Author: Brett Gibson

Reasons for Hope After the 2015 World Cup, plenty of seasoned campaigners have moved on and teams have taken the opportunity to refresh their squads. Let me see if I can find that silver lining for you, as well as trying to work out what teams are actually in what conference. Africa 1 Conference – Reasons for Hope Africa 2 Conference – Reasons for Hope New Zealand Conference Team Reason for Hope After winning the first 2 ‘super Rugby’ tournaments way back in the 90s, the Blues have only had one victory in the tournament since. 2015 was not a great…

Reasons for Hope After the 2015 World Cup, plenty of seasoned campaigners have moved on and teams have taken the opportunity to refresh their squads. Let me see if I can find that silver lining for you, as well as trying to work out what teams are actually in what conference. Africa 1 Conference Team Reason for Hope After a slow start getting organised (World Cup 2015 hangover maybe) The Sunwolves have announced former All Black Mark Hammett as head coach. The team is made up predominantly of local Japanese players, 15 of these have national representative honors. the rest of…

Reasons for Hope After the 2015 World Cup, plenty of seasoned campaigners have moved on and teams have taken the opportunity to refresh their squads. Let me see if I can find that silver lining for you, as well as trying to work out what teams are actually in what conference. Starting this week with…. Africa 2 Conference Team Reason for Hope There are not many teams that will have the national representation as the Jaguars. This team could really set the pace in their conference. With so many representative caps and a style that will replicate the successful national one, its…

Where to Watch the Rugby World Cup: We are collating a list of venues where you enjoy watching the game – they are at the end of this post.  If you have a suggestion add it to the comments. If you are like me you’re pumped about this Saturday night/Sunday Morning. Not because it is Halloween, but because of the Rugby World Cup Final. If you are just tuning in there is still plenty of room on the band-wagon. Lets have a look at this weekend could look like. It doesn’t matter if you are male or female, young or…

8 Minutes of High Def Wallaby RWC2015 Gold – Enjoy 2015 – The year scrummaging became cool in Australian Rugby

#RWC2015 Power Rankings – The group stages are complete The winners and losers thus far through the #RWC2015. What teams are the movers and shakers? What do you think? Please feel free to disagree in the comments section – I’ll be here all day. Rank Team Win/Loss Trending 1 4-0 – They dusted Tonga after a tough first half to ensure they go thru to the quarter finals undefeated. While they are still number one a couple of things might have slipped them back to the field a little. 3 fairly easy matches against much lesser teams. Woodcock out. A…

#RWC2015 Power Rankings – for those just joining us. The winners and losers thus far through the Rugby World Cup 2015. What teams are the movers and shakers? What do you think? Australia is building form in the deep end of Pool A, but have a few injuries and a key suspension. Ireland aren’t quite looking like the 6 Nations champs. New Zealand are sitting in a fairly shallow Pool C, picking off the little fish. And England ….Time for a Bex and a good lie down? Of the ‘minows’ while the peleton has probably improved its overall showing, none…

The past few years has seen Rugby’s world be dominated by one group of Villains that we have come to respect, hate, admire, deride, sledge and applaud. Let’s take a look at these Bad Guys and their alter-egos – whilst not forgetting that most of these guys eventually get their comeuppance. – Enjoy! [tabs tab1=”15″ tab2=”14″ tab3=”13″  tab4=”12″  tab5=”11″ tab6=”10″  tab7=”9″ tab8=”8″ tab9=”7″ tab10=”6″ tab11=”5″ tab12=”4″ tab13=”3″  tab14=”2″ tab15=”1″] [tab id=1] 15. Ben Smith -Keyser Soze – The usual Suspects This is one of those moments where we are lulled into a false sense of security. The guy looks harmless enough and seems to melt into the background when surrounded by…

All photo’s courtesy of Keith McInnes Photography

As we previously reported an Invitational Indigenous Under 20s squad is to tour the South West of the United States in 2015. We can now happily announce the official squad list. This is not a selection tour per-se. This is an invitational tour for young men who are influential in their communities both on and off the field. This is not just a rugby tour. It is a cultural exchange. Players and coaches will be staying on a reservation in New Mexico (Navajo Nation) for four days and plan to meet with another community in Arizona. Players will be taking genuine items…

In Mid October 2015, as the Northern Hemisphere is awaking from their Rugby slumber and the Wallabies are lining them up for another Spring Tour, another group of Australians , the Indigenous Australian Under 20s Invitational side, will be embarking on a North Hemisphere tour with a difference. Playing 6 tour matches in the South Western states will be a touring party of 28 Indigenous Australian Under 20s from all over the country. The Team will be made up of players from Queensland (9 players), Northern Territory (2 players), New South Wales, (10 players) and the ACT (5 players) aged between…

You have $24 to spend on the best Wallaby forward pack of the past 30 years – THE GAGR ALL STARS. Who would you pick from the options on the chart? Stick your teams in the comments below and/or share them online with the the hashtag #gagrallstars. If you get closest to our expert selector you could win! Click the image to Zoom in

You have $22 to spend on the best Wallaby back line of the past 30 years – THE GAGR ALL STARS. Who would you pick from the options on the chart? Stick your teams in the comments below and/or share them online with the the hashtag #gagrallstars. If you get closest to our expert selector you could win! Click the image to Zoom in

All images Keith McInnes The next Australian U-20’s game is on Tuesday the 27th of May at Chatswood Oval.

This Gallery is provided exclusively by Keith McInnes Photography for Green and Gold Rugby – thanks Keith!

Here for all your viewing pleasure is a Gallery of 100+ pics from Saturday night’s game. Keith McInnes was on the ground shooting for Green and Gold Rugby

This is a post that is designed to help those who might be playing rugby for the first time, stepping up to stronger club, taking a step back into a more relaxed club or who’ve been traded due to shagging the coaches wife. So newbies take note. 1. Thou shalt not wear old team kit. If you’ve just joined the Young Yabbies from Randwick, it doesn’t matter if you were the 1st grade No.10 or the 5th grade bench warmer. If you wear your full old Club Kit to your first training, expect to have zero conversations on that first…

You guys have spent the past 12 weeks ranking The Wallabies against one another – here are the results The first chart is the player’s rank. The second chart shows the  the player’s thumbs up to thumbs down ratio, with less than one being a bad performance. This is the blue line. The column represents the volume of the votes that were garnered both positive and negative. I draw a line in the data at midday (AEDT) on the Monday following the game. Here are some Numbers for the past 12 games Rankings (I don’t have the data for the Lions…

NSW GPS Schools as Game of Thrones Houses. Really