Author: Hoss

Greetings my fellow Australians (and those in Tasmania). I’m back in the saddle for another Friday’s Rugby News, refreshed, reinvigorated with renewed fervour for our great game and our side’s chances for the remainder of ’25. Also a big thank you to Eloise for stepping in with a cracking article last week and for Nutta’s two bobs’ with his Lions wrap.Today we launch into the big items first with ‘Rebel Rugby Revolution’. Then we discuss a growing trend in rugby with ‘Rank Fetish’. Travel to the lands of the Dutch Dirt Farmers for ‘Boer Me Senseless’. Drop in on our…

The stadia lights have dimmed. The roar of the lion faded and an epic series 12 years in the making has perhaps left more questions than answers. But they’re debates for another time, for last night the power and the passion were the domain of those in gold and what a battle it was.Over 80,000 fans were in attendance, and to the naked eye there appeared more red than gold. Expectations were high and so was the banter. A couple of Irish lads asked me on the way in what I predicted for the score and spat out their beer…

Greetings one and greetings all and welcome to the last Lions week for 12 years. How quickly did that all happen!Today we dust ourselves off and look backwards and forwards at the same time with ‘IQ Test’. Preview the third Lions test in Dead Rubber? Fare-thee-well a loyal servant of our game with ‘The Lip is leaving’. Ask the Wallaroos ‘What the bloody hell was that?’. Before farewelling the Lions series with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, humbled by today being known in the Southern Hemisphere as ‘The Hosses Birthday’. Thank you to all the little people.IQ Test.The dust has settled…

Greetings one and greetings all and welcome to another Friday’s Rugby News. There’s only one story that matters this week, Test #2 between our Wallabies and the northern FUKIRS. So dust yourself off, settle in and take a rugby sojourn with me. We kick off the action with this week’s test in ‘Captain Cautious & The Cauldron of Doom’. Take a closer look at all the team news and discuss tactics with ‘Lose Yourself’. Then, embrace your inner Japanese scientific ‘researcher’ in ‘Wales Hunting’. Ask if match officials have optical cover as part of their employment with ‘That’s a Wrap’?…

Greetings rugby lovers and welcome to your rugby happy place on a Friday like no other. For it’s the Friday before the first test against the Former United Kingdom & Irish Rugby Side (the FUKIRS) and today, that’s the only story that matters. So grab a warm drink (for our northern friends, that’s not a beer), put some jam on your toast, settle in and let’s celebrate all things Green & Gold Rugby.We start today looking at further promotional opportunities in ‘Where’s Eddie?’. Look at the odds stacked against our lot with ‘A True Underdog Story’. Preview the first test…

Greetings one and greetings all. It’s Friday Rugby News time again and what a rugby Friday it is. Games everywhere, squad announcements and more. So strap yourself in and press ‘go’.First up we ponder rugby shenanigans in ‘Rope-a-dope hope?’ . Pause for a moment of deep reflection with ‘The Sounds of Silence’. Await the release of the Wallabies squad in ‘Here Kitty Kitty’. Travel to Adelaide for something other than serial killings with ‘The ANZAT spirits’. Drop in on camp Wallaroo for ‘Mt Mordor Awaits’. Preview the second AB test in ‘Over the rainbow?’. Tackle a growing problem in rugby…

Breaking news out rugby.com.au this evening that Noah Lolesio has undergone neck surgery this afternoon and is out of the Lions series entirely and will step away from rugby for a period of time.More to come.

And so once again it came to pass that Australia’s Premier state was called upon to defend national pride to halt the red rugby juggernaut and stand tall in the face of the FUKIRS invasion, and while history will record a win to the visitors they certainly didn’t have it their own way.In front of a record rugby union crowd at Allianz Stadium, the Waratahs simply had nothing to lose and for 82 minutes they threw themselves at anything in a red jersey that moved leaving the Lions clearly rattled.The Lions had made 14 changes to the side that romped…

Greetings one and greetings all and welcome to week two of the Lions Tour and another Friday’s Rugby News.With rugby tests and tournaments all around the globe let’s jump straight in. All set? Off we go with ‘The Men from Rugby Deliver’. Preview Saturday’s match in ‘Lion Tamers?’ Look to Sunday’s Newcastle test in ‘Groundhog Day?’ Play judge, jury and executioner with ‘Crimes Against Hairmanity’. Tug at the heartstrings in ‘Family Ties’. Check in on our forgotten Wallaroos with ‘What About Me?’. And then put the cherry on top of a massive rugby week with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, now…

Does it get any better than this!Greetings rugby lovers and welcome to Friday’s Rugby News. A special g’day and welcome to any new northern readers and welcome to Oz for what should be a cracking six weeks. Here we are, standing in the shadows of kickoff to an event we’ve waited 12 years for. The LIONS are back and how good is it to be a rugby fan right now! With so much rugby news, pour yourself a tipple, shout yourself a pastry or two, kick back and let’s talk all things rugby.Today we start with a glimpse into the…

I know, you never thought you’d read those words, but should you:Then do we have a gig for you!If you meet the above criteria, not only are you part of a very, very, very small group of Westralians, but we’d love to have you write a match review of the Force & Lions match this Saturday for G&GR. All you need to do is email it to us & we’ll post in on the Worlds Biggest* rugby fan website (* that’s also called Green & Gold Rugby) and we’ll publish it on your behalf.What have you got to lose! Just…

Greetings one and greetings all and welcome to yet another Friday’s Rugby News. The wait is finally over: our Wallabies team has been announced. The Lions arrive next week and what seemed to be so far off is finally on our doorstep. Plus we also have a SRP final to play out and so much more rugby news to cover.So I invite you to shake off the yoke of a melancholy and grim reality and come with me on a rugby adventure instead with ‘Apology: to the swollen generation’. Take a gander at our Wallaby squad at ‘The prophossy of…

St Joe has named his Wallaby squad to face Fiji in Newcastle on 6 July and one could reasonably assume, barring injuries, this will form the nucleus of the squad that will go on to win the Lions series 2-1.This from rugby.com.auWallabies coach Joe Schmidt has confirmed a 36-player squad for the Test against Fiji on 6 July.The one-off match in Newcastle will be the last opportunity for players to impress before the British & Irish Lions squad is announced.Western Force back-rower Nick Champion de Crespigny has been selected for his first Wallabies squad after an excellent debut Super Rugby…

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Greetings shaggers and welcome to another Friday’s Rugby News as we gather in the shadows of both the SRP finals and the Lions imminent arrival.Let’s kickstart Friday debating Super Coach status with ‘Cheik mate!’. Preview this weekend’s Super Rugby semi-finals clashes in ‘There can be only one’. Investigate growing whispers at ‘Captain Australia?’. See how smart we all are in ‘G&GR’s Own’. Your chance to win free stuff in ‘The Lions Down Under’. We create a safe place again for ‘More Fantasy’. And then bid farewell to another working week with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, now inviting the Labor Party…

Greetings one and greetings all and welcome to another bursting Friday’s Rugby News. We start today with the return and insights from rugby royalty in ‘The King & I’. Pack your best beret and head off on a French sojourn at ‘Pocket change & profiteroles’. Dig around in Yowie’s wallet for ‘What dead rubber?’. Then attempt to chase shadows and lasso whispers with ‘Sign it & they will come’. We then support a worthy cause in ‘The Golden Tonsils’. Scratch your head and stare in wonder with ‘Dumb & Dumber’. Before putting the cherry on top of your rugby sundae…

A personal invitation.Greetings & welcome, to all northern hemisphere rugby fans, from Australia’s biggest little rugby fan site, Green & Gold Rugby (G&GR).Rumour has it that one of your teams, the Lemurs or Leopards or some-such, are about to tour our wide brown lands, to face our golden rugby warriors so G&GR cordially invites you to join our pages and partake in the fun and festivities of the tour. Now of course, there’ll be banter, some sledging, officiating disputes, some sledging, outrageous opinions and over the top celebrations (mostly by our fans as we win the series 2-1. Our boys…

Greetings earthlings and welcome to another Friday’s Rugby News, brimming with stuff that historians will later reckon is largely inaccurate.Today we investigate another World Rugby thought bubble in ‘Clubs dash for cash’. Preview the last regular season round of SRP with ‘Like lambs to the slaughter’. Head to South Australia on purpose for ‘Steelers Wheel’. Look into breaking news out of NZ in ‘Even their kids cheat’, before wrapping up another rugby week with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, now almost three days alcohol free.Clubs dash for cash.Another week, another new competition idea gets trotted out, this time the Club Rugby…

Greetings from Lake Hunter Valley in what has been one of the wettest weeks in the history of record keeping. Today we throw ourselves into a huge weekend of rugby reckoning. So wipe the mud from your boots and off we go. We kick start with ‘Romper Stomper: opinion’. Acknowledge the little engine who could in ‘Thank you, Moana’. Farewell a big chunk of flesh with ‘Bye Bye Belly’. Preview the test between Wallaroos and America’s 51st state at ‘We hate America, too’. Join me for another Friday interview exclusive* in ‘Between JOC & a hard place’. Before piling the…

Greetings earthlings and welcome to another instalment of Friday’s Rugby News, your rugby happy place. Cast aside the yolk of despair and come with me on a rugby adventure.We kick off today looking for a place to shelter with ‘Unfriendly Fire’. Preview the round before the penultimate one of SRP in ‘Let’s get physical’. We look to foster bilateral relations with ‘Seppos can: Fukofuka’. Before slamming the door shut on another rugby week with a booming ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, so big, so audacious, so bulging, I probably should be given my own exclusive jet.Unfriendly Fire.When it comes to making…