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The Boyos Down Under

May 17th, 2012 · No Comments

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The locals at The Hen and Chickens in Abergavenny will have confidence that their boyos will perform good deeds Down Under when the Welsh arrive for the June Test Series.
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And why wouldn’t they? The last few times they’ve played the Wallabies, in the RWC quarter-final (21-18) and in the December 2011 Test (24-18), […]

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2012 Six Nations - Wales v France

March 18th, 2012 · No Comments

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2012 Six Nations - Wales v Italy

March 11th, 2012 · No Comments

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2012 Six Nations - England v Wales

February 25th, 2012 · No Comments

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Six Nations: Wales v Scotland

February 13th, 2012 · No Comments

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My time-management policies meant this was the game of the round I watched, and it was a good match. If you look at these stata (for all the good that does) the game actually looks a lot closer than the scoreline indicates. Those moments of self-destruction that produced two yellow […]

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2012 Six Nations - Ireland v Wales

February 5th, 2012 · No Comments

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This was always going to be the best game of the opening round, and it delivered. Both teams were superb in their intent, and the game’s intensity meant both the Irish and Welsh sides had to at times bring themselves back into it.
Maybe Wales stumbled a little. They seemed to […]

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Tags: 2012 Six Nations · Wayne Barnes · Wales · Ireland

Welsh 6 Nation Squad. Gatland Sticks With The Youngin’s

January 18th, 2012 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
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Warren Gatland has named 5 debutante in his 6 nation squad.
The uncapped players are Blues wing Harry Robinson, scrum-half Rhys Webb, centre Ashley Beck along with Scarlets trio Liam Williams, Rhodri Jones and Lou Reed. They join French based players James Hook, Mike Phillips and […]

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Tags: alun-wyn jones · Cardiff Blues · International Rugby · Scarlets · Warren Gatland · Northern hemisphere · Wales · Gavin Henson · rugby · Rugby Union

Time in Possession – Wallaby Matches in 2011

January 4th, 2012 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Recently I published my Involvement Rates for the Wallabies in 2011.  As you probably know this is a measure of how much work players are doing in key areas during a match and to improve the accuracy of the measure I’m now calculating the Involvement Rate based on the […]

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Tags: Northern hemisphere · rugby statistics · International Rugby · Brisbane Premier Rugby · Southern Hemisphere · rugby · Wales · Wallabies · Rugby World Cup 2011 · statistics · Ireland

When Lachlan met Shakin’

December 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The story goes that a good big man will always beat a good little man. Not so when it comes to the diminutive winger from Swansea, Shakin’ Shane Williams.
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Wales have a habit of producing outstanding fleet-footed wingers every decade or so like Ken Jones from […]

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Tags: rugby · review · Wallabies · Wales

Australia v. Wales Live Coverage

December 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Join us as we cover the Wallabies taking on the Welsh this morning. Kick off is 1:15am Sydney, 12:15am Brisbane.
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Tags: International Rugby · Live · Article Type · Northern hemisphere · Wallabies · Wales

Wallaby desperados do hard yards for bronze

October 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I had my doubts as to whether the Wallabies would be motivated enough to give their all for a third place at the RWC.
But these concerns were erased tonight after they defeated Wales 21-18 in a brutal war of attrition that showed plenty of character from a team down […]

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Wallaby desperadoes do hard yards for bronze

October 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
I had my doubts as to whether the Wallabies would be motivated enough to give their all to win third place at the RWC.
But those concerns were erased tonight after they defeated Wales 21–18 in a brutal war of attrition that showed plenty of character from a team down […]

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Tags: rugby · review · Rugby World Cup 2011 · Wallabies · Wales

Podcast: G&GR PODSLAM 8 – Lost our Semi

October 19th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Gagger, Mr Timms and Baabaa get together to lament over last weekend. They then try to keep it rational as they look ahead to next weekend, review the Wallabies’ tournament as a whole and react to the news of 2 more years of Robbie Deans
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Tags: podcast · Humour · Opinion · Rugby World Cup 2011 · Wallabies · France · All Blacks · Wales · Rugby World Cup

Ref Rolland gives Frogs leg up to RWC Final

October 15th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
In a match-winning decision, Referee Alain Rolland sent off Welsh skipper and no. 7 Sam Warburton for a spear tackle in the first half which essentially decided who would be promoted to the RWC final.
The French won the match 9-8 but were outplayed by a 14 man Welsh outfit […]

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G&GR World Cup Podslam 7

October 12th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
After the purely emotion (and alcohol) driven podcast from Sunday, I cut the dead weight and have a chat with defensive maestro Matt ‘Tatsy’ Taylor.
We take a look at the massive result on the weekend and cast an eye over the weekend ahead.
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Tags: podcast · Humour · Live · analysis · Rugby World Cup 2011 · All Blacks · Wales · Wallabies · France