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2011 Super Rugby Melbourne Rebels Player of the Year

July 11th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
It was difficult to predict where the new kids on the block, the Melbourne Rebels, would finish in their debut year of Super Rugby. Well, difficult for Rugby Reg who tipped them to finish 10th in his season preview back in January. “With better depth, I reckon they’ll sneak […]

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Tags: Hugh Pyle · Jarrod Saffy · Opinion · Nick Phipps · Melbourne Rebels · gareth delve · review · rugby · richard kingi · Mark Gerrard

Super Rugby Round 3 Review

March 8th, 2011 · No Comments

MrTimms wrote this article.
Round 3 of the 2011 Super Rugby season was a tough one for Australian Rugby fans. OK, fine, the Reds won. But it was at the expense of the Brumbies and the game was hardly one to showcase all that is great about rugby. Meanwhile… the Tahs? Smashed. Rebels? Smashed. […]

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Tags: Ben McCalman · Francis Fainifo · Adam Ashley-Cooper · nick cummins · Ben Daley · van humphries · Gene Fairbanks · Ita Vaea · James Slipper · Melbourne Rebels · quade cooper · stephen moore · beau robinson · western force · rugby · review · queensland reds · NSW waratahs · nathan sharpe · luke burgess · act brumbies · Mark Gerrard

The Tron Rebellion: Chiefs v. Rebels Preview

March 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
After making team changes galore following their first game of the season, the Rebels have named the same run-on XV they used against the Brumbies last weekend. Coach Rod Macqueen has rewarded his players, deservedly, for their ability to stick to a game plan devised to provide the team’s […]

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Tags: Lelia Masaga · julian huxley · Tanerau Latimer · waikato chiefs · Melbourne Rebels · Michael Lipman · Super Rugby · chiefs · stirling mortlock · Tana Umaga · Mark Gerrard · preview · rugby · Mils Muliaina · Sitiveni Sivivatu · All Blacks

Super Rugby Round Two Review

February 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Round Two of Super Rugby, 2011 style, saw two more local derbies for the Aussie teams. The first was an emotional last minute win by the Rebels over the Brumbies, whilst the second was a clinical take down of the Reds by the increasingly impressive Waratahs. So to the […]

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Tags: Rob Simmons · julian huxley · digby ioane · tatafu polota-nau · Melbourne Rebels · Dave Dennis · Sekope Kepu · Kane Douglas · Ita Vaea · Phil Waugh · al baxter · queensland reds · berrick barnes · rugby · review · NSW waratahs · act brumbies · drew mitchell · luke burgess · rob horne · Mark Gerrard

With a Rebel yell they cried- “more, more, more”

January 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
So sang Billy Idol (well…kinda) and so sang the ARU as they announced that the Melbourne Rebels would be the newest addition to the Australian Rugby professional landscape. MORE teams means MORE games and MORE money. More, more, more indeed.
Stirlo - the team's behind him!
While money in the coffers […]

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Tags: Jarrod Saffy · JP Du Plessis · Kevin O'Neill · Hugh Pyle · Hoani MacDonald · Ged Robinson · Greg Sommerville · Heath Tessman · Laurie Weeks · Luke Rooney · Sam Cordingly · Tim Davidson · Tom Chamberlain · rodney blake · Peter Betham · Michael Lipman · Nicholas Phibbs · Nick Henderson · Cooper Vanu · Al Campbell · richard kingi · adam freier · julian huxley · Danny Cipriani · stirling mortlock · preview · rugby · Southern Hemisphere · Afusipa Taumoepeau · Rod McQueen · gareth delve · Melbourne Rebels · Provincial Rugby · adam byrnes · Luke Jones · James Hilgendorf · Lachlan Mitchell · Mark Gerrard

With a Rebel yell they cried- “more, more, more”

January 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
So sang Billy Idol (well…kinda) and so sang the ARU as they announced that the Melbourne Rebels would be the newest addition to the Australian Rugby professional landscape. MORE teams means MORE games and MORE money. More, more, more indeed.
Stirlo - the team's behind him!
While money in the coffers […]

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Tags: Jarrod Saffy · JP Du Plessis · Kevin O'Neill · Hugh Pyle · Hoani MacDonald · Ged Robinson · Greg Sommerville · Heath Tessman · Laurie Weeks · Luke Rooney · Sam Cordingly · Tim Davidson · Tom Chamberlain · rodney blake · Peter Betham · Michael Lipman · Nicholas Phibbs · Nick Henderson · Cooper Vanu · Al Campbell · richard kingi · adam freier · julian huxley · Danny Cipriani · stirling mortlock · preview · rugby · Southern Hemisphere · Afusipa Taumoepeau · Rod McQueen · gareth delve · Melbourne Rebels · Provincial Rugby · adam byrnes · Luke Jones · James Hilgendorf · Lachlan Mitchell · Mark Gerrard

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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Tags: scott staniforth · clyde rathbone · 2009 · drew mitchell · act brumbies · cameron shepherd · Adam Ashley-Cooper · peter hynes · Dan Herbert · Wendell Sailor · Andrew WAlker · julian huxley · Joe Roff · NSW waratahs · queensland reds · rugby · robbie deans · tri-nations · Eddie Jones · Wallabies · Mark Gerrard · matt burke · lote tuqiri · stirling mortlock · western force · john eales · Super 14 · chris latham · Rugby World Cup

Melbourne Rebels Super 15: Recruitment

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Brent Cockbain Melbourne's John Wellborn?
The good news for the proposed Melbourne Rebels Super 15 franchise is that the two main parties, VicSuper15 and the VRU Rebels, have formed a partnership and the third is now sniffing around looking for an opportunity to participate.
This is now happening […]

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Tags: chris whitaker · Greg Somerville · super 15 · george gregan · scott staniforth · brock james · craig gower · sam cordingley · toutai kefu · peter hewat · hugh mcmeniman · digby ioane · michael cheika · john mitchell · robbie deans · laurie fisher · john muggleton · rugby · Stephen Larkham · david lyons · Jake White · pat howard · australia A · stirling mortlock · dan vickerman · chris latham · Mark Gerrard

Video - Gerrard’s belter vs the S14 Lions

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. I finally had a chance to catch up on this game tonight and it completed the trio of Aussie teams doing all the leg work to make stupid mistakes and get hit on the bounce. Has some mastermind created a virus and released it to Australian S14 players?
Nevertheless, I […]

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Tags: act brumbies · Super 14 · Mark Gerrard · Wallabies

“why isn’t mark gerrard in the test squad?”

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. OK, own up. Who’s typed the above 16 times into Google this week, linking it each time to here?
I don’t mind, or disagree. But WHY?
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Rugby World Cup: England, USA, Australia and the Cherry Blossoms

September 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Ferdy wrote this article.
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Tags: Mark Gerrard · John Kirwan · Brian Ashton · The Eagles · Wallabies · England · Japan · Rugby World Cup