Lee Coan wrote this article.
Whilst the Western Force will take SOME satisfaction from finishing third in the Australian conference, ahead of traditional high flyers the Brumbies and the rookie Rebels, their overall placing of twelfth was largely disappointing. Still, let’s focus on the positives and the new coaching staff of Richard Graham, Nick Stiles and Phil […]
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2011 Super Rugby Western Force Player of the Year
July 13th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Sam Wykes · David Smith · Super Rugby · Opinion · James O’Connor · matt hodgson · rugby · western force · nathan sharpe · david pocock · review
Dwyer’s View: Aussie teams off pace, but squad firming
May 1st, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
All five Aussie franchises played in the Super Rugby tournament on the weekend and only one of the five had a win – and that against another Aussie team! Not a very reassuring thought, perhaps, but there were still plenty of positives to be taken.
For a start, Berrick […]
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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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G&GR Wallaby Player of the Year 2010: Announcement & Interview.
December 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
We’ve done the Domestic Series where Quade dazzled us with his sleight of hand. We’ve covered the Tri-Nations where Bam Bam blew us away with his ‘combatitiveness’. We’ve finished the Spring Tour where it was Gilbert who impressed us with his elusiveness from the back. But who would come […]
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G&GR Wallaby Player of the Year: Tri-Nations
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Wallaby fans weren’t exactly jumping out of their seats in excitement as the 2010 Tri-Nations series rolled around. The domestic series did little to provoke any thoughts of Wallaby resurgence against the might of the Boks and Blacks. We’d beaten Fiji, fine. The Perth defeat of England was quickly […]
Tags: david pocock · will genia · Adam Ashley-Cooper · Ben McCalman · Lachlan Turner. · nathan sharpe · kurtley beale · Wallabies · south africa · rugby · rocky elsom · All Blacks
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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Wallaby Player Ratings v. France (Paris)
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
For the second year in a row the Wallabies have ended their season with an absolute ball-tearer. Last year it was in Cardiff when the George Smith–David Pocock double act blew the Welsh out of the water. This year it was in the city of love, and these Wallabies […]
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Wallaby Player Ratings v England (Twickers)
November 14th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
I wish I was rating the Pommies. I’d find it a hell of a lot easier. A couple of 9s on the wing, another at scrumhalf and a few in the pack. Throw in some 8’s in the midfield and at the back, as well as on the side […]
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Hong Kong Phooey – bugger all changes to Wallabies
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Robbie Deans has steered clear of any dramatic changes to his Wallaby side to take on the All Blacks in yet another Bledisloe dead rubber this weekend. There are two solitary changes to the team that were run down by the All Blacks in their last encounter. Drew Mitchell, who missed […]
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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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TN8 Statistics: Wallabies v Springboks
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
What a game! Absolute dominance by the Wallabies in the majority of the first half and then it all turned around with the Springboks taking control for most of the second half until the Wallabies found a way to come back.
Whilst I’ve seen comments that both sides played […]
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Wallaby Team Named v All Blacks
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
The big talking point in the Wallaby team named to play the All Blacks this weekend is the move by Matt Giteau back to five eighth.
Robbie Deans decided to use him as the playmaker instead of leaving him at inside centre. Giteau replaces the suspended Quade Cooper.
As expected, Berrick […]
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Wallaby Test Team Named to Play All Blacks
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
The big talking point in the Wallaby team named to play the All Blacks this weekend is the move by Matt Giteau back to five eighth.
Robbie Deans decided to use him as the playmaker instead of leaving him at inside centre.
Giteau replaces the suspended Quade Cooper – whose suspension […]
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Wallaby and All Black Test Teams Named
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
The big talking point in the Wallaby team named to play the All Blacks this weekend is the move by Matt Giteau back to five eighth.
Robbie Deans decided to use him as the playmaker instead of leaving him at inside centre.
Giteau replaces the suspended Quade Cooper – whose suspension […]
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Wallabies Tri-Nations Team Named to Play Springboks
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Benn Robinson: thank god you're here
Robbie Deans has named his first Tri-Nations test team for 2010 and it’s much as expected containing only the odd positional surprise.
There is one test debutant, Rob Simmons from Queensland, who features off the bench.
Drew Mitchell has regained his wing position due to injuries to Peter Hynes and Digby […]
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