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A RWC Wallaby Retrospective: 1999 vs 2011!

August 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Where were we in 98:
A squad full of World Champions.
Looking back to June-ish 1998 and using the IRB Rankings formula, via the Pick and Go web site, we disover that the Wallabies were sitting in 3rd spot on the ‘world rankings’. Above them were the All Blacks (1st) and […]

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Tags: michael foley · ben alexander · james horwill · george gregan · chris whitaker · toutai kefu · matthew burke · pat howard · jim williams · rugby · tri-nations · robbie deans · matt burke · john eales · chris latham · Fiji

Wallaby Scrumhalf of the Decade

December 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
"Please be me, please be me"
Unsurprisingly in a decade in which the Wallabies most capped player played scrumhalf, there were only six men who played at the base of the scrum for the Wallabies from 2000-2009.   These players were:
George Gregan (81 starts), Luke Burgess (18), Sam Cordingly (8), Will […]

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Tags: george gregan · chris whitaker · will genia · luke burgess · matt giteau · rugby

Melbourne Rebels Super 15: Recruitment

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments

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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Tags: chris whitaker · Greg Somerville · super 15 · george gregan · scott staniforth · brock james · craig gower · sam cordingley · toutai kefu · peter hewat · hugh mcmeniman · digby ioane · michael cheika · john mitchell · robbie deans · laurie fisher · john muggleton · rugby · Stephen Larkham · david lyons · Jake White · pat howard · australia A · stirling mortlock · dan vickerman · chris latham · Mark Gerrard

The BaaBaa’s Unplugged

June 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Some interesting facts about the Baa-Baa’s squad to play the Wallabies tomorrow.
1 - Clarke Dermody (New Zealand)
Clarke is from Southland stock. His grandad is the Southland’s highest capped player wtih 124 games played. His old man played 62, and Clarke has run out 91 times for Southland.
2 - Sebastien […]

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Tags: Justin Marshall · Martin Corry · Iain Balshaw · Greg Somerville · Glen Jackson · paul tito · Schalk Brits · Sonny Bill Williams · Serge Betsen · Seilala Mapusua · Sebastien Bruno · Geordan Murphy · Clarke Dermody · Chris Jack · rocky elsom · rugby · Jerry Collins · Barbarians · Luke McAlister · BJ Botha · Ben Blair · Phil Waugh · chris whitaker · Wallabies

The BaaBaa’s Unplugged

June 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Juan Cote wrote this article. Some interesting facts about the Baa-Baa’s squad to play the Wallabies tomorrow.
1 - Clarke Dermody (New Zealand)
Clarke is from Southland stock. His grandad is the Southland’s highest capped player wtih 124 games played. His old man played 62, and Clarke has run out 91 times for Southland.
2 - […]

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Tags: Justin Marshall · Martin Corry · Iain Balshaw · Greg Somerville · Glen Jackson · paul tito · Schalk Brits · Sonny Bill Williams · Serge Betsen · Seilala Mapusua · Sebastien Bruno · Geordan Murphy · Clarke Dermody · Chris Jack · rocky elsom · rugby · Jerry Collins · Barbarians · Luke McAlister · BJ Botha · Ben Blair · Phil Waugh · chris whitaker · Wallabies