Laurie Fisher Quotations

Maybe they can get a little bit ill-disciplined so we'll try and play down their end of the park.

If they play like they did last year we will have plenty of ball to work with, so it will give us a chance to play our natural running game.

I don't know what the market price is mate, but he's worth whatever you pay for him.

Certainly at this stage, all he has to do is just play the appropriate football during the Super 14 and I'll certainly back him to have a very good (competition).

He deserves the spot from his spring tour form alone.

Having had a couple of weeks at home now, we've tried to play with some good tempo (in our play), to really put some good pace on the game. You've got to back your skills, and I think it has always been a Brumbies trait to play at a good tempo.

He'll probably need to play with just a bit more protection, I think.

He's got a tremendous work-rate and is relentless at the breakdown.

He's just pulled up with a slight groin strain after last week's game, but he should be fine to train at our captain's run on Thursday.

He's a very key player and an important part of our leadership group. Having Stephen in the team for another year will be invaluable for us in terms of developing our next line of halves talent.

He's a tremendously gifted player with a phenomenal understanding of the game.

He's been consistently among the best players at both Super 14 and Test level for a number of seasons and it is a huge boost to the team to have George with us for another three seasons.

I would stress that this is a function of the way football is going. It's an enormously tough game in the forwards. To think you can be a starting player week in and week out over potentially all of the Super 14 games is an unrealistic expectation.

It certainly wasn't our greatest game. But it was a very good test of our character.

Our only focus is on preparing our game, so we're not doing things to shut down Rogers or shut down somebody else.

I think everybody will be primed for a good performance. And I guess I'd rather have experienced players who've been there and done that than a whole host of players who haven't. I'd rather be in our shoes than their shoes.

Julian is a fantastic young player with a long future as a professional rugby player, hopefully, at the Brumbies.

We haven't given up, and I only know what I've read in all the papers, which is a fairly strong push that he's over there, but he hasn't told us that yet and I don't know that he's 100 per cent made up his mind. But indications are that he might be leaving. We discussed it with him on a number of occasions, there's nothing to add. The decision is purely in his court now.

We'll see how he goes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but he's on track to be on the bench.

We would be playing players who are fit to play so if he was fit to play, he'd play.

The players are fresher both physically and mentally, but it's also given us an opportunity to do a bit of extra work on our conditioning and strength this week.

Both sides were trying desperately not to lose (last year) but I think we'll see something dramatically different next weekend.

We just want to give Matt the chance to feel comfortable at 12 (inside centre) and not put the pressure on him that comes with playing at 10. Gene Fairbanks will be our back-up five-eighth, not Matt.

We scored four tries and we haven't scored four tries this year, so there's a lot of good things to come out of it. I thought we showed tremendous character out there.

Best case it's a seven-10 day injury. At worst, it's four to six weeks.

You've really got to be on your bike for this game.

You score three times inside the first 30 (minutes) and the bonus point is there for the grab. We just didn't play particularly smart.

A lot of the things he can do, no-one else can do. He gives you options no-one else can give you, so you take advantage of what he offers.

There will be no easy road there and we don't have any expectation it will be.

It's a bit of an ugly game this year, all round. The open, free-flowing, try-for-try game is gone. The tackle contest is now intense. It's absolutely gripping football but it's a different style of play.

It's a bit of a domino effect. We'll wait and see what happens with Drew Mitchell, although I fear there may be some third-party offers that could lure him over to the Western Force.

It's an open market. If you want to express an interest (in a player) then you express interest.

It's great to go to the week off having a good win against a New Zealand side.

The bonus point was there for the taking but we just didn't take it. We just got tired and didn't play particularly smart.

It's certainly great to have one of the marquee players in world rugby signing with us for such a period of time, so we're particularly excited.

It's an enormously tough game in the forwards. Week in week out, the body contact, the collisions are enormous, so to think you can be a starting player week in week out, potentially over 15 Super 14 games and a dozen Tests, it's an unrealistic expectation.

They haven't started in a game as the inside backs, but they did a lot of training there over the summer.

They've got some specific strategies defensively and they work for 80 minutes, so there is certainly no easy way through them.

Around the ruck they certainly defend differently, but having watched just that one trial, it's hard to say precisely what they're aiming at.

I'm not sure he left to play fullback. He could have stayed with us and contended for a fullback or wing place.

I have no problem with Matthew taking that deal, from the figures that I understand the ballpark to be. He's a young man who can set himself up for the rest of his life, so that's a sound decision on his behalf. You can't knock back that sort of money, but we're very sorry to see him go.

I hope it is done soon for our own quality and to encourage other players to stay or come here.

I guess with the new coach and given the injuries at the back end of last season, it's probably a clean slate for everybody in contention.

He's still struggling a bit with his neck and didn't train today (Thursday). We got an x-ray done and it came back pretty clear so we're hopeful he'll still be able to play. We hope to have him back on the training paddock tomorrow.

Hopefully he'll recover, and be right in a couple of weeks time.

George's defensive work this year has been absolutely fantastic. If you look at the amount of work he puts in during a game, it's phenomenal.

George is as motivated as he has ever been. He's really excited about this season.

He's one guy amongst a number of others we'll be looking at. We've made no approaches at this stage but we need to look at what's available to fill that position.

He's in such good form and he's playing with plenty of quality and enthusiasm. He's really rejuvenated his career this season.

All of our wins have been pretty skinny wins and we've had to work hard for them. To look at our play, it's been quite unremarkable to this stage and I don't know that there's a lot there to suggest we're about to break open and do something special this weekend.

The medical staff are quite pleased with both Matt and Adam's progress and if they are available for selection then obviously that gives us a nice boost.