ACT Brumbies re-appoint Alaalatoa as captain as club sets sight on title
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Alaalatoa will skipper the side for the sixth year in a row after successfully returning from an ACL injury in 2024.
“For me, it’s always an honour to go out there and lead the club, especially being the Brumbies who gave me my first opportunity to live my dream,” Alaalatoa said to reporters.
“It’s always an honour to be skipper of this club.
“There’s been plenty of growth and you learn a lot being a leader, probably more so how I want to lead and the different changes that I make throughout the year and how much you lean on the other boys.
“I’m so grateful I have a strong leadership group behind me who also take a lot of the right and push standards on the field.”
The Brumbies have been frustrating close to the Final in the past two seasons, falling at the semi-final.
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“We’ve got to understand that we’re making the semi-finals so we’re not doing too much wrong," Alaalatoa insists.
“There’s a whole last part of the program that is giving us every opportunity to be a quality and consistent side but we are missing that little bit. For us, it was important to highlight the good stuff we’re doing over the last few years but also understand the shifts we need to make.”
On the Brumbies side for a title push is they are one of few clubs in 2025 to maintain a consistent roster, with close to 30 players returning for this season.
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“At this time of the year, you’re always setting those goals and I think for us it’s finding those little one or two percenters because we’ve been so close over the past two years but fallen short," Alaalatoa added.
“For us, it’s been a massive shift in pre-season. The boys have been training hard and I think off the back of last season, we’ve got 30 players who have come back and experienced the last few years.
“It’s a massive thing for us so we don’t have to change everything, we can just add little pieces in the program on and off the field which we believe will take us that next step forward.”
