ACT Brumbies fullback Tom Wright is hoping to help the side find it's consistancy as they hunt for a big scalp and a Kiwi clean sweep.
Wright made his return from a long term injury last week in the defeat to the Fijian Drua, set to start again as they face the Hurricanes on Saturday.
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The fullback last featured in South Africa during the Rugby Championship, eager to get out on the field after light prodding from his teammates.
“The bounce back was a little bit of a challenge. I hadn't done it for a little while, just short of eight months or whatever it's been since I've played a game, but the lead up was super exciting, and just tried to have the focus about the team first mindset and making sure I was able to slip into the team as seamlessly as possible," Wright told reporters.
"It's more these jokers here that I have to call my teammates, just making a big deal of it. You just want life to go on as per, particularly in a team sport, when the guys are 10 weeks into the season and have done so well so far. Me coming in was like they were trying to make a big deal and make me the centre of attention, they're all the funniest people in the world.
"Really happy it's all done and now we get to go over to Super Round, another really exciting week and shift the spotlight again."
Wright was impressed by their wins over the big-name Kiwi sides, though he lamented their inability to back it up.
They are on the verge of a rare clean sweep should they win on Saturday, however, sit fourth after winning just one from four games at GIO Stadium.
“We shot out of the gates, didn't we? If you asked us which games, if we were to lose four games in the first ten rounds, which four would we have lost, you probably wouldn't have mentioned the ones that we have lost if we were to be brutally honest with ourselves and that's something we kick ourselves on at the moment," Wright explained.
"We pride ourselves about playing really strongly at GIO and they've been the ones that we've fallen over at, right? If we beat the 'Canes this week, then we beat all the New Zealand teams, that'd be great, but we're not really focused on an external stat like that.
"The boys have laid such a great platform in the first little bit of the season and we've got to pick back up. We've maybe dipped off in the last little bit where other teams have started to hit their strides and the focus for us is maybe just dial back in a little bit, do the basic stuff a little bit better that we did the start of the season really well.”
The Brumbies have kept a similar team to last week, with Andy Muirhead and Rory Scott back as starters.
BRUMBIES (1-15): James Slipper, Billy Pollard, Allan Alaalatoa, Nick Frost, Lachlan Shaw, Rob Valetini, Rory Scott, Tuaina Taii Tualima, Ryan Lonergan (c), Declan Meredith, Corey Toole, David Feliuai, Kadin Pritchard, Andy Muirhead, Tom Wright
Replacements: Lachlan Lonergan, Blake Schoupp, Darcy Breen, Toby MacPherson, Luke Reimer, Klayton Thorn, Tane Edmed, Ollie Sapsford
