Author: Hoss

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 at an…

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 in the…

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 your…

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 you’ll…

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 the Wallaroos…

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 have…

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 Bonza…

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.Biscuit Test?Murmurs out…

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.The Voting BreakdownProps:James Slipper (127 votes = 33%), Taniela Tupou (117 = 21%), Allan…

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.Kiss…

Better Late Than Never!A first for G&GR and our absolute thankyou & admiration to ‘RA Rugby Royalty’, Mr Nathan Williamson (we had a contractual agreement I would say all of that) for his donation of time and effort in getting these three cracking interviews & G&GR / Dropped Kick Off podcast exclusives.Enjoy!Brian O’DriscollDanielle “Nolli” WatermanBryan HabanaThanks Natho.Hoss – out.

Greetings Gaggers and welcome to yet another Friday’s Rugby News in what has potentially been a pretty good news week for the game in Oz.Today, let’s first follow the faint sniff of money in ‘Go West Young Rebs’. Catch up with the latest coaching appointments with ‘St Joe & Co.’ All hail an Australian rugby legend in ‘Golden Slipper’. Follow the trajectory of another Oz legend in ‘Hooper’s Honkers Hello!’. Address our falling rake stocks in ‘Someone Call a Hooker’. Preview round #4 of SRW in ‘Show Time’. And settle in for a ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’ currently ‘negotiating my…

Welcome to the holiest time on the calendar of the most winningest religion ever, Easter. When a young Hebrew backpacker invented chocolate, rested for a few days and then got straight back into production.Today we kick off a discussion about exporting democracy to our neighbours in ‘Liberate Them?’ Jump aboard the Midnight Express with ‘Swanning Around’. Preview round #6 of SRP in ‘It’s a Simple Equation’. Dive into round #3 of SRW in ‘Grace Under Fire’. And close out the rugby week with another ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, now offering half priced beef for all non-believers.LIBERATE THEM?Gaggers, it’s about time…

Is it Friday again already? Greetings Gaggers and I hope Thursday night/Friday morning (or if you’re in WA, 15 August 1996) finds you excited for another weekend of wall-to-wall Rugby.All aboard today’s Friday’s Rugby News as we start out with ‘Use It. Or I Will Lose It!’ Put on your Tina Turner wigs as we dive into ‘Mad Max: Beyond Blunderdome?’ Visit the judiciary in ‘Good People Make Exactly What Again?’. Look at this weekend’s SRP matches with ‘Respecting Their Brains Out!’. Jump into round #2 of SRW in ‘Wanna Have Fun’. And round it out with a bulging ‘Friday’s…

There’s so much rugby and not enough time for the usual niceties, so sit down, shut up and let’s go.Today’s Friday’s Rugby News is bulging at the seams and likely to go viral. First up, let’s praise the rugby gods for all they’ve given in ‘How Good is Rugby, Ay!’. Have a look at the laws of unintended consequences in ‘Space Invaders’. Look into SRP round #4 via ‘Stairway to Rugby Heaven’. Welcome the kickoff of SRW with ‘And We’re back!’. Grow bored and jaded with me in ‘Hey Hakarena’. Then gorge yourself senseless with this ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’,…

Welcome to Friday Gaggers and all you education deprived, melanin depleted, binary gendered, children born out of wedlock. As we celebrate International Women’s Day, Sam Kerr style. So wipe the vomit from the taxi floor and come with me down this week’s rugby rabbit hole of wonder, amazement and adventure.We kick start today by looking at a ‘Record Breaking Result’. Then shake ourselves off and bask in the reflective sky blue glory of possibly the greatest rugby win ever by an Australian side in ‘Tahriffic Performance’. Switch gears completely and revisit the Brumbies capitulation in ‘Weakened at Bernie’s?’. Before diving…

Bienvenido a viernes amigos.Time to celebrate your inner Mexican, peoples. Grab your sombreros, prepare the nachos, wash it all down with a tequila shot or two and lock your underpaid and illegal house servants in the basement, as this Friday’s Rugby News heads south to the sporting capital of Victoria: MelbourneFirst up today we look at a the scourge infecting the Tahs with: ‘The Kicking Curse’. Look at the teams, times and fearless predictions for this weekend’s SRP Super Round in ‘Anyone Home?’. We take an intimate look into the life of a rugby referee with ‘So Ronery’. Then jump…

Good morning world.If you’re reading this then I’m dead, brain dead that is. For I have entered a world where the clocks are slow and the inhabitants even slower: the Queensland People’s Republic of Queensland (QPRQ). What better way to celebrate a winning rugby season for the Tahs than by flying into the heart of enemy territory to cheer on my beloved and unbackable favourite NSW side.But first there’s Friday’s Rugby News to get through, so let’s kick off by donning the TV critic hat for ‘An Unpolished Turd’. Launch the SRP season and our first fearless predictions in ‘The…

Hello lovers. It’s the Friday of Valentine’s week, so give your loved one the gift they truly deserve: the lack of your company and leave them alone for 30 minutes while you enjoy another Friday’s Rugby News.No rugby to talk about? Don’t you believe it. This week we have dead pets, Mexican rebellions, whingeing Scots and a whooooooole lot more, First up we take a look at SRP in ‘The Parrot is Dead’. We then journey south of the border to Mexico and ‘Rebels without a Clause’. Check out this weekend’s meaningless games in ‘Trials & Tribulation’. Try having a…

Ladies and gents, and all those in between, it’s time to breath again. The eternal emptiness of the holiday season is over, rugby is back. So to the most sacred day of the rugby week and you know what that means, Friday’s Rugby News is finally here. Refreshed, rotund and roaring to go, so let’s climb aboard the insanity express and hook into rugby, 2024 style. We kick the year off with a look at the exciting prospects for the code with ‘Funk Off?’. Take a trip down south with some scandalous allegations in ‘Rebels Yell’. Go inside the gala…