ACT Brumbies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jim Williams

Jim Williams was noted for his heroics in the Brumbies successful 2001 campaign, where he persisted to play week after week with a broken rib. Perhaps his time in the army was responsible for this tough man approach to the game.

Answer: Hamilton

Jeremy Paul was one of two Brumbies on the 2004 squad to hail from New Zealand. The other is Tamaiti Horua who was born in Nelson.

Answer: Nick Henderson

Although they all qualify to play for the Wallabies, Ben Darwin was born in Bath, England. Patricio Noriega who played for the Brumbies in their early years was Argentinian. Guy Shepherdson, surprisingly enough was born in Jakarta. Perhaps Indonesia should start to put a team together?

Answer: Daniel Vickerman

When he first came to the Brumbies, Daniel Vickerman was the tallest man in the Super 12 at a towering 2.04m. Justin Harrison is a centremetre shorter than him at 2.03, while the try-scoring duo of Samo and Chisolm, were a 'mere' 1.97m.

Answer: Jone Tawaki

Jone came to Australia via a methodist rugby scholarship to Kinross Wolaroi School in Orange. He played 10 games over 2 years for the NSW Waratahs, scoring within 5 minutes of his debut, and then came to the Brumbies in 2004.

Answer: James Joyce

The book is not much of a read, in fact it makes about as much sense as Finegan does in post-match interviews.

Answer: 2000

Brumbies coach Eddie Jones 'discovered' George Smith while he was trialing for an NRL team, the Manly Warringah Sea-Eagles. He quickly signed him and turned him into a rugby union superstar, described as the finest flanker in the world, and the "Don Bradman" of rugby union. One can only imagine what he may have done in rugby league.

Answer: Queensland Reds

He played five games for the Reds before being picked up by the Brumbies, to cover the loss of Jim Williams.

Answer: Andre Watson

The Brumbies have an appalling record when playing with Andre Watson as opposed to with other referees. Despite this, Gregan has had some joy with Andre, winning the World Cup in 1999, and the 2004 Super 12 final. In fairness this bad record is partially caused by Andre being South African, which means he only referees Brumbies' games when they are playing New Zealand teams.

Answer: Scored the match winning try in the 2001 Super 12s Final.

Larkham has done many great things, but it was Joe Roff who made the blistering break to set up the Brumbies win in 2001 over the Sharks.

Answer: 101

'Campo' was actually from Queanbeyan, but is claimed as an ACT player. He debuted for the Wallabies as a 19 year old in 1982, and kept on going to rack up 101 caps for his country.

Answer: He made his Super 12 debut while only 19.

Matt had to wait until he was 20 to play for the Brumbies, but had already played against England in Twickenham. His father was a rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders. Matt Henjak's father was also a rugby league great, and young Giteau and Henjak basically grew up together, and both went to St. Edmunds in Canberra.

Answer: Hunter

Like father, like son.

Answer: Mark Gerrard

Rathbone scored 9 while Gerrard ran over for 10, only just overcoming Rathbone with a hat trick in the final. Both were immediately rewarded for their efforts by being selected in the Wallabies for the first time. An interesting note is that neither player began their career with the Brumbies, Rathbone played three times for the Durban Sharks, and Gerrard gained a solitary cap for the NSW Waratahs.

Answer: Biarritz

Joe Roff capped off his Brumbies career by scoring two tries in the final, to break Christian Cullen's record of 56. His last season was dominated off the field with jibes about his new "European habits", such as drinking excessive amounts of cappucino and turning up to training on his black Vespa.