Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Reds defeated the Brumbies 20-13 in a tight hard fought game. But, importantly for the Reds, there was a return of commitment from the Reds. Commitment to defence, a commitment to contest at ruck and lineout time, commitment to the game plan and a commitment to retain possession. […]
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Review: Reds V. Brumbies A Hoodoo Broken
April 6th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: christian lealiifano · scott Higginbotham · Ben Mowen · Joseph Tomane · beau robinson · brumbies · rugby · rocky elsom · ewen mckenzie · review
Review: Reds v. Brumbies – A Hoodoo Broken
April 6th, 2012 · No Comments
Stuart Fazakerley wrote this article.
The Reds have defeated the Brumbies 20-13 in a tight, hard-fought game. Important for the Reds, there was a return of commitment. Commitment to defence, a commitment to contest at ruck and lineout time, commitment to the game plan and a commitment to retain possession.
‘Retain possession?’ I hear you […]
Tags: scott Higginbotham · christian lealiifano · Ben Mowen · Super Rugby · Joseph Tomane · Provincial Rugby · act brumbies · queensland reds · rocky elsom · rugby · ewen mckenzie · brumbies · beau robinson · review
Preview Rebels v. Reds
May 5th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Ah this takes me back. An impressionable teenager in a movie theatre in outback Queensland. The rebellious youngster in an epic battle against the bigger stronger opponent. Sitting on the edge of my seat as the movie climaxes and they finally face each other.
“Did the Waratahs tell you […]
Tags: Melbourne Rebels · James Slipper · Jarrod Saffy · Quensland Reds · Anthony Faingaa · Radike Samo · ewen mckenzie · stirling mortlock · quade cooper · digby ioane · preview
Rebels v. Reds Preview
May 5th, 2011 · No Comments
Barbarian wrote this article.
Ah, this takes me back. An impressionable teenager in a movie theatre in outback Queensland. The rebellious youngster in an epic battle against the bigger, stronger opponent. Sitting on the edge of my seat as the movie climaxes and they finally face each other.
“Did the Waratahs tell you what […]
Tags: Melbourne Rebels · James Slipper · Jarrod Saffy · Quensland Reds · Anthony Faingaa · Radike Samo · ewen mckenzie · stirling mortlock · quade cooper · digby ioane · preview
Review: Hurricanes v. Reds. A Game too far
May 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
In my preview I suggested that the result of this game would come down to who wanted it more. It now looks like both teams wanted it pretty badly. The Hurricanes reminded everyone that they are a New Zealand Rugby power house and the Reds were in it until […]
Tags: Aaron Cruden · Saia Faingaa · Luke Morahan · Hurricanes v. Reds · Jason Eaton · scott Higginbotham · rugby · ewen mckenzie · quade cooper · Neemia Tialata
A Game Too Far: Hurricanes v. Reds Review
May 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
Barbarian wrote this article.
In my preview I suggested that the result of this game would come down to who wanted it more. It now looks like both teams wanted it pretty badly. The Hurricanes reminded everyone that they are a New Zealand rugby powerhouse and the Reds were in it until the final […]
Tags: Aaron Cruden · Saia Faingaa · Luke Morahan · Hurricanes v. Reds · Jason Eaton · scott Higginbotham · rugby · ewen mckenzie · quade cooper · Neemia Tialata
Preview: Hurricanes v. Reds
April 29th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Well it’s been a huge week for both teams. The Reds have stuck the pins in their Waratah shaped Voodoo doll and removed the huge monkey off their collective backs. While the Hurricanes have had the very long flight home to reflect on a season […]
Tags: Aaron Cruden · Super Rugby · Hurricanes v. Reds · Karl Lowe · van humphries · Guy Shepherdson · ewen mckenzie · quade cooper · digby ioane · Radike Samo · preview
Who wants it more? Hurricanes v. Reds preview
April 29th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Few punters would have backed the Reds to be equal first or the Hurricanes to be 13th, here at the halfway point of the 2011 Super Rugby tournament. When the sides meet in Wellington tomorrow evening the Canes will be desperate to salvage something from this season, and the […]
Tags: Aaron Cruden · Super Rugby · Hurricanes v. Reds · Karl Lowe · van humphries · Guy Shepherdson · ewen mckenzie · quade cooper · digby ioane · Radike Samo · preview
Preview: Reds V. Cheetahs
March 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Excited to be Back
On Saturday at 2:40 pm the Reds play their first game against a team outside the Australian Conference. They come up against a Cheetahs side buoyed by their first ever win on Australian soil.
Their win against the Waratahs was a lesson in sticking to your game […]
Tags: Fabian Juries · Super Rugby · Heinrik Brousow · Kabamba Floors · Shane Sullivan · will genia · quade cooper · rugby · ewen mckenzie · queensland reds · james horwill · preview
Red for a day.
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
For those that didn’t quite get the joke of this and then this, sorry. There was no mystery Reds signing. It was just me, your intrepid ‘reporter’, getting the chance to train with the Queensland Reds. Some time ago Coach Ewen McKenzie invited me, as proxy for Matt Gagger, […]
Tags: Humour · Saia Faingaa · Rodney Davies · Ben Tapuia · Ed Quirk · Reg Roberts · linkedin · Anthony Faingaa · peter hynes · ewen mckenzie · rugby · queensland reds · james horwill · will genia · quade cooper · preview
Reds & Roberts Reunite!
February 8th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
We brought you the story about a month ago of a new mystery player set to link up with the Queensland Reds. That story can be found here, but it seemed to run cold around the time of the floods. Well Green and Gold Rugby can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that […]
Tags: linkedin · Israel Falou · Karmichael Hunt · Reg Roberts · Humour · gareth delve · ewen mckenzie · queensland reds · quade cooper · rugby
Australian Rugby’s Twitterati
February 4th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Twitter? Are you serious G&GR? It’s enough to have that bloody scrolling thing down the side of your front page, but now you’re doing stories about it?
Yes, yes we are.
With the Super Rugby season about to kick off, I thought it timely to do a recap of who’s doing […]
Tags: Melbourne Rebels · gareth delve · Anthony Faingaa · Afusipa Taumoepeau · Saia Faingaa · Humour · twitter · Cooper Vuna · Laurie Weeks · Super Rugby · adam freier · digby ioane · western force · stirling mortlock · ewen mckenzie · rugby · queensland reds · NSW waratahs · Misc · quade cooper · james horwill · act brumbies · preview
New Reds Recruit?
January 9th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Ewen McKenzie is poised to pull of perhaps the biggest gamble in Rugby history by agreeing to terms with unheralded utility player Reg Roberts. McKenzie, who managed to turn the struggling Queensland Reds into final contenders in 2010, is an astute recruiter so Roberts will be one to watch.
Link […]
Tags: queensland reds · ewen mckenzie · rugby
A RWC Wallaby Retrospective: 1995 vs 2011!
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Where were we in 94:
The Boks had the Hollywood ending.
Even though the IRB rankings didn’t really come into effect until somewhere around 2003, if you apply the same formula historically, as Pick and Go does so well, you will find something rather surprising. Australia was ranked the #1 […]
Tags: al baxter · michael foley · george gregan · Phil Waugh · david nucifora · pat howard · stirling mortlock · ewen mckenzie · rugby · matt burke · john eales · bob dwyer · Fiji
At my signal, unleash hell!
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
So were the inspirational words spoken by Russel Crowe as Maximus, one of cinema’s greatest ‘Rebels’, in the Oscar winning moving “Gladiator”. Rod McQueen could hardly be confused for Crowe, nor a Gladiator, and it would be unfair to suggest that he had ever planned to ‘unleash hell’ on […]
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