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Wallaby Winger of the Decade

December 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
From the period 2000-2009, eighteen different men have worn either the Wallaby Number Eleven or Fourteen jerseys in a test match. Interestingly eight of these were  also on the fullback list (Julian Huxley and James O’Connor being the only two fullbacks NOT to start a test on the wing).
So, […]

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Matt Giteau wins John Eales Medal 2009

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
For real
On the right is how the voting finished up (Wallabies vote 3-2-1 for their team-mates after each test).
Initially I was pretty surprised, thinking that surely Benn Robinson should have come closer to the top, if not taken it out. I’d say that alongside Rocky Elsom he’d be the […]

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Tags: john eales medal · 2009 · Wallabies

Woeful All Blacks

August 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. This match was upside down and back-to-front even before it had begun. To start, the national anthems were played in an order that bucked tradition with the beautiful South African anthem sung before New Zealand’s was delivered at it’s usual dirge like pace. (Why can’t they quicken it up […]

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Tags: 2009 · Tri Nations · south africa · All Blacks

Tri-Nations Predictions

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Wondering who to stick your kids lunch money on for this year’s Tri-Nations?
Well wonder no more.
We’ve gathered some of the worlds keenest rugby brains to help you make up your mind with their own Tri-Nations predictions.
Noddy
1st: Wallabies
Turning point: The first game - Australia’s first win at Eden Park since […]

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Tags: rugby · 2009 · tri-nations · south africa · Wallabies · All Blacks

Reds launch into 2009

January 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. by Juan Cote
It was with great gusto the Reds launched their season campaign this morning, a slick multi-media type show, which left several jaded press hacks pondering the impact Generation Y has had on the staid and clichéd world of rugby reporting.  Translation……there was not a party pie in […]

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Tags: press launch · 2009 · queensland reds · berrick barnes

A Happy New Year for the Reds?

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Moses wrote this article. by Juan Cote
If you were standing near the Ballymore exits at the end of last season you would have been in serious danger of being injured in a stampede; such was the exodus of players heading into either full-time retirement or semi-retirement on the European club scene.
Although there was plenty […]

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Tags: 2009 · queensland reds · Super 14 · preview

Predictions for 2009

January 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Juan Cote wrote this article. It still seems a bit close to last season to be making predictions about the next, but I wouldn’t want this to be the only blog on earth that hadn’t, so here goes.
For me the biggest story of 2008 were the sparkles of new talent in Australian rugby. The […]

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Tags: 2009 · predictions · Super 14 · tri-nations · Wallabies