Exclusive: How we made the final

The leadership of club coach Jake White (right) and skipper Ben Mowen inspired the Brumbies. Source: Getty Images

HE transformed the Brumbies from stragglers in 2011 to the fittest side in Super Rugby. Much-vaunted strength and conditioning guru Dean Benton, who now departs the club, exclusively explains for News Limited readers the eight key factors that saw the club make the 2013 grand final.

1. The support of Brumbies chief executive Andrew Fagan from the outset was exceptional. Andrew supported the ambition of having the world's best rugby program despite operating with the second lowest budget of all Australian Super Rugby franchises. He strategically provided the human and financial resources to support this goal.

2. Know what you can do with available resources – and do it. Know what you can't do – and do not even try. For the Brumbies to elevate from a bottom three team to a top three team, coach Jake White was prepared to take a risk and  "do different things" and "do things differently".

3. We recognised that money, facilities and equipment are not the answer. Good qualified coaches and a systematic approach to coaching is crucial.

4. Assistant coaches Laurie Fisher and Stephen Larkham were incredible to work with. Integration of the rugby program to all other areas of player preparation was unprecedented. Laurie's technical ability is comparable to the best Olympic sport coaches I have worked with. Stephen, if developed and retained by Australian rugby, could be one of the best attack coaches in world rugby if he isn't already.

5. Nothing occurs in isolation. There was a genuine performance paradigm in place from day one. All sport medicine, athletic performance, nutrition and analysis staff bought into a "can do", rather a "can't do" philosophy to all aspects of player preparation. This allowed the acceleration of the gap between a bottom three team to a top three team to be analysed and bridged very quickly.

6. Captain Ben Mowen and senior players were wonderful leaders. All players bought into the program and worked their butts off. The infamous Narrabeen camps that began in August 2011 were the foundation.

7. We accepted we may not have been the most talented group, but we made ourselves the best prepared physically. Rather than "train like you play", we adopted an attitude of "play like you train".

8. The Brumbies-Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) partnership was a tremendous asset. Being able to gain access to AIS facilities, expertise and services that have underpinned Australia's success in world sport over the last 20 years was tremendous. We utilised expertise and services from the AIS Nutrition, AIS Sport Science/Medicine and AIS Strength and Conditioning Departments. This allowed our players to be exceptionally educated in terms of recovery and training strategies.

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