Hurricanes looking to bounce back

Centre Ngani Laumape scored the Hurricanes only try as the home side ran in seven tries despite two yellow cards in the second half for persistent infringements at the breakdown.

Boyd was frustrated by his side's inability to get quick ball in attack, but praised the Brumbies aggressive defensive effort and good line speed.

"To lose and concede 50 was disappointing for everybody… we had trouble at scrum time, made too many errors and couldn't build pressure because we were getting slow or dead ball," Boyd told Hurricanes.co.nz. 

"That blunted our ability to recycle phases, so being under pressure at the breakdown was the key thing."

With no new injuries out of the match, Boyd was confident his side would regroup before heading to Dunedin to play the Highlanders next Saturday.

The key work on would be gaining better quality ball, something he said the new midfield pairing of Laumape and centre Vince Aso did not get in Canberra.

"They got through some reasonably good work, but our problems came a little further in. We were untidy and made too many mistakes and it wasn't helped by the fact our ball was either slow or dead or under pressure from good line speed."

Hurricanes wing Cory Jane said the players were hurting and determined to make amends against the Highlanders.

"Too many mistakes," said Jane. "They put pressure on us with good line speed. We knew it was coming but we panicked a little and they had Scott Fardy and Pocock who love getting over the ball. When they did that we panicked a little and next thing you know we were under our sticks.

"It's a very disappointing start, so there's a long way to go for next week. The pride is hurt, but we have the squad to turn it around and we have the attitude to do it. It's a big week for us." 

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