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Video: Front Row Technique Issues

March 7th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Watching the Crusaders v. Waratahs and Brumbies v. Reds games from the weekend it was apparent that the problems with Australian scrums are not going away.
Once Tatafu Polota-Nau went off injured, the Waratahs scrum started going backwards dramatically, then improved until the last quarter of the match when it fell […]

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Tags: video analysis · scrums · analysis · Melbourne Rebels · Super Rugby · act brumbies · NSW waratahs · rugby · video · western force · queensland reds · Wallabies

Video: George Smith Tribute

January 17th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
George Smith – a Brumbies and Wallaby legend that has given us all so much pleasure over the years.
Here’s a short tribute to the great man – I’ve exhausted my video library but I know there are still some great moments I couldn’t find footage of so let us […]

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Tags: act brumbies · george smith · brumbies · video · rugby · Wallabies

Wallaby Backline History: Part 7 – 2010

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I’ve got some bad news and some good news for you.
The bad news is that having completed a highlights video of the Wallabies backline in 2010 it comes in at 16 minutes, which I know is a lot longer than most people are prepared to watch on the Internet.  […]

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Tags: quade cooper · james o'connor · kurtley beale · will genia · video analysis · tries · Adam Ashley-Cooper · video · matt giteau · Fiji · Italy · France · All Blacks · Wales · rugby · Wallabies · England

Wallaby Backline History: Part 7 — 2010

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I’ve got some bad news and some good news for you.
The bad news is that having completed a highlights video of the Wallabies backline in 2010, it comes in at 16 minutes, which I know is a lot longer than most people are prepared to watch on the Internet.  […]

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Tags: quade cooper · james o'connor · kurtley beale · will genia · video analysis · tries · Adam Ashley-Cooper · video · matt giteau · Fiji · Italy · France · All Blacks · Wales · rugby · Wallabies · England

Wallaby Backline History: Part 7 – 2010

December 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I’ve got some bad news and some good news for you.
The bad news is that having completed a highlights video of the Wallabies backline in 2010 it comes in at 16 minutes, which I know is a lot longer than most people are prepared to watch on the Internet.
There […]

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Tags: quade cooper · james o'connor · kurtley beale · will genia · video analysis · drew micthell · tries · Adam Ashley-Cooper · video · matt giteau · Fiji · Italy · France · All Blacks · Wales · rugby · south africa · Wallabies · England

Austin’s Chalkboard: Quade Cooper in Defence

November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Quade Cooper’s results in defence against Italy were much better than they’ve been recently - 100% of tackles made and even a dominant tackle.
Whilst the result was better, what changed?  Was it the influence of Phil Blake?  Did Quade just have a better approach to his defence? Or wasn’t he required […]

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Tags: video · quade cooper · rugby · Wallabies · Italy · England

Austin’s Chalkboard: Quade Cooper in Defence

November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

RugbyReg wrote this article.
Quade Cooper’s stats in defence against Italy were much better than they’ve been recently — 100 per cent of tackles made and even a dominant tackle.
While the result was better, what changed? Was it the influence of Phil Blake? Did Quade just have a better approach to his defence? Or wasn’t he […]

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Tags: video · quade cooper · rugby · Wallabies · Italy · England

Wallaby Back Line History: Part 6 – 2008 and 2009

October 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Here’s the last installment in the Wallaby back line series bringing us up to the current season. 
These videos cover every game in the first two years with Robbie Deans as coach.  Matt Giteau takes over as #10 and we see the emergence of Quade Cooper and Will Genia as […]

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Tags: video · rugby · Barbarians · tries · tri nations video · springboks video · south africa · Scotland · France · England · Italy · All Blacks · Wallabies · Wales · Ireland

Wallaby Back Line History: Part 6 – 2008 and 2009

October 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Gagger wrote this article.
Here’s the last installment in the Wallaby back line series bringing us up to the current season. 
These videos cover every game in the first two years with Robbie Deans as coach.  Matt Giteau takes over as #10 and we see the emergence of Quade Cooper and Will Genia as Wallabies. Stirling […]

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Tags: video · rugby · Barbarians · tries · tri nations video · springboks video · south africa · Scotland · France · England · Italy · All Blacks · Wallabies · Wales · Ireland

G&GR Best Club Rugby Try

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Here they are (better late than never) – our top five tries for July.
Last month our winner was Juan Van Vuuren from University of Queensland.
Our August tries will be out at the end of next week so get your votes in now.
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Tags: tries · club rugby · G&GR Best Aussie Club Try · Competitions · video · rugby

History of the Wallaby Back Line: Part 4 – 2002 to 2005

August 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Amanda wrote this article.
Here’s part 4 of the videos looking at the Wallaby back line from 1979 to 2010 with this video covering the years 2002 to 2005.
This segment includes the introduction of the league converts – Sailor, Rogers and Tuquiri and the 2003 World Cup campaign.
Watching the footage reminded me how much the current […]

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Tags: tries · lote tuquiri · Wendell Sailor · video · Stephen Larkham · rugby · Wallabies

Wallaby Attack Analysis

August 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Wallabies attack hasn’t exactly set the world on fire in 2010 – so what can be improved?
In this video I’ve looked at a short sequence of phases in the 3rd minute of Bledisloe 2 to show what I think needs to be improved.  Whilst there are other […]

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Tags: quade cooper · rugby video · video · matt giteau · rugby · Wallabies

History of the Wallaby Back Line Part 3: 1999 to 2001

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Here’s part 3 of the videos looking at the Wallaby back line from 1979 to 2010 with this video covering the years 1999 to 2001.
This segment covers the 1999 World Cup win through to the win against the British & Irish Lions in 2001.  Bob Dwyer is always talking about […]

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Tags: video · george gregan · British & Irish Lions · tries · rugby · south africa · All Blacks · Wallabies · Stephen Larkham · France

Wallabies: Fix The Basics

August 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Wallabies needed to pressure the All Blacks on Saturday by taking advantage of their opportunities but instead they kept making basic mistakes which gave the momentum back to the All Blacks. 
Dropped balls when hard on attack, soft attempts at tackling, failing to find touch, silly penalties, lineout & scrum […]

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Tags: analysis · video · rugby · Wallabies · All Blacks

Video: Ideas for the Wallabies v Springboks

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I’ve been looking at the first two Tri Nations games between the All Blacks and Springboks to see what opportunities there may be for the Wallabies including expanding on some topics Gagger has already raised.
There are four key areas that I think the Wallabies can target:
Using defence to attack […]

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Tags: video · tactics · rugby · tri-nations · Wallabies · south africa · Springboks