Lee Coan wrote this article.
Has his work cut out
You can build all you like but there comes a time when you have to stand and deliver. Now is that time.
The Wallabies did deliver in Brisbane against a misfiring Springbok side who had been twice beaten up by the All Blacks in the previous […]
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Wallabies v All Blacks Preview: Champs or Chumps?
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: lote tuqiri · bob dwyer · rugby · tri-nations · Wallabies · south africa · All Blacks
G&GR Wallaby Team of the Decade
December 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
What a legend!
Well, the people have spoken. The votes are in and we have our official Green & Gold Rugby Wallaby Team of the Decade!
As many people suggested throughout the series, many of the positions were fairly cut and dried. Scrum Half and Fly Half, for example. There were […]
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G&GR Wallaby Tries of the Decade #5
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Try Time!!!!
Coming up with a list of the top tries of the decade was a tough one. What makes one try stand out from another? Is it individual brilliance we are gauging it on, or is it whole of team involvement? Rehearsed tries from a set piece or instinctive […]
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Wallaby Outside Centre of the Decade
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Great 13 on an ok 13?
Are we getting the hang of these now? Good, let’s keep them coming. From the period 2000-2009, eleven different men have worn the Wallaby Number Thirteen jersey in a test match. They are:
Stirling Mortlock (52); Daniel Herbert (20); Matt Burke (11); Ryan Cross […]
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Wallaby Winger of the Decade
December 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
From the period 2000-2009, eighteen different men have worn either the Wallaby Number Eleven or Fourteen jerseys in a test match. Interestingly eight of these were also on the fullback list (Julian Huxley and James O’Connor being the only two fullbacks NOT to start a test on the wing).
So, […]
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Experts: Wallabies Grand Slam predictions
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
GREEN AND GOLD RUGBY EXCLUSIVE
It’s been 25 years since we last had a crack at a Grand Slam (why?) and won it. So can Australia do it again with the current Wallabies mob? G&GR talked to a number of Aussie rugby experts, and here’s what they came up with:
Lote […]
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Breaking news video: Lote killed by ARU
July 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
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British and Irish Lions get the consolation prize and win showing true passion
July 5th, 2009 · No Comments
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. This was another week for the history books with the British and Irish Lions showing true class and grit to steamroll the Springbok second string side and leave Peter De Villiers with egg on his face. Lote Tuqiri is suspended permanently from the ARU and the All Blacks squad […]
Tags: Peter De Villiers · Simon Shaw · Toeava · Bastereaud · British and Irish Lions · lote tuqiri · graham henry · Schalk Burger · Joe Rokocoko
Lote Tuqiri shown the door by ARU
July 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article. Breaking News: Lote Tuqiri has been sacked by the ARU. His contract with the Australian Rugby Union has been terminated, the ARU has announced tonight.
The statement said: “The employment contract of Lote Tuqiri has been terminated effective today. The ARU has treated this issue as a standard employment matter. […]
Tags: NSW waratahs · lote tuqiri · rugby · Wallabies
Exclusive Interview: Lote’s long road back
June 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article. You get the feeling talking to Lote that he has had enough of being dropped. Sure the first week he may have been thinking that it was just a short term thing, but it is almost as if the reality not being selected in consecutive tests is sinking in.
His […]
Tags: lote tuqiri · rugby · Wallabies
Tuqiri’s hit on Flannery video highlight
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article. Here’s the footage of the rib-cracking tackle Lote Tuqiri put on Jerry Flannery in the dying seconds of the test last Saturday, June 14th. A hit like that really lifts a team in defence, and it couldn’t have been better timed.
Having been a critic of Steve Austin in the […]
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Who’s the most valuable Wallaby?
October 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Jon Jones wrote this article. Throughout last week we ran a poll asking “Who can the Wallabies LEAST afford to lose?”. The results (from 86 discerning rugby officianados) and how they unfolded over the week, were pretty interesting.
At the time, it wasn’t a clear cut exercise. A flux of injuries and variable performances meant […]
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Straya vs the Poms: LETS GET IT ON
September 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Jon Jones wrote this article. So here we are, four years on from that glitch in the order of the universe, and the stage is set for either some serious payback, or some serious egg on face. In rugby, this has got to be the ultimate in North/South grudge matches.
Sure, you’ve got the fact […]
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