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Ireland: In BO’D We Trust

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
If anyone can?
James Joyce once said that a man’s errors are his portals of discovery. That’s what the Wallabies are finding lately as they attempt to overcome a lack of depth and experience in their test squad.
They’re not alone on this journey as their Irish opponents this weekend are […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · British & Irish Lions · Geordan Murphy · British and Irish Lions · Six Nations · Heineken Cup · England · All Blacks · Wallabies · rugby · Ireland

Ireland: In BO’D We Trust

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
If anyone can?
James Joyce once said that a man’s errors are his portals of discovery. That’s what the Wallabies are finding lately as they attempt to overcome a lack of depth and experience in their test squad.
They’re not alone on this journey as their Irish opponents this weekend are […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · British & Irish Lions · Geordan Murphy · British and Irish Lions · Six Nations · Heineken Cup · England · All Blacks · Wallabies · rugby · Ireland

2010 resolution: beat the Saffa gameplan

January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

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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Tags: australia A · British and Irish Lions · rugby · tri-nations · south africa · Wallabies

Save the Wales, or is that the Wallabies?

November 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
This is what the Welsh think – a poll from the South Wales Echo: do you think Wales can defeat the Wallabies on Saturday? 
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Yes, they’ve got the ability 85.0%
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No, it’s too big an ask 7.4%
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It’s too close to call 7.7%
The Welsh can sniff it again. The vulnerability […]

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Tags: British and Irish Lions · adam freier · Dwayne Peel · British & Irish Lions · Northern hemisphere · Wallabies · rugby · Six Nations · Wales

British and Irish Lions get the consolation prize and win showing true passion

July 5th, 2009 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. This was another week for the history books with the British and Irish Lions showing true class and grit to steamroll the Springbok second string side and leave Peter De Villiers with egg on his face. Lote Tuqiri is suspended permanently from the ARU and the All Blacks squad […]

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Tags: Peter De Villiers · Simon Shaw · Toeava · Bastereaud · British and Irish Lions · lote tuqiri · graham henry · Schalk Burger · Joe Rokocoko

British and Irish Lions keep up their losing ways

June 28th, 2009 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. Another eventful weekend of rugby saw the All Blacks winning a scratchy and frustrating match against Italy, South Africa taking the Lions series in Pretoria and more red faces in the French camp.
The Lions lose by two points in a thriller - and the moaning begins
After the melodramatic and unsuccessful […]

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Tags: Bastereaud · Kerry Prendergast · Peter De Villiers · Simon Shaw · British and Irish Lions · Luke McAlister · All Blacks · Brian O'Driscoll · graham henry · Mils Muliaina · Springboks