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Referees for Wallabies Euro Tour

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. (Most) refs are people and therefore never perfect. Also, the better you play, the less their performance matters. However, the display on Saturday in Hong Kong from Alan Lewis was a turd of such heinous proportions that it’s not only floated a media stink, it’s also prompted me to […]

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Tags: alan lewis · european tour · hong kong · referee

Wallabies vs All Blacks Hong Kong Video Highlights

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Video Highlights of Australia vs New Zealand in Hong Kong
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Tags: video highlights · hong kong · New Zealand · Australia

The glass half full - after the Honkers hangover

November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. With the bitter taste of defeat having receded a little (it’s gone from vomit in mouth to stinging heartburn) I’ve started to reflect on some of the more positive developments in the Wallabies play that we saw in Hong Kong.
The four training camps since the last Bledisloe - labelled […]

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Tags: optimism · hong kong

Score & Review: Australia vs New Zealand Hong Kong

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. All Blacks 19 - Wallabies 14
Someone needs to remind the Wallabies that there are two halves in a match of rugby. Yet again they came out playing the better attacking rugby, scoring two tries to nil in the first 40, to then look and play like walking zombies for […]

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Tags: hong kong · score · result · Wallabies · All Blacks

Teams - Australia vs New Zealand Hong Kong Bledisloe

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. We haven’t got the full Wallabies team yet - it’s announced on Thursday - but the leaks are starting to trickle out and the All Blacks have laid down their misere, with an interesting twist.
First off we can all breathe a sigh of relief that Luke Burgess is set […]

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Tags: hong kong · bledisloe · teams · Wallabies · New Zealand · All Blacks · Australia

Wallabies 2008 European tour dates announced

March 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Matt @ Green and Gold Rugby wrote this article. The actual dates of the Wallabies (spring autumn depending on your hemisphere) Euro tour 2008 have finally been announced.
Saturday, November 1: Australia v New Zealand - Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Saturday, November 8: Italy v Australia - TBC
Saturday, November 15: England v Australia - Twickenham, […]

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Tags: hong kong · autumn · spring · european tour itinerary 2008 · Barbarians · australia rugby union · Wallabies