A long-range try for the Brumbies used to be from five metres out. Now they’re at their most dangerous from 95 metres out.
In time, the legacy of Eddie Jones’ return to Australian rugby in 2023 will be studied by head-scratching historians. Some people fell, some people rose, some people joined rugby league.
Put simply, Wright is in the form of his life. The 26-year-old custodian is sitting in the top five of every attacking statistic kept by the competition, and has been a major factor in the Brumbies putting their best season together in 24 seasons. For much of the past decade, the Brumbies’ success was based on set-piece strength, defence and the rolling maul as a weapon of choice. The maul was so prolific, hooker Folau Faingaa was the Brumbies’ top try-scorer in 2019 and 2020, and he sits fourth on the club’s all-time try-scorers list.It was also criticised as boring and one-dimensional, and teams who shut it down, shut the Brumbies down.
In a majority of those long-range tries, Wright was either scoring them or sparking them, and it’s here where the Jones impact comes in. When dropped cold by Jones last year for making costly mistakes for the Wallabies, Wright could have easily responded by auditing his game, and dialling down his trademark high-risk, high-reward mentality.
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