The Rugby World Cup 2007

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Le Fuse - Should he have been there?
When was the last time the Wallabies were a force in world rugby? It’s hard to remember isn’t it?
I’d say around 2003 and before that, the golden years of 1999-2001. That’s seven bloody years ago.
A couple of times in-between you could say […]

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Jnor wrote this article.
Le Fuse - Should he have been there?
When was the last time the Wallabies were a force in world rugby? It’s hard to remember isn’t it?
I’d say around 2003 and before that, the golden years of 1999-2001. That’s seven bloody years ago.
A couple of times in-between you could say that […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
The English Rugby team heads to Gosford in search of their first win of their Australian tour as they prepare to take on the Australian Barbarians again. Both teams have made a number of changes from the sides that took the field in Perth last week.
For the Poms […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Here are some micro highlights from the Australian Barbarians vs England at the ME stadium on Tuesday. Don’t blink while you watch them. The game was a 28-all draw in the end, so a bit like kissing your sister, but with less tongue.
Also included (to pad them out […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
'No more experimentation Gareth'
There are not many occasions where I’d agree with Stephen Jones, The Times doyen of rugby writers, but this is one of them.
The ELV ’short arm’ sanctions were not adopted by the IRB this season after a vociferous campaign by the northern unions and journo fellow […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Ahhh memories.
I am a bit of a believer in the Recency Factor when it comes to many things, but particularly when it comes to sporting memories. The Recency Factor is basically that you (or is it just I?) tend to overlook events or players that have happened more recently […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
He was Samo player!
The Blind Side Flanker position has been an interesting one for Australia, not only over the last decade, but in the last few decades. Whereas we’ve usually gone for out and out poachers at Open Side; Strong running Number 8s; Ball playing inside centres, and big […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Pocock - the future or the now?
Wow. Only five players have worn the Number 7 Wallaby jersey in the last 123 tests.  That’s quite a record.  It is the same sort of record as scrum half and in both scenarios the position is dominated by a test centurion.
The list […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Line & length. Gladstone Small?
Barbarians 25 All Blacks 18
You get what you deserve when you treat a game like this as a ‘development’ match and turn up with your 2nd XV expecting to easily roll a scratch Baa Baas side.
It wasn’t always like this. The history of All Blacks […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. 1. Benn (two n’s) Robinson 7 - Didn’t show any of the flashy stuff he produced in the Super 14 but you get the feeling this wasn’t part of his brief for the game. The scrum looked good which is his job, he did it well
2. Squeaky Moore 8 […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Here’s an alternative version of the highlights from the weekend. All in all I thought it was a great start.
Yes, the BaaBaas were knackered, but as Phil Waugh said afterwards, the Wallabies  never really took the foot off the throat through the fantastic positional kicking from Gits, Barnes and […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Following all the media hype, I was shocked to see that there was anyone else other than Sonny Boy Williams playing for the Baabaas on Saturday. Anyway, I managed to edit most of those other guys out and here’s the result:
How’d he do? Along with the rest of the […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Live scoring and wanging on will start 7.15 AEST
Wallabies vs Barbarians live score & wanging on, SFS 2009
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Lee Coan wrote this article. To whet the appetite for the game tomorrow even further, here’s something they showed on Foxsports’ The Rugby Club this week.
I too made a mazy run like Campo’s in a game of touch once, years ago. No joke.
A question - what’s the point of the forwards kneeling in the […]

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