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G&GR Whiteboard

February 15th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
2011 is a big year for Rugby – the introduction of Super 15, the Rugby World Cup and … a new segment on Green & Gold Rugby – G&GR Whiteboard.
Each week we’ll be bringing you analysis of aspects of games involving Australian teams.  Obviously tries will feature heavily but […]

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Tags: digby ioane · rugby analysis · rugby video · Super Rugby · peter hynes · analysis · quade cooper · will chambers · will genia · video analysis · queensland reds

Red for a day.

February 10th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
For those that didn’t quite get the joke of this and then this, sorry. There was no mystery Reds signing. It was just me, your intrepid ‘reporter’, getting the chance to train with the Queensland Reds. Some time ago Coach Ewen McKenzie invited me, as proxy for Matt Gagger, […]

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Tags: Humour · Saia Faingaa · Rodney Davies · Ben Tapuia · Ed Quirk · Reg Roberts · linkedin · Anthony Faingaa · peter hynes · ewen mckenzie · rugby · queensland reds · james horwill · will genia · quade cooper · preview

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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Wallabies named. Deans pleads insanity

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.  If that’s the case then Robbie should be looking over his shoulder for the men in white coats.  In the end, the Aussie selectors have been left […]

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S14 stat attack: Aussie players (2010)

May 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Just read the article. You'll see the relevance.
About 12 months ago the esteemed Juan Cote put together a few stats from the 2009 Super 14.  Great idea I reckon. So I stole it.  Now the first Wallaby squad of has been named as of yesterday. As with any […]

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G&GR Reds Player of the Year

May 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Gagger wrote this article.
At the end of each game throughout the 2010 Super 14 season over at the forum, readers have submitted their 3-2-1’s for each Australian team. All of these votes will accumulated and an overall 3-2-1 assigned for each match to the three leading point getters for each Aussie team. […]

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Tags: peter hynes · digby ioane · Anthony Faingaa · Daniel Braid · QRU · scott Higginbotham · queensland reds · james horwill · quade cooper · will genia · rugby

The Best of the S14 in 2010 (Aussie-centric)

May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Yeah ok so there is still a week to go in the Super 14 season but this site is about content. So this is as good a time as any to look back on the season that was and check in on ten of the real highlights, from […]

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State of unOriginal

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Proud to be a QLDer!
Ok ok. It’s that time of the year when the talk turns to Origin again. Nah, I don’t mean the Slater, Inglis, Lockyer, Hayne, Kimmorley and co. Sure that State of Origin series is on, but it just happens to coincide with the […]

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Video: Super 14 Round 10 Review

April 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING STORY MAY CONTAIN ELEMENTS OF INHERENT BIAS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF BIAS DOES CONCERN YOU FOLLOW THE SAFETY PROCEDURES AS FOLLOWS: (1) FILL LARGE BUCKET WITH WATER; (2) INSERT HEAD INTO BUCKET OF WATER; (3) WAIT. CONCERN OVER BIAS WILL SOON SUBSIDE. IF NOT, […]

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Tags: scott Higginbotham · will genia · david pocock · QRU · digby ioane · peter hynes · quade cooper · act brumbies · Super 14 · matt giteau · western force · queensland reds · NSW waratahs · rugby

Wallaby Watch: Fullback

April 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
As many readers will have now realised, Green and Gold Rugby has started working together on a number of initiatives with the Australian Rugby Union. One aspect of this will be providing content for their web site, www.rugby.com.au. So over the coming months you will hopefully see a […]

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Player Movements: Week 2

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Gagger wrote this article.
The Melbourne Rebels
Last week we launched the first look at the comings and goings of each of our Super 14 teams, plus the new player in the market, the Melbourne Rebels.  This week we’ve seen a continuation in the signing-season with all teams announcing the re-signing or recruitment of players.  […]

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At my signal, unleash hell!

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
So were the inspirational words spoken by Russel Crowe as Maximus, one of cinema’s greatest ‘Rebels’, in the Oscar winning moving “Gladiator”.  Rod McQueen could hardly be confused for Crowe, nor a Gladiator, and it would be unfair to suggest that he had ever planned to ‘unleash hell’ on […]

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Video: G&GR Super 14 Round 1 Review

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Gagger wrote this article.
Every week during the Super 14 season G&GR will take a look at the key plays and players of the week just had. We can be a myopic lot here at G&GR sometimes, so no point stopping now.
Let’s make it clear. Our focus is the Wallabies, so these reviews […]

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Reds v Tahs: ‘impartial’ head to head analysis

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Faster!
Messers Hickey and McKenzie have done their part, the teams are named.  Now it is time for the real analysis. So let’s have a look through the teams, on a head-to-head basis and see who will come out on top on Saturday night.
Fullback: Sosene Anesi v Peter Hynes - […]

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Reds v Tahs: ‘impartial’ head to head analysis

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Gagger wrote this article.
Faster!
Messers Hickey and McKenzie have done their part, the teams are named.  Now it is time for the real analysis. So let’s have a look through the teams, on a head-to-head basis and see who will come out on top on Saturday night.
Fullback: Sosene Anesi v Peter Hynes - Let’s […]

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