The Rugby World Cup

The Absolutely Unofficial Rugby World Cup Blog

The Rugby World Cup header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'johannesburg'

When test matches go wrong - review of Australia vs South Africa TriNations in Johannesburg

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. When you get hammered by a record 45 points, the summary of how you played is pretty easy: shit-house. So what I’m going to do here are two things - put together the main causes of the arse pounding (at 53-8 there were plenty) and out of that pull […]

[Read more →]

Tags: johannesburg · tri-nations · review · Wallabies · Springboks

South Africa versus Australia Tri-Nations Score Johannesburg

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Springboks 53 (yes fifty-three), Wallabies 8
Shee-it. Not much else to say to that one. I haven’t seen the game (was going to be a source of a rant on Sky, maybe I need to thank them) but from the early reports I’ve read, it sounds like the Boks delivered […]

[Read more →]

Tags: johannesburg · tri-nations

Springboks versus Wallabies Tri-Nations Johannesburg preview

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. A run down on the teams is on the previous post, so this will be pretty short and sweet - you blokes can take up the space.
Last week I under-estimated the hole that South Africa is in. What’s clear is:
the boks have no clue how to attack outside of […]

[Read more →]

Tags: johannesburg · preview · tri-nations

South Africa vs Australia Tri-Nations teams for Johannesburg

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

noreply@blogger.com (Matt @ Green and Gold Rugby) wrote this article. Rocky beats bum wrap!
The Springbok and Wallabies teams for Saturday’s game have been announced and the good news is that Rocky Elsom has cleared his name of the citing nonsense (well, almost).
On a specially convened teleconference, SANZAR judicial representatives from each member country said […]

[Read more →]

Tags: johannesburg · teams · tri-nations · Wallabies · Springboks