Author: Matt Rowley

Some video analysis of the belter of a game both David Pocock and Rocky Elsom had against South Africa in Brisbane.

As this story broke today about Graham Henry’s moves to be used against the Wallabies, G&GR can  EXCLUSIVELY reveal Robbie Deans’ secret attack plans for the Australian back-line. Snapped only last night as they were left lying on a clipboard near the latte station during a squad Twitter instructional session, they show the full extent of the attacking strategies the Wallabies intend to turn on this Saturday at the Etihad Slip ‘n Slide. Asked to comment about the developments this morning, Robbie Deans said something incomprehensible about “playing what’s in front of them”. Or something.

Wallabies 30 – Springbokke 13 Australia kicked off their Tri-Nations campaign with a convincing win over South Africa at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. The Wallabies saw no reason to deviate from the high-pace ball in hand game plan that served the All Blacks so well. The Boks once again looked like a shadow of their former selves, falling off tackles and being comprehensively beaten at the breakdown. The Bokke  upheld the tradition of losing a man to a yellow card within the first 5 minutes via Jacques Furry with a dangerous tackle; clearly an IRB conspiracy. However, despite making a mess…

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I had the pleasure of watching the All Blacks vs Springboks game in my front room with Bob Dwyer and Mike Penistone – so if the quality of the insight is better than usual, you know why! Despite the doom and gloom surrounding the Wallabies I’ve tried to pull out a couple areas where I think there’s opportunity against the best two sides in the world. You can read Bobs View here.

Script by RugbyReg, Voices by Moses and Gagger, Editing by Moses.

With 45% of the vote, May’s winner of the G&GR Best Aussie Club Try is Joe “Peanut” Ritchie from Nedlands club in Perth.  A stack of Skins vouchers and KooGa kit is coming your way Peanut, plus the chance for Nedlands to have a session with the Wallaby coaches!

Final Score: Wallabies 22 – Ireland 15

No doubt sparked by the deja vu of a splintered scrum and loss to the Poms, questions are starting to be asked about Robbie Deans as coach, probably more than at any other time during his reign. It’s a complex and emotive issue, so we thought we’d bring a couple of  viewpoints (by no means covering every aspect) to spark off the debate in response to the statement: “Robbie Deans is doing the best possible job as Coach of the Wallabies”

Final Score: Australia 20 – England 21

Here are some brief highlights of the IRB U20s Semi’s. The Australia v New Zealand final will be shown on both the IRB website and FoxSports Tuesday 8am AEDT.

Here’s a video from the ARU highlighting the potential in James O’Connor. It’s got some pretty funky interactive features that you’ll see if you mouse-over or click on it. Enjoy.

[youtube bQ9XbozqDuo nolink] Here’s some video highlights of the Australia under 20’s team beating South Africa 42-35 to progress through to the IRB U20 championships that are ongoing in Argentina. It made particularly pleasant viewing as the Australian scrum enjoyed good dominance over the Baby Boks! The Australia vs England Semi-Final will be shown this Friday morning at 3am on FoxSports 1.

FINAL SCORE: Aussie BaaBaas 9 – England 15

FINAL SCORE: Wallabies 27 – England front row 17

Green and Gold Rugby can exclusively reveal that Matt Giteau’s withdrawal from this weekend’s test match had nothing to do with fitness. The truth behind the late exclusion is that a copy of his gameplan had made its way into the England camp, rendering his attacking threat neutered. G&GR has managed to get a copy of this gameplan, and can share it with the wider rugby public for the first time below:

Here are a few thoughts on what happened last week vs Fiji, and what that might mean when Australia take on England in Perth this weekend. We start off looking at the ruck tactics employed, and then have a squizz at the roles that Nathan Sharpe and Kurtley Beale have been playing in the side. As for this weekend’s result?