of the weekend and one could make a case for either team. If the Blues have the patience and discipline to counter the Brumbies sequence play without giving up penalties the home team should get the points; we're going to stick our necks out and say they can, but we don't expect the margin to be only than about five points and don't expect to see many tries.
TEAMS:
Blues: 1.Tony Woodcock, 2.Keven Mealamu (captain), 3.John Afoa, 4.Kurtis Haiu, 5.Anthony Boric, 6.Jerome Kaino, 7.Serge Lilo, 8.Viliame Ma'afu, 9.Alby Mathewson, 10.Stephen Brett, 11.Rudi Wulf, 12.Benson Stanley, 13.Rene Ranger, 14.Joe Rokocoko, 15.Isaia Toeava.
Reserves: 16.Tom McCartney, 17.Charlie Faumuina, 18.Filo Paulo, 19.Peter Saili, 20.Chris Smylie, 21.Daniel Kirkpatrick, 22. Paul Williams.
Brumbies: 1.Ben Alexander, 2.Stephen Moore, 3.Salesi Ma'afu, 4.Ben Hand, 5.Mark Chisholm, 6.Rocky Elsom, 7.George Smith, 8.Stephen Hoiles (captain), 9.Josh Valentine, 10.Matt Giteau, 11.Francis Fainifo, 12.Christian Lealiifano, 13. Tyrone Smith, 14.Pat McCabe, 15.Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Reserves: 16.Huia Edmonds, 17.Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18.Justin Harrison, 19.Mitchell Chapman, 20. Patrick Phibbs, 21.Matt Toomua, 22.Andrew Smith.
REFEREE: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)