Author: Hoss

Good evening, good morning, good day and good riddance to another working week. It’s Friday again and you know what that means, it’s rugby time and we have a bumper FRN for you delectation. First up today we preview Saturday’s test with ‘Georgia On My Mind’. Take a trip up north and cast an eye over ‘The Costco Reds’. Welcome back a fan favourite in ‘You Feeling Lucky Punk?’ Skip over to the home of fortnightly elections and also this years Olympics for ‘Bound For Glory’. Get on a big ol’ jet airliner with the Kiwis and ‘Working Holiday’. Review…

This from our friends at rugbypass.com many thanks for their ongoing support. Rugby Sevens experts make their medal predictions for the Paris 2024 Olympics Australia and New Zealand named big favourites in the men’s and women’s events. Argentina, France and Canada also tipped as medal contender. Ellie Kildunne (GB) and Marcos Moneta (Arg) earmarked as potential standout players What it all means The Paris 2024 Olympics starts in just a matter of days, with the rugby sevens kicking off on 24 July,just before the official opening ceremony on the 26th. Sell-out crowds are already expected for the men’s and women’s…

Is it Friday again already? Greetings one, greetings all and welcome to another Friday’s Rugby News. Test rugby again beckons, so what are you waiting for. All aboard the insanity express. Today we start of with ‘The St Joe Show: Part II’. Get the head scratcher ready for ‘Makes No Sense?’. Celebrate a record equalling effort and a promise of things to come in ‘It’s Miller Time’. Hop across the ditch and beat the stop clock with ‘Garden of Eden’. Visit the Rainbow Nation for ‘Lowe Blow’. And bid farewell to yet another Friday with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’. Officially…

News breaking this afternoon that Dan McKellar has been confirmed as NSW Waratah’s coach for the next three years. rugby.com.au has more

Greetings one, greetings all and welcome to another Friday’s Rugby News. There’s test match rugby in all four corners of the globe, which really makes no sense at all as a globe is round. But anyway, you get my drift. Today is all about test match rugby and first up, let’s look at all things Wallabies with ‘Chicken Schmidty?’ Visit 1986 when we hop across the ditch in ‘The Enemy of my Enemy are English’. Head up to the rainbow nation for the best of Afrikaans hospitality for ‘Cheats Always Prosper?’ Check out who’s playing whom in ‘Rugby Palooza’. Drop…

And we’re off. The team has been selected. rugby.com.au has more. Wallabies team to play Wales at Allianz Stadium, Sydney on Saturday 6 July, 7:45pm AEST 1. James Slipper (134 Tests) – Bond Pirates 2. Matt Faessler (5 Tests) – USQ Saints 3. Taniela Tupou (50 Tests) – Brothers Rugby 4. Jeremy Williams* – Wahroonga Tigers 5. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto (30 Tests) – Randwick 6. Liam Wright (c) (5 Tests) – Easts Tigers 7. Fraser McReight (17 Tests) – Albany Creek Brumbies 8. Rob Valetini (39 Tests) – Harlequin Junior Rugby Club 9. Jake Gordon (20 Tests) – Canterbury Berries 10. Noah…

Good evening, good morning and good riddance to another working week and welcome to Friday’s Rugby News. No rugby? No worries! There’re still tests, teams, tanties and tall tales to discuss right across the rugby cosmos. Today kicks off with a probing investigation of ‘X-Rated?’. We meet our new Wallaby forward coach in ‘It’s Hips to be Square’. Talk about the treatment of national rugby coaches and wider expectations with ‘R.U.S.P.I.C.T’. Welcome the alleged new Tahs overlord in ‘Bula’. And round out the working week with another ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, the Julian Assange edition where I publish your full…

Greetings rugby lovers, as we gather for another Friday’s Rugby News on the vinegar stroke of rugby’s test year and the naming of St Joe’s first ever Cadbury Wallaby squad, around noon today. Before we get started with today’s literary gold, big shout out to RAWF who filled in admirably last Friday while once again I made a complete mockery of our legal system and was acquitted of all charges. Thanks RAWF, you did your best. Off we go today with my Wallaby squad in ‘Camp Ponderosa’. We’ll update the official squad, when released, in ‘And Lead Us Not Into…

Welcome one, welcome all to another Friday Rugby’s News and a finals Friday at that. Without further adieu let’s get stuck into all things rugby and start with a look at St Joe’s choices for a training outfit in ‘The Odd Squad’. Visit up north and check out our upcoming opponent in ‘Wale Research’. Dive into the finals fixtures with the Chiefs v Reds in ‘Kiss Goodbye?’. Then the Canes v Rebels in ‘Dead Cat Bounce?’. Preview a fair belting in ‘Blue By You’. Head down to the ACT for ‘Where The Bloody Hell Are You?’ before kissing another rugby…

Welcome to Friday’s Rugby News rugby lovers and what a jam packed rugby Friday it is. There’s niggle, aggro and conflict all around the rugby cosmos. A team is canned, a union in conflict, former players tossing hand grenades, injuries, form, finals variables and a whole lot more. So grab some happy juice and strap yourself in. First up we discuss matters on the home front with the Rebel culling in ‘Good Call?’. Ponder possible outcomes in ‘Where To Now?’. Actually discuss some on field action via ‘Is That It?’. Look at the finals ramifications for Oz sides in ‘What’s…

News breaking from RA that the Rebels will fold at the end of the 2024 season. Rugby.com.au has the official statement or you can read the article below. RA advised the known representatives of the consortium of this outcome this morning, noting that the application did not demonstrate sufficient financial viability. The application relied upon projections for revenue growth and cost savings that RA believes are overly optimistic, raising significant doubts about the long-term sustainability of the proposed licensee. Further, the consortium’s proposed alliance with Western Melbourne Group (WMG) regarding co-location at Tarneit, which is central to the proposed model, is…

Welcome one, welcome all, to the second episode of our new G&GR podcast: Getting Intimate With Hoss. Apart from the ratings, who said it wouldn’t last! Last night I had the opportunity to sit down with the entertaining and engaging former Brumby and current Tahs tight head, Mr Tom Ross. Tom talks about his great escape from the barren wastelands of the ACT and signing with the Tahs in November 2023. He reflects on a pretty decent prop education he got while down south, with one or two reasonable prop mentors and some useful coaches as well. 2024 saw Tom…

Greetings Gaggers and welcome to another Friday. Today’s rugby news has a distinctly international feel to it, but before we sample foreign whines we put forward a coaching solution for the Tahs with ‘Spoon Fed’. Then look into the magic of ‘targets’ in ‘All Black?’. Look at a simmering battle brewing in the land of the sheep lover with ‘Uncivil War’. Learn some new swear words at a Rob Penney presser with ‘Fargin’ Icehole’. Jump into this week’s round #14 SRP preview with ‘Who Cares?’. Preview the so far underwhelming Wallaroos in ‘Harden Up Princesses’. Before putting an exclamation on…

Welcome one, welcome all to the first of a new G&GR podcast: Getting Intimate with Hoss. To kick off the series, our first guest has been a revelation at the Tahs this year. Starting the year on a ‘training contract’, injuries to other players coupled with his own rising form saw him demand a spot on the pine and then quickly into the starting team. Currently recovering from a shoulder injury, we welcome NSW Waratahs hooker, Julian Heaven. Special thanks to the Simon at Waratah Media for his co-operation and support. And of course to ‘The Axe’ himself, who as…

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to reduce productivity, avoid the mind-numbing mundaneness of it all and instead concentrate on that which makes life bearable, rugby bloody union. Welcome to another seam-busting Friday’s Rugby News. So much news, so little time. Today we address rumblings at Daceyville in ‘I Want to Break Free?’. Fall for a fake headline with ‘The Greatest Ever?’. Cast a critical eye over Queensland motivation and tactics in ‘Les Tanking?’. Dim the lights (and your expectations) and ready yourself for ‘Getting Intimate with Hoss’. Look at this week’s upcoming SRP matches in ‘Unlucky 13’. Preview…

Good morning, good evening, good day and good riddance to another working week. It’s Friday, and the world’s best G&GR Friday’s Rugby News is back again. Wall to wall rugby news today, in fact I’ve included a musical intermission to break it up and let you stretch. First up let’s go back to the future with ‘Cheik Please’. Celebrate provincial brotherly love in ‘Tah Rebels’. Get the low down on a recent re-signing and feel hungry at the same time courtesy of ‘Paisami on Why’. Preview round #12 of SRP in ‘The Dirty Dozen’. Hop up, shake it off and…

Greetings humans and welcome to Friday’s Rugby News from a sodden Hunter Valley. Money, money, money matters this week. Who’s got it, who wants it and who’s been spending it like Barnaby Joyce on a pork barrelling genuine re-election campaign. Let’s jump into the money pit first up with: ‘Not Drowning, Waving?’ Head south to the land of promises without proof in ‘Show Me the Money, Please’. Preview round #11 of SRP in ‘Last Rights?’ Look at a possible career change in: ‘The Rabbit Whisperer’. And bid the working week farewell with another ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, recently appointed a…

Greetings, salutations and welcome rugby lovers, to yet another Friday’s Rugby News. Lots to discuss today so what’re you waiting for? Once more unto the breach we go and start with ‘Biscuit Test?’. Hook into some late breaking Thursday night news with ‘Rebel Hell?’. Check out your team’s finals chances with ‘The Run Home’. Preview round #10 of SRP in ‘Get Busy Winning!’. Peak behind the paywall and ask ‘Is STAN The Man?’ Preview the SRW final in ‘Tahs Time’. And wrap it all up with ‘Friday’s Goss With Hoss’, currently urinating in the forests of PNG with Albo. So…

The Green & Gold Rugby faithful have spoken. The votes are in, the tabulations processed and the official G&GR Wallaby XXIII and voting breakdown are below. Thank you to all who participated. Forwards: Allan Alaalatoa, James Slipper, Sam Talakai, Taniela Tupou, Matt Faessler, Billy Pollard, Jed Holloway, Lukhan Solakaia-Lotu, Nick Frost, Rob Valetini, Fraser McReight, Liam Wright, Harry Wilson & Charlie Cale (tied). Fairies: Ryan Lonergan, Tate McDermott, Noah Lolesio, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Josh Flook & Lalakai Foketi (tied), Andrew Kellaway, Corey Toole, Tom Wright & Jordan Petaia. ‘But I was never here?’ The Voting Breakdown Props: James Slipper…

Welcome one, welcome all to another Friday’s Rugby News. and another rugby good news week. Today we cast an eye northward with ‘Kiss of Death’. You get to vote for your Wallaby Matchday XXIII in ‘Expert Idiots’. Welcome the latest addition to ‘The St Joe Show’. Look at this week’s SRP matches in ‘Cream Always Rises’. Preview the SRW semi-finals with ‘It’s Go Time’. And put the olive in your rugby week martini with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, now close to securing employment with Channel 7 in a role ‘pampering incoming media personalities in need guidance’ or ‘PIMPING’ for short.…