Author: Charlie Mackay
Holy sheet, G&GRs. Reports from RA is that Dave Rennie has been sacked with immediate effect (including a payout and time to ‘garden’) and replaced by Dr Evil on a five-year contract.According to the Shake My Head’s Tom Decent:”Rugby Australia has dropped a bombshell by sacking Wallabies coach Dave Rennie with immediate effect. Rennie will be replaced by Eddie Jones for the 2023 World Cup. Jones has signed a five-year deal that will take him through to the 2027 World Cup. Jones will also oversee the Wallaroos program.In a statement to the Herald, RA chairman Hamish McLennan confirmed the news.”It is…
Greetings, G&GRs, and HNY to you all! AllyOz has sent through an article which is apparently written in English, but comes across in Elvish to me. Maybe KARL can translate the Hobbit speak for us. Anyhoo, read, digest, comment! Happy Monday. CMTHE BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTHHello fellow G&GRS,Following on from the brilliant Star Wars XV from Nutta last week. I thought I’d have a bit of a go with a Battle for Middle Earth selection. Given the animosity between the two groups I have picked a couple of sides based on their allegiance, that is, good guys and bad guys.I’ve…
G’day folks! A quick update to let you know that the referees for the Guinness Six Nations and u20 Six Nations have been released by World Rugby overnight. Furthermore, the world’s first representative body for international high performance match officials was launched today. APPOINTMENTS FOR u20 SIX NATIONSCongratulations to Australia’s own Reuben Keane who has earned his debut games at the u20 Six Nations in early 2023. He has the Italy v France game followed by the Scotland v Wales match a week later. Full appointments are below:Wales v IrelandParc Eirias, Colwyn BayFriday, 3 February, 2023Referee: Luc Ramos (FFR)Assistant Referee…
Guten abend, fellow G&GRs. Well, we’ve reached the finale of the season. There’ll be no more news articles until at least mid-January! Service will resume as normal closer to the start of the Super season in early February, though the odd article may drop in the interim if one of us Craparazzi is feeling bored, or in the doghouse with the missus… 😬Today’s news come from the Inbred Apple Isle and the desk of KB. While I still have your attention, thank you to KB, AllyOz, Moaning Expat, ParForCourse, MackHath (hope I didn’t miss anyone) and all you commenters, frequent…
Strap in, folks. AllyOz has gone full blown nerd academic in this article on coaching in Australia. Fair warning: the article does take a bit of time and might need to be pondered on for a bit. I’ve whacked in some pictures for those of us who need them (Hoss) while the rest of us rugby tragics devour the sacred missal of the day. As usual, I’ve added in some extra news articles at the bottom though I won’t be disappointed if you don’t quite have the capacity to get there!Happy reading, folks!AUSTRALIAN COACHING IS THE PROBLEM, NOT AUSTRALIA’S COACHIn…
Greetings, G&GRs, and welcome to Wednesday’s Rugby News. Today’s guest article comes to you from ParForCourse. Usual links to things happening around the world below, too. AllyOz will grace our desks on Thursday and Keith will round off our week. As Nutta says, “I hope it’s a pizza pockets day for you all”.Private Equity and Australian RugbyIs this a chronic addict selling the family’s possessions to fund their habit?Using roughly equivalent figures to what has been discussed for the NZ PE arrangements, RA would get about $185m (possibly more if future Lions and RWC revenue projections included) in a private…
Happy Monday, G&GRs, and welcome to a new week on your favourite rugby news site. Today, Moaning Expat is taking a second shot at being a member of the G&GR craparazzi. One more article and Sully will owe you a set of steak knives. As usual, I’ll add a few links to news stories from the weekend at the bottom.Buckle up, folks. This is way better than the usual Monday shite.PLAY PERCEPTION AND JUDGEMENTI love quotes. I have a few favourites. Nietzsche’s up there with “All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of…
Good morning, G&GRs, and welcome to Friday’s Rugby News. Today, we have a guest contribution from MackHath up in God’s second favourite Labor state, Kingsland! Still hoping for one or two more contributions from guests for next week. Email Sully by stumps on Sunday if you’d like to have a crack (sully@greenandgoldrugby.com). Otherwise, happy Friyay, ya filthy animals! May your beers be cold, your days warm and your parmies (not fuqing parma, that I’ll never stoop to) delicious!Hello G&GRS from sunny Mackay!Long time reader and posted a couple of times while v drunk, editors clearly didn’t let it through the…
Welcome to Thursday’s News, folks. Today’s source of meanderings comes from the desk of AllyOz. Thanks for putting in the time, pal! Still a few more days if anyone else is willing to have a go. Let Sully know (sully@greenandgoldrugby.com) if you’re up for the challenge! Doesn’t have to be smart like Nutta or downright shite like the rest of the craparazzi, anything’s welcome! Keith has been forced into agreed to a second article as well!Anyhoo, here goes from AllyOz:Dr Bernard Bindon was my first proper rugby coach. Sadly, Bernie died earlier this year. Bernie excelled as a player, being…
Greetings, G&GRs! Today’s article is from Moaning Expat – thanks, chum! Hoping for a few more pieces if at all possible. Email Sully (sully@greenandgoldrugby.com) if you’d like to join our burgeoning club of craparazzi! That all said, I see you’ve written a referee piece, Moaning Expat. So, you have chosen…. DEATH! 😈😈Kidding, kidding. The beauty of this site is that we all get on (even with the SDs and Hobbits), there’s not often name calling (Yowie excepted, of course) and you’re free to write what you like, so long as you can justify it in your mind (kinda like Hoss!).…
Greetings, folks. Charlie here to upload Keith’s article. I’ve added a few interesting links to recent developments at the bottom of the page as well. Thanks to KB for submitting to peer pressure intense cyber bullying stepping up and writing for Monday this week. Later this week we have AllyOz, Moaning Expat and MackHath writing us articles – thanks, friends! It’s not too late to have a go ya mug yourself if you’re keen. Send your submission to Sully (sully@greenandgoldrugby.com) if you’d like to write up a day for us. Happy for it to be an opinion piece, some recent…
Greetings, G&GRs, and welcome to the Monday News for this week!Firstly, this will be the last major week for the G&GR “Craparazzi” as, well, we’re all fuqed and running out of things to say and write about. So, we’d like to offer up the chance for dedicated G&GRs to contribute one-off works in the first week of December. I know that Keith will be forced into might make a return, and there have been some others that have been bullied positively peer pressured into probably having a crack – AllyOz, ME, OLSL, I think. if you’ve written before or have…
Hello, G&GRs, and welcome to another Monday! I trust that your weekend was well spent wherever in the world you are. I’m so pleased to see readers and commenters from all over the globe popping in to say g’day and be a part of the environment we have here with G&GR. In today’s news, we’ll review the Wallabies result against the Oirish, a rundown of the scorelines in the other spring tests, ponder who’s left to actually play for the men in Cadbury Orange next weekend against the Taffs, options for RA post-RWC and a little piece of my mind…
Greetings, G&GRs! Chuck is back for a double dose for the week. Unfortunately, Happyman is now Unhappyman with a decent case of the Walla-runs man flu. Here’s hoping you’re on the mend soon, Chum! So, without further ado, here’s Thursday’s Rugby News.MACK ‘MOTORMOUTH’ HANSEN SHREDS WALLABY MATESFormer Brumby, Mack Hansen, has taken the piss out of his ex-teammates, with a cutting sledge that’ll be sure to have more than a few blokes looking to split the former Gungahlin Eagle in two. “They can’t sledge for shit,” Hansen said. “[Nic] Whitey will be chirpy like always but the rest of them…
Greetings, G&GRs. Welcome to Monday’s Rugby News. What a curious range of emotions to go through, eh? After what turned out to be, arguably, one of the best World Cup finals in rugby history on Saturday, those of us who bothered to stay up to watch the Wobs quickly regretted it. Indeed, I’m still shaking with fury as we speak I type… but we’ll get to that! There’s a wrap of all complete test matches from this weekend and anything else that rears its head in the next 12 hours or so! Stand by folks, I reckon there’ll be a…
Happy Monday, G&GRs, and welcome to another week of news from your favourite bunch of craparazzi! Well, goodness me, what a weekend we had! There were women’s RWC semi-finals, the northern international series, World Series Sevens and RWC2023 qualifiers. Oh boy, so much to watch yet so little time! Thankfully, a perk of Stan is the mini matches and highlights which are a welcome addition to the viewing weekend. Hope your Monday isn’t a Garfield one! WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP 2021 (2022)If you happened to switch on your telly on Saturday afternoon I daresay you’d have been treated to two…
Welcome, G&GRs, to another edition of Monday’s News. I greet you from the soon-to-be capital of the glue factory industry of the racing industry, with a well-deserved public holiday on Tuesday allowing me to read Nutta’s Chewsday effort in the peace and quiet of home. We’ll have a gander at the quarter finals of the Women’s RWC in New Zealand, the start of the autumn tours, and a few open letters that I had to get off my chest.So, dig in and don’t hold back, G&GRs. Nothing better than spilling your deepest, darkest secrets and feelings on a Monday. WOMEN’S…
Greetings, G&GRs, and welcome to another Monday news! I trust that you’re all sufficiently recovered for the week ahead, with the quarter finals of the WRWC to come as well as the start of the northern disappointment tour for the Wallabies. In other news, both the Wobs and the ABs sides have been named then changed already and Wellington defeated Canterbury in the NZ NPC final.WALLAROOS REACH WRWC QUARTER FINALS The Wallaroos have overcome a match full of poor handling, curious decisions, another well-deserved piece of cheese and a rapidly fatiguing group of players to overcome Wales in their third…
Morning, G&GRs, and welcome to Monday’s Wednesday’s news! Slight hiccup at KARL’s place over the last 24 hours with some ‘life happening’ so, on short notice, here comes Chuck with a bonus day of news, gossip and flat out garbage. No different to any other time I write really. 🤷♂️WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP Australia play Wales this Saturday, where a win will all but guarantee a spot in the quarter finals; a loss could well see the Wallaroos bundled out of the tournament. As Nathan writes for rugby.com.au, “Surviving the Scotland challenge has built a new level of confidence in…
Happy Monday, G&GRs, and welcome to the start of a new week of articles from your faithful crapparazzi! Twas another jam-packed weekend full of rugby of all sorts, with the Wallaroos taking a win in the RWC in New Zealand, the Steelers preparing to face the Yanks for gold, the Australia A match against Japan XV and the Wobs side for the spring/autumn internationals being announced. The Queensland Reds played their second innovative game (‘surprising’ {not} how little has been said about these amazing ‘innovations’) against the Chairman’s XV and, if you still had time before the missus/mister caught you…