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Doing Digby Are you stuck in a relationship that’s lost its sparkle? Are you all talked out and just spend all your “quality” time checking twitter and facebook? Do you ever feel like you’d get a better response from your partner if you tweeted a question to him/her/both of them, even if they’re sitting at the dinner table with you? Do you sleep beside them, but feel like they’re wishing they were with someone else? You’re not alone Social Pages – it seems Digby’s absence has caused some tension between he and Will Genia if these photos are anything…

Unless you were living under a rock for the past week, you’ll be aware that boy-band One Direction were in Melbourne on Sunday to perform at the Logies. What you may not know is that they stopped by the AFL and took a picture with a Cleo Bachelor of the Year nominee – no idea who he is though. I’m not a massive One Direction fan, so I’ve had to match these up by hairstyle – sorry to any 1D fans if I got them wrong!  Klever Kurtley We’ve discussed Kurtley’s insatiable passion for exposing life’s existential dilemmas in…

We’ve had some great times with the Lipdogg since he burst onto the scene only weeks ago. He’s provided more entertainment in 391 tweets (at the time of writing) than many have in 10K tweets. Twitter gives many people their first view into what someone is really like, as well as the banter and the day-to-day business of being a rugby player. Unlike where a journalist tells you that someone’s a down-to-earth guy or a top bloke, you can see for yourself and form your own opinions. A Twibute (twitter tribute) Michael Lipman (@michael_lipman) is just funny: he doesn’t abuse…

The O’Connor Self-Acceptance Project The Social Pages can admit when it’s wrong. And we’ve been dead wrong about James O’Connor.  For a number of weeks now, we’ve been holding James O’Connor up as an archetype of using Twitter to take advantage of professional-player-induced attractiveness to the fairer sex before becoming just another former player struggling to stop the insidious advance of the corporate-lunch-kilograms. But that’s not it at all. You see, research out of Western Carolina University is now telling us that narcissistic self-aggrandisement (a.k.a. RTing when anyone talks about how hot you are) can actually hide deep feelings of…

Doing Digby By now you may have heard that Digby Ioane was suspended for 5 weeks (reduced from 8 weeks for an early guilty plea) for a tackle against the Sharks. Luckily he took it well… In other news, Digby’s been working on how he can fill up his days over the next few weeks. He could work for a charity, maybe mentor some youths (like the Faingaa Twins do with Mission Australia), or he could do something truly worthwhile and… MODEL! Does anyone want him to model anything? Extensive portfolios can be found…

Eligible Bachelors There was a tremendous excitement in the Social Pages camp when Cleo magazine released its annual list of Australia’s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors. Representing rugby union in Australia’s only male beauty pageant are James “Rabbit” O’Connor and Rod “Rocket” Davies. Although both men share nicknames with, ahem, “adult toys”, the Social Pages has been reliably informed that this played only a small role in landing the nomination. Rocket, like Barack Obama, has been chairing closed-door strategy meetings and directing his minions to do his bidding. Rabs is going for a more aggressive two-pronged approach: a) thank people…

Digby’s Doings Digby Ioane changed his profile pic during the week. This one was taken after he fought a drop-bear that fell from a tree. The drop-bear fought hard and tore the shirt from poor Diggers’ body in the process and he didn’t have time to go back home to get another shirt before someone took another photo of him. But looking through his twitter pics, something has struck me as odd (and it isn’t the number of photos he posts of himself): he has posted photos of his face, his upper body & torso, even his genital region (!).…

I’m sure they didn’t invent Twitter for this, but it sure is funny

Welcome to week two of the G&GR Social Pages. The week on twitter What’s my name again? Understanding Players Part 2: Twitter (point #3). Nic: you make a valid point. One which would have had more credibility had YOU learned Robbie’s name too. A leap of maths February 29 only comes around once every four years. It can be a very confusing time. Very. Just ask James “Chibba” Hanson. Feminist Quade Quade Cooper, an established SNAG and noted gender-equality crusader, last Friday did his bit to…

Welcome to the Social Pages of Green and Gold Rugby, where we look back at the week that was in social media, and ahead to the week that will be.

we explore some of the themes and memes of twitter life from some of our more prominent professional tweeting rugby players

G&GR joins the trend for intern and voluntary positions in Australian rugby

What player cliches REALLY mean

Are you searching for the ultimate Christmas present for the rugby-fan in your family? How about somewhere to direct your loved ones when they ask you what you want for Christmas? Well look no further – GAGR is here to help. Simply click on the pictures to see more of these truly unbelievable items. (Claimer: all of these items are currently available on the ARU store website. I’ve made no details up! Hence the claimer, not a disclaimer) This mobile plays Brahms lullaby to “relax and entertain your mini-Wallabies” (that’d be “joeys” for the zoologists among us). It’s hard to believe…