Lightweight Dan Palmer up to Brumbies prop challenge, but only temporarily

By Chris Dutton
Updated May 8 2015 - 6:10pm, first published May 4 2015 - 10:00pm
Not interested in a contract: Retired ACT Brumbies prop Dan Palmer in 2013 has taken up a coaching role with the side this year. Photo: Katherine Griffiths
Not interested in a contract: Retired ACT Brumbies prop Dan Palmer in 2013 has taken up a coaching role with the side this year. Photo: Katherine Griffiths
A slimmed down Dan Palmer in October 2014. Photo: Rohan Thomson
A slimmed down Dan Palmer in October 2014. Photo: Rohan Thomson
A bulked-up Dan Palmer, at his playing peak for the Wallabies in 2012.
A bulked-up Dan Palmer, at his playing peak for the Wallabies in 2012.

CAPE TOWN: He will be one of the lightest front-rowers in Super Rugby and has shed 20 kilograms, but scrum expert Dan Palmer is confident he can "fill the gap" if he needs to answer a shock SOS from the ACT Brumbies.

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