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Pool D: Wales v Fiji

October 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

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Pool D: Fiji v Samoa

September 25th, 2011 · No Comments

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Pool D: Fiji v Romania

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments

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The Namibians are the lowest ranked side at RWC 2011 - they did not play like it.
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Pool D: Fiji v Romania

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments

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The Namibians are the lowest ranked side at RWC 2011 - they did not play like it.
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Pool D: Fiji v Namibia

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments

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The Namibians are the lowest ranked side at RWC 2011 - they did not play like it.
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Wallaby Backline History: Part 7 – 2010

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I’ve got some bad news and some good news for you.
The bad news is that having completed a highlights video of the Wallabies backline in 2010 it comes in at 16 minutes, which I know is a lot longer than most people are prepared to watch on the Internet.  […]

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Tags: quade cooper · james o'connor · kurtley beale · will genia · video analysis · tries · Adam Ashley-Cooper · video · matt giteau · Fiji · Italy · France · All Blacks · Wales · rugby · Wallabies · England

Wallaby Backline History: Part 7 — 2010

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I’ve got some bad news and some good news for you.
The bad news is that having completed a highlights video of the Wallabies backline in 2010, it comes in at 16 minutes, which I know is a lot longer than most people are prepared to watch on the Internet.  […]

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Tags: quade cooper · james o'connor · kurtley beale · will genia · video analysis · tries · Adam Ashley-Cooper · video · matt giteau · Fiji · Italy · France · All Blacks · Wales · rugby · Wallabies · England

Wallaby Backline History: Part 7 – 2010

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I’ve got some bad news and some good news for you.
The bad news is that having completed a highlights video of the Wallabies backline in 2010 it comes in at 16 minutes, which I know is a lot longer than most people are prepared to watch on the Internet.
There […]

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Tags: quade cooper · james o'connor · kurtley beale · will genia · video analysis · drew micthell · tries · Adam Ashley-Cooper · video · matt giteau · Fiji · Italy · France · All Blacks · Wales · rugby · south africa · Wallabies · England

G&GR Wallaby Player of the Year: Domestic Test Series

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
As we say adieu to the Wallaby season following our massive win over France, we can start to look back at the year and reflect. Looking at our win percentage alone, we’re getting better. In 2009 we could only manage six wins from our fourteen tests. This year we […]

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Tags: david pocock · quade cooper · Adam Ashley-Cooper · digby ioane · Saia Faingaa · nathan sharpe · drew mitchell · Fiji · England · Wallabies · rugby · luke burgess · Ireland

The Rise and Rise of Kurtley Beale

September 16th, 2010 · No Comments

MrTimms wrote this article.
That kick….again
A jigsaw could be described as a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces.
That may also describe the selection of the Wallaby squad for next year’s Rugby World Cup – it’s going to be something of a jigsaw.
I guess we’d all confidently say that David Pocock, […]

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Tags: quade cooper · will genia · david pocock · nathan sharpe · kurtley beale · Fiji · rugby · rocky elsom · Rugby World Cup

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

The Springboks: World Rugby’s bad boys!

July 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
A Burger on the side - a familiar sight.
Two Yellow Cards, and two players cited, within the space of a week leads us to ask the question. Are the Springboks the biggest cheats in World Rugby? Coach Peter de Villiers seemingly believes that his team doesn’t cheat enough, […]

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Tags: Wallabies · Wales · Scotland · south africa · rugby · All Blacks · Fiji · France · England · Italy · Japan · Argentina · Ireland

Video: Wallabies 2010 Kicking So Far

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
WARNING!!! If the pain from yesterday’s video on lost possession hasn’t subsided, don’t watch the video because although it’s not quite as painful, it’s shows plenty of ”basic” mistakes the Wallabies need to eliminate.
In the first four tests of the season the Wallabies have kicked the ball 82 times – that’s around […]

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Tags: kurtley beale · analysis · video · rugby · Wallabies · statistics · Fiji

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 […]

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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

Video: Wallaby Halfback Passing

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Luke Burgess’s passing against Ireland left a lot to be desired. He threw an average pass 47% of the time and a poor pass 22% of the time. The performance of Burgess and Genia so far this season is shown below.
FIJI – Luke Burgess
ENGLAND – Luke Burgess
ENGLAND – Will […]

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Tags: luke burgess · will genia · analysis · video · robbie deans · Wallabies · statistics · rugby · Fiji