhile Stannard missed with two.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please double click on the newslink:<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>for more rugby stories<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 24 (Reuters) &#8211; A new-look ACT Brumbies gave new coach Jake White a winning start to his career in Australia as they held off the Western Force 19-17 in their Super Rugby clash in Canberra on Friday. 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