Brown reveals full Force of frustration
By Tim Clarke
10 April 2011 12:04PM EST
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WALLABIES flanker Richard Brown has unleashed his frustration at another sagging Western Force season, accusing teammates of not turning up on game day.
Richard Brown has unleashed on his underperforming teammates
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While not going as far as AFL skipper Brent Harvey and naming names, Brown revealed some of the unhappiness in the Force camp by predicting “big changes” at the club if results did not improve.
A 31-3 drubbing by the Waratahs in front of their home crowd was the low point in an increasingly dire season for first year coach Richard Graham.
And Brown let fly in an ABC radio interview after the defeat.
“We wanted to rebound after last week against the rebels, but the score shows we did not do that,” Brown said.
“We prepared well, but there are guys who are not turning up on game day – and if things don’t change soon there are going to have to be big changes made.
“You can’t mope about it, you have got to accept where our weaknesses are, and address them – with brutal honesty.”
NSW Waratahs halfback Luke Burgess has pulled out one of his best games of the Super Rugby season to lead his side to a 31-3 victory over the Western Force at NIB Stadium on Saturday,
Burgess was pivotal in orchestrating most of the Waratahs' tries in the crushing win which now has an already beleaguered Force side mourning its third consecutive defeat.
Fears the Force were in for a long and dismal night were ignited immediately with a dropped ball by inside centre Gene Fairbanks from the kick off.
Force coach Richard Graham was clearly disappointed by the result and said not only was his side "out classed right across the field" but they gave up possession too easily.
"I think the half time stat was 71 per cent of territory to the Waratahs, so we were always under pressure," Graham said.
"In terms of our defence, we lacked the sting that we have had."
Waratahs captain Dean Mumm said he was happy the side was able to get the win away from home.
Even more rewarding was the fact the side now have so far beaten all other Australian teams, he said.
"It's always a goal of ours at the Waratahs to play well against the other Australian teams and we've managed to beat them all so far which is pleasing," he said.
"But we've got another round of them to go so if we can get eight of those it would be better than four."
With AAP
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