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Preview: Reds give A Faingaa to the Blues

April 26th, 2012 · No Comments

Brumby Jack wrote this article.
Anthony Faingaa is back! I’ve been hearing the rumours for days but I wasn’t getting my hopes up until I saw his name on an official team list. Well the QRU media release just hit my inbox and there he is at 22. The Starch in the Reds defencive […]

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Tags: Anthony Faingaa · tony woodcock · Super Rugby · Provincial Rugby · Blues V. Reds · digby ioane · craig joubert · rugby · preview · beau robinson · queensland reds · super 15 · Eden Park

We knocked the bastard off! France V New Zealand RWC 2011 final

October 24th, 2011 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. And when I say bastard, I mean the big RWC monkey off our backs….not France (who were simply magnificent).
New Zealand 8 - France 78-7…. 87? Spooky
What can I say about this match. It was the most traumatic, harrowing 80 minutes of rugby I have ever had to endure and I […]

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Tags: Julien Bonnaire · Theirry Dusautoir · Rugby World Cup final 2011 · All Blacks V France 2011 · Marc Lievremont · craig joubert · Richie McCaw · graham henry · Stephen Donald · All Blacks

Video spotlight: Joubert at Eden Park

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. There’s been more than enough talk about it, so I’ve thrown a few video clips together (and had a bit of fun with the soundtrack….)
They roughly fall in two sections:
a) Joubert’s absolute fucking cluelessness at scrum time, which he compounded by taking (unfortunately) the easiest route in international rugby; […]

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Tags: craig joubert · al baxter · Wallabies · All Blacks