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Player ratings & stats: 1st Italy test

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Here’s my bash at the player ratings from Australia vs Italy in frozen Canberra on the weekend. Tally with what you saw?
Rating scale & stats at bottom.
15 James O’Connor Looks completely at home already on the international stage. May have been gifted his first two tries, but finished his […]

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Tags: statstics · player ratings · Wallabies · Italy

Wallabies vs France Player Ratings

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Here are my thoughts on the Australia player ratings vs France at Stade de France on Saturday. See what you think.
Rating scale at bottom.
15 Drew Mitchell Not perfect, but looked a lot more like a fullback than AAC has this year. Some nice kicks 6
14 Peter Hynes - Another […]

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Tags: nathan sharpe · player ratings

Wallabies vs England player ratings

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Here are my thoughts on the Australia player ratings from the momentous test at Twickenham on Saturday. Tally with what you saw?
Rating scale at bottom.
15 Adam Ashley-Cooper Everything was OK, except for the kicking. Still not a fullback. 4
14 Peter Hynes - Not seeing the gas or sparkle a […]

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Tags: player ratings · England · Australia

Wallabies vs All Blacks player ratings from Hong Kong

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Here are my thoughts on the Australia player ratings from the fourth Bledisloe test in Honkers. Tally with what you saw?
Rating scale at bottom.
15 Adam Ashley-Cooper A lot of talent but still not a fullback. Kicking game still one dimensional and took the wrong option on the first AB […]

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Tags: luke burgess · wallaby · player ratings

Wallabies vs All Blacks Brisbane Tri-Nations player ratings

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

noreply@blogger.com (Matt @ Green and Gold Rugby) wrote this article. Preamble not required. Rating scale at bottom.
15 Adam Ashley-Cooper Good under the high ball, solid on his feet (see try) and good last line of defence, but still not playing as a fullback 6
14 Peter Hynes - Showed some bright individual touches 6
13 Ryan […]

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Tags: brisbane · player ratings · Wallabies

Johannesburg massacre - Wallaby player ratings

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. This is a pretty depressing job, but you see a very different side of players in such a game. In most matches you get a mix of good and bad performances, but here it was universally crap. Nevertheless, with such a vital game coming up, the lessons to be […]

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Tags: player ratings · south africa · Wallabies

Wallabies vs All Blacks second Bledisloe player ratings

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Always torture doing ratings on a thumping, but here goes.
15 Adam Ashley-Cooper Looked solid at the back until went off with busted hand, even made a tackle after his injury. 5
14 Peter Hynes - Provided two of the rare running highlights 7
13 Stirling Mortlock (C), Trademark bust through Smith […]

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Tags: second test · player ratings · Wallabies · All Blacks

Wallabies vs All Blacks first TriNations test player ratings

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. With so many great performances across the park for Australia, this was a tough one. The 6-7-8 and 9-10-12 combos fought evenly for honours in which group swayed the game the most, but what a dilemma to have eh?
15 Adam Ashley-Cooper From nervy and out of place last week, […]

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Tags: bledisloe · cup · trinations · first test · player ratings · Wallabies · tri-nations · All Blacks

Wallabies vs Springboks: Tri-Nations first test player ratings

July 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Here are my ratings for the Australia vs South Africa first test. See if it tallies with how you saw it. Scoring system at bottom.
15 Adam Ashley-Cooper I feel sorry for the guy being shoved into this position, but crucial tri-nations games aren’t the place to learn 4
14 […]

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Tags: player ratings · first test · tri-nations · south africa · Springboks · Wallabies · Australia

Chooks own Mongrel-o-meter

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. By Chook.
I think we need to rate the players that will face off for the Tri Nations and see how the Wallabies match-up. I feel that we would be quite low at the moment. I reckon the Saffas easily out-mongrel ABs and Wallabies, although the ABs wouldn’t be too […]

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Tags: chook · mongrel-o-meter · mongrel · player ratings · All Blacks · Wallabies · Springboks

Wallabies vs France -Second test player ratings

July 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Here’s what I saw, see if it tallies with what you reckon.
15 Adam Ashley-Cooper - Solid at the back but not much more. 5
14 Peter Hynes - Took his try well and has a nose for finding space straight ahead 7
13 Stirling Mortlock (c) - A solid […]

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Tags: second test · player ratings · Wallabies · France · Australia

Wallabies vs France First Test Player Ratings

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Here’s what I saw, see if it tallies with what you reckon. Following controversy (!) I’ve decided to give a rating scale a go, with no more half marks:
10 - A legendary performance to go down in the history books
9 - Man of the match worthy performance
8 - Outstanding
7 […]

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Tags: first test · player ratings · Wallabies · France

Wallabies vs Ireland Player Ratings

June 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. New coach new era, how’d the players go?
15. Shepherd - solid in defense and at the back. Great range kicking. 7
14. Hynes - definitely not overawed by the occasion of his first test, he showed great strength on his feet 8
13. Mortlock - Still galumphing over the gain line […]

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Tags: player ratings · Wallabies · Ireland

All aboard the Tah Bandwagon

April 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Waratahs 37 - Blues 16
There were 40 foot high billboards saying “SEASON TURNING POINT” on this game for the Tahs and they stood up just when it mattered. As there were so many outstanding performances I thought I’d spray a few thoughts at some player ratings.
15. Two Dads (Norton-Knight). […]

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Tags: round 8 score · NSW waratahs · auckland blues · super 14 2008 · player ratings

Wallabies vs Fiji RWC’07 player ratings

September 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Jon Jones wrote this article. To be honest, Saturday’s was the kind of scrappy effort that left me uninspired when it comes to writing player ratings. So instead, I’ve shamelessly ripped off the anonymous ones syndicated by AAP and stuck on my own thoughts in green. Feel free to take a shot or […]

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Tags: wallaby · player ratings · Rugby World Cup 2007 · Fiji · Australia