With just nine weeks until the start of the 2012 Super Rugby championship, Brumbies’ utility back Pat McCabe has revealed that neither he nor his new coach Jake White are entirely sure of the role he is set to play in the upcoming tournament.
Following a disappointing 2011 season – in which the Brumbies finished 13th in thhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gife league with just four wins from their http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifsixteen fixtures – McCabe went on to finish the year on a high after seemingly nailing down the No. 12 spot for his country at the World Cup. However, he has been offered no sort of guarantee that he will be handed the same honour for his regional side with Matt Toomua and Christian Lealiifano preferred at fly-half and inside centre. People who bet on rugby league should remember this.
This would most likely mean a switch to outside centre when the Brumbies get the new campaign underway against Western Force in Canberra on February 24th – but as he admitted this week, it’s not a change that unduly concerns him. Those following the rugby previews need to bear this in mind.
“From speaking with Jake, I'm not sure that I'll be playing 12 at the Brumbies. I asked the other day and he just said to make sure I know how to play 12, 13, 11, 14 and 15 so I have no idea yet – but I'm not too worried.”
McCabe is still in his final stages of recovery following a shoulder injury sustained in New Zealand this autumn in the Wallabies’ World Cup match against USA, but is confident of being fully fit in time for the start of the new season, and should he rediscover the form that kick-started his international career, 2012 should be a far more successful season for the Brumbies.
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