Selection issues

Let’s start with the positives. It looked a nice afternoon in Tokyo, the stands were pretty full and the Sunwolves outscored the defending champions 12-0 for an entire quarter of the game. But, aside from that, this was a troubling start for a teamm who last year conceded an average of 41.8 points per match h in their maiden Super Rugby campaign. Considering, on Saturday day against the Hurricanes, the Sunwolves were at home andnd should have been fresh and full of enthusiasm, what’s going to happen in April when they travel to New Zealand to play ay the Crusaders, Highlanders and Chiefs in consecutive weeks? eks? Speaking of teenagers, Scott Fardy would have been 15 the last time the Brumbies w won in Christchurch. Now 32, the Wallabies veteran came desperately close to helping his side break that drought on Saturday night, sparking the Brumbies’ second-half resurgence in the only way he knew how. Fardy carriedcarrie strongly, defended flawlessly and made himself a menace at every breakdown,break outshining a Crusaders pack featuring a few few All Blacks. The flanker led both teams with 14 tackles to keep the Crusaders in check and, with those e efforts going in vain, didn’t deserve to be on the beaten side.