“We know how good they (Drua) are and with a few of their players back they’re definitely back to full strength. We cannot take them lightly.”
Brumbies forwards work their scrum ahead of their Round 5 Super Rugby Pacific match against the Fijian Drua.
Inset: Brumbies fly-half Noah Loleasio. Photo: Brumbies
ACT Brumbies head coach Stephen Larkham is not taken away with their 21-20 win over the Blues at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, last Friday. The win ended Brumbies 12-year hoodoo at Eden Park.
Larkham said they celebrated the win but at the same time kept their focus on the Fijian Drua.
“It’s a seven-day turnaround for us,” he said of Friday’s clash at the GIO Stadium in Canberra, Australia.
“We know how good they (Drua) are and with a few of their players back they’re definitely back to full strength. We cannot take them lightly.”
Larkham was impressed with the performance of first-five eighth Declan Meredith.
The Brumbies won 36-32 during their first round Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific clash at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva last month.
The Drua recorded their first win last Saturday after they handed Chiefs their first loss of the season 28-24.
The Glen Jackson-coached side welcomed the return of star winger Selestino Ravutaumada.
The match kicks-off at 8.35pm.
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