The Rugby World Cup 2007

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Faster!
Messers Hickey and McKenzie have done their part, the teams are named.  Now it is time for the real analysis. So let’s have a look through the teams, on a head-to-head basis and see who will come out on top on Saturday night.
Fullback: Sosene Anesi v Peter Hynes - […]

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Gagger wrote this article.
Faster!
Messers Hickey and McKenzie have done their part, the teams are named.  Now it is time for the real analysis. So let’s have a look through the teams, on a head-to-head basis and see who will come out on top on Saturday night.
Fullback: Sosene Anesi v Peter Hynes - Let’s […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
It's time to say goodbye!
Wallaby Legend George Smith is leaving the building.  In this odd metaphor, harking back to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the King is George Smith and the ‘building’ is the Wallaby team. In a somewhat surprising development, we today learn that we will never […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Coming soon, watch this space
It only seems like yesterday that we were wiping the sleep from our eyes, cranking up the laptops and watching the G&GR live blog from Kingsholme as the Dirties took on Glos?
And isn’t it still summer? Didn’t Punter and the boys clean up the Pakis earlier this […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
How do you wipe those smiles?
It’s undeniable, 2009 was the year of the Saffas; Super 14, Tri-Nations and the Lions. What’s also undeniable was the extreme game-plan that the Springboks employed along the way; a game-plan that exploited a unique set of new IRB laws through their talents – […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
As you can see in our 2009 highlights package, we’re pretty frikken proud of our Wallaby scrum. Minus a few dodgy ref calls earlier in the season, they’ve taken apart nigh on all-comers, blooding a brand new tight head prop along the way. But how can we quantify how […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Match winner!
Finally! On to the REAL men.  The pigs. The pack. The piano movers. The forwards! Starting at the back of the scrum we consider the top Number 8 of the decade, and I reckon it is a bit of a battle. There are, realistically, three stand out candidates […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Brent Cockbain Melbourne's John Wellborn?
The good news for the proposed Melbourne Rebels Super 15 franchise is that the two main parties, VicSuper15 and the VRU Rebels, have formed a partnership and the third is now sniffing around looking for an opportunity to participate.
This is now happening […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Well, I’m pretty pissed off about this. While I haven’t seen the whole game (just these highlights) it seems to me we more than had the personnel to win this one, just not the composure, which the opposition certainly did have. I guess we at least ran this one […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Australia A 90 - Tonga 7
NOTE: You’ll only be able to watch the video below if you’re in Australia
As yet I haven’t been able to see the game. In fact, as an extra punishment for not living in Gods own country, I can’t even see these highlights, so perhaps […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Having heard about the atrocious conditions and then watched the highlights below, I couldn’t be arsed to watch the full game. So here are the highlights and a borrowed match review. Did I imagine a slight limp in Tahu’s gait?
Australia A maintained their winning start to the IRB Pacific […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Having finally seen the game from yesterday, here are a few quick thoughts on the Aussie A vs Japan match. It was a scrappy, stop start game with a lot of kicking from the home side especially. As such a good advert for the ELVs.
Australia A looked to play […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. I haven’t seen the game yet, but here’s a write up. From what I heard Tahu looked pretty good at 12.
AUSTRALIA A fought off a second-half rally by Asian champions Japan to post a 42-21 win with six tries in their opening game of the Pacific Nations Cup.
The second-tier […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Australia A play Japan on Sunday. Below is the team.
Of note is Tahu finally starting game of Rugby Union. It’s also at 12 where, of the 20 minutes he’s had on a rugby field I think he might have spent 2. Also the Qld scrum half that journos […]

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noreply@blogger.com (Matt @ Green and Gold Rugby) wrote this article. Some good names here, and there would be more if it weren’t for the U20 RWC happening this month in Wales. There isn’t an obvious shape to the team though, and it’ll be very interesting to see that back line shape up though, especially […]

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