Lee Coan wrote this article.
Sunday afternoon football returns to Sydney this weekend. And the Fans are set to embrace it with more than 35000 of them expected to turn up for what is most likely the match up of the round. The Crusaders, in recent weeks, frankly have looked awesome. They have a […]
Entries Tagged as 'rocky elsom'
Preview. Waratahs V. Crusaders. The Return of the Black Seven
April 27th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Super Rugby · Adam Ashley-Cooper · benn robinson · Provincial Rugby · paddy ryan · Waratah · New South Wales Waratahs · sydney · rob horne · rocky elsom · rugby · preview · berrick barnes · crusaders · NSW waratahs · Dan Carter · Richie McCaw
Preview: Waratahs v. Crusaders – The Return of the Black Seven
April 27th, 2012 · No Comments
Brumby Jack wrote this article.
Sunday afternoon football returns to Sydney this weekend. And the fans are set to embrace it with more than 35,000 expected to turn up for what is most likely the match up of the round. The Crusaders in recent weeks have looked awesome. They have a complete game and […]
Tags: Super Rugby · Adam Ashley-Cooper · benn robinson · Provincial Rugby · paddy ryan · Waratah · New South Wales Waratahs · sydney · rob horne · rocky elsom · rugby · preview · berrick barnes · crusaders · NSW waratahs · Dan Carter · Richie McCaw
Review: Reds V. Brumbies A Hoodoo Broken
April 6th, 2012 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Reds defeated the Brumbies 20-13 in a tight hard fought game. But, importantly for the Reds, there was a return of commitment from the Reds. Commitment to defence, a commitment to contest at ruck and lineout time, commitment to the game plan and a commitment to retain possession. […]
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Review: Reds v. Brumbies – A Hoodoo Broken
April 6th, 2012 · No Comments
Stuart Fazakerley wrote this article.
The Reds have defeated the Brumbies 20-13 in a tight, hard-fought game. Important for the Reds, there was a return of commitment. Commitment to defence, a commitment to contest at ruck and lineout time, commitment to the game plan and a commitment to retain possession.
‘Retain possession?’ I hear you […]
Tags: scott Higginbotham · christian lealiifano · Ben Mowen · Super Rugby · Joseph Tomane · Provincial Rugby · act brumbies · queensland reds · rocky elsom · rugby · ewen mckenzie · brumbies · beau robinson · review
RWC 2011 Australia v. Ireland – Preview
September 16th, 2011 · No Comments
Gagger wrote this article.
Let me start with an apology. The guys at GaGR have been so excited about RWC that we forgot to write about RWC. We have had endless hours of top class rugby to watch and that’s what we’ve been doing instead of writing a preview for Australia and Ireland’s most […]
Tags: Ben McCalman · jamie heaslip · Tommy Bowe · Radike Samo · david pocock · preview · rocky elsom · scott Higginbotham · Brian O'Driscoll
RWC 2011 Australia v. Italy – Preview
September 9th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
And so it begins. On Sunday Australia comes up against a side that have trouble them a fair bit in the last couple of years. I don’t know if we have just not given them enough credit or that there is just something about their style that stuffs us […]
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Video: What Do We Expect From Rocky?
August 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
After the Heineken Cup Final in 2009 Brian O’Driscoll said Rocky Elsom was the best player he’d ever played with. During his time in Ireland playing for Leinster the Irish crowds chanted “Rocky, Rocky, Rocky”.
Back home we looked forward to his return to the Wallabies and most people agreed […]
Tags: analysis · Opinion · video analysis · rocky elsom · rugby · Wallabies
Analysis: Rocky’s blindside replacement by the stats
June 12th, 2011 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
After sixteen rounds of this Super Rugby season, the Wallaby Captain and Blindside Flanker has played a total of 84 minutes – less than 7% of it. With Rocky Elsom unlikely to play any rugby before the Tri-Nations, it must surely be an understatement to say that the Wallabies […]
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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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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
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, […]
Tags: quade cooper · will genia · david pocock · nathan sharpe · kurtley beale · Fiji · rugby · rocky elsom · Rugby World Cup
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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