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Streamers: the Robin Hoods of bandwidth?

May 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Robbing the content rich
I’d planned my weekend around it – the Tahs having a crack at the semi-final, mid-afternoon pommy time, last Saturday. I pay full whack for SkySports in the UK and had just assumed I’d be able to watch it. Wrong.
Sky put both games on ‘red […]

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Tags: fight · rugby

Force v Highlanders Preview: Shepherd’s Pie

April 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Good Shepherd
In what has been a prick of a season so far, the Western Force have an opportunity to post a rare brace of wins following last week’s victory over the Stormers.
With their international backrow of Pocock, Brown and Hodgson back on deck for the first time since […]

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Tags: scott staniforth · david pocock · john mitchell · brett sheehan · matt hodgson · digby ioane · richard brown · matt dunning · nathan sharpe · western force · Super 14 · ryan cross · cameron shepherd · fight · james o'connor · rugby

Force v Highlanders Preview: Shepherd’s Pie

April 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Lance Free wrote this article.
The Good Shepherd
In what has been a prick of a season so far, the Western Force have an opportunity to post a rare brace of wins following last week’s victory over the Stormers.
With their international backrow of Pocock, Brown and Hodgson back on deck for the first time since […]

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Tags: scott staniforth · david pocock · john mitchell · brett sheehan · matt hodgson · digby ioane · richard brown · matt dunning · nathan sharpe · western force · Super 14 · ryan cross · cameron shepherd · fight · james o'connor · rugby

Back to Ballymore

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
This Saturday night Super Rugby heads back to Ballymore for the first time since 2005.  It shapes as a fascinating night for Queensland  Rugby as ‘traditionalists’ have been calling for a return to Queensland Rugby HQ since we left five years ago. In the end its taken a soccer […]

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Tags: stephen moore · nathan sharpe · drew mitchell · QRU · hugh mcmeniman · Blues. · julian huxley · Ballymore · fight · act brumbies · chris latham · rugby · Wallabies · Super 14 · reds · NSW waratahs · queensland reds · western force · Rugby World Cup

2010 Aussie Rugby Wishes

January 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Yes, it did really happen
It’s been at least a week since there was any Aussie rugby, and so I’ve naturally completely forgotten coming plumb last in the Tri-Nations and stuffing a once in a quarter of a century Grand Slam chance (including losing to Scotland, FFS). As such, the […]

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Tags: mungos · grand slam · fight · rugby · tri-nations · Wallabies

Force Have Real Firepower in 2010

January 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Falstaff or Mercutio?
If ever there was a time for the Western Force to fulfill their real potential it’s now.
They’ve essentially been a journeyman outfit since entering the Super 14 competition in 2006.
I don’t mean that in a negative way because they’ve achieved more in the last four years than […]

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Tags: matt dunning · nathan sharpe · fight · john mitchell · ben castle · grand slam · brett sheehan · nick cummins · james o'connor · cameron shepherd · matt giteau · robbie deans · rugby · Super 14 · western force · luke burgess · act brumbies · Wallabies

My 50th – Robbie Deans

September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Juan Cote wrote this article. When a man turns 50, it is a time of reflection. It’s the sort of thing that gives an individual pause for thought. What is the higher meaning of life? How can the collective group that is mankind profit from one blokes endeavour? If there are no guarantees and […]

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Tags: Phil Waugh · Misc · yellow card · richard brown · david nucifora · al baxter · drew mitchell · Richie McCaw · rocky elsom · robbie deans · fight · Wallabies

My 50th – Robbie Deans

September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Juan Cote wrote this article. When a man turns 50, it is a time of reflection. It’s the sort of thing that gives an individual pause for thought. What is the higher meaning of life? How can the collective group that is mankind profit from one blokes endeavour? If there are no guarantees and […]

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Tags: Phil Waugh · Misc · yellow card · richard brown · david nucifora · al baxter · drew mitchell · Richie McCaw · rocky elsom · robbie deans · fight · Wallabies

Why Bakkies Botha really got three weeks

April 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. There was some confusion earlier for Bakkies Botha’s stray elbow into Phil Waugh’s head that earnt him a 3 week suspension, here’s the real footage.
They tacked on some ‘highlights’ of a Romanian rugby brawl so I included this in the footage as well… surely one of the most brutal […]

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Tags: judiciary · suspension · elbow · bakkies botha · rugby · fight · Romania

Wallabies vs France -Second test video highlight & punchup

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Above is the Matt Giteau promotional video, below the trailer for the next Rocky movie.
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Tags: second test · fight · Harinordoquy · james horwill · video highlights · France · Wallabies · Australia