Fisher sees bright Brumbies future
Laurie Fisher might be heading to 'greener pastures', but he believes he is leaving the Brumbies in a very healthy state.
Speaking after his team had been knocked out in the Super Rugby semifinals, an 8-26 loss to Australian rivals the Waratahs at the weekend, The Brumbies' departing Director of Rugby, Fisher, said he is convinced they are close to ending their decade-long Super Rugby title drought.
Fisher lamented the Brumbies' inability to convert a wealth of possession, territory and pressure into victory in Saturday night's 26-8 semi-final loss to the NSW Waratahs at Allianz Stadium.
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"We had our chances. We had plenty of presence down their end, but we just weren't able to do it," Fisher said in his final post-match analysis before joining Gloucester next week as their head coach in the English Premiership.
Skipper and former Wallaby captain Ben Mowen is also moving on, along with several other players, but Fisher believes the Brumbies remain on track to complete a remarkable resurrection from the club's worst-ever campaign in 2011 with a first championship since 2004.
The revival began under South Africa's World Cup-winning mentor Jake White, who guided the Brumbies to the 2012 playoffs and grand final last year, and will continue under head coach Stephen Larkham next season.
"We've got a style of play that will continue to evolve," Fisher said.
"I know there's a quality group of players and a quality group of coaches and staff who are still here, so I'd expect the team and the organisation to prosper."
Mowen also believes the two-time Super champions are on the cusp of another special era.
"I really feel like this side deserves some sort of finality, a championship, to this period and that's still there for them next year.
"As long as this side is together – and next year the majority of the group is much the same – as long as they get some sort of reward for the work they've done, I'd be very happy to see that," he said.
Source: 3news
