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Burgess’ knee, Sharpe gets the arse, Foles rolls

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. OK, I’m a little late on the 28 man squad for the South African tour, but hey, everything works a bit slower in rural France.
The big upsets are:
1 - Luke Burgess is out with a small tear in his miniscus (knee), sustained in training. While Burgo hasn’t yet fully […]

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Tags: nathan sharpe · michael foley · squad · luke burgess · wallaby · south africa

Teams for 2nd Bledisloe Test in Auckland

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Both the Wallaby and All Black squads have been announced for the next Tri-Nations at Eden Park. For the Wallabies their captain and kiwi destroyer Mortlock is back. Cross drops to the bench and Tahu gets across the ditch as the 23rd man (I guess this gives an […]

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Tags: squad · bledisloe · auckland · teams · tri-nations · New Zealand · All Blacks · Wallabies · Australia

Wallabies team for first Trinations test against All Blacks

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. The cheap shot from that cµnt Bakkies Botha on stirling Mortlock (how did this not get cited?) means Australia goes into the first Bledisloe test against New Zealand in Sydney without their captain and AB’s bogeyman. Ryan Cross has been impressive all year, but there’s a good reason why […]

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Tags: selection · squad · bledisloe · team · Wallabies · New Zealand · All Blacks · Australia

Wallabies Tri-Nations Squad 2008 Announced

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Below is the Australia Tri-Nations squad for the 2008 Tri-Nations. A few comments on the changes from the last few weeks:
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Timana Tahu - Has been impossible not to notice for Australia and brings a real different option to Barnes at 12, where I hope they aim him and his […]

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Tags: timana tahu · hugh mcmenimen · drew mitchell · squad · 2008 · Wallabies · tri-nations · rugby · Australia

2008 Wallabies Squad announced

June 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. The 30 man train on squad for the Wallabies 2008 (list below) was announced by Aussie Robbie Deans earlier today. Apparently he had no hand in selection (due to his NZ contract still being in place), but having taken note of our Poll, there aren’t that many contentious decisions […]

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Tags: 30 man · train on · squad · 2008 · Wallabies

Australian Under 20 Squad looking mighty fine

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. I’ll admit that I don’t usually pay too much attention to things like the IRB Junior World Championships, but this one’s got me interested. Perhaps it’s the stretch of the talent pool in Australia the past few seasons, but we’ve ended up with a 26 man squad that has […]

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Tags: under 20s · Ratu Nasiganiyavi · squad · IRB Junior World Championships · fixtures