Author: Hoss

Well that certainly blew chunks!Hello rugby luvvas and welcome to Friday again. That time of the week to suspend common sense, turn off any ‘fact check’ apps you may use and dive head first into all things rugby.With no rugby this weekend it’s time for some personal reflection on recent Orange performances with ‘The Effort Illusion’. Take a look at the Wallaby squad for Argentina in ‘Los Wallabies para jaguar FISMs’. Time to update & publish the ‘2022 Hossary’ to confuse a new generation of Friday rugby fans (yep, both of you) & bring it home with ‘Friday’s Goss with…

Good morning and hello from the warm bosom of the Blue Mountains. Home of artisans, writers, artists and all that crap.How good has this week been for Rugby fans! The cut & thrust of North v South, the anticipation of team selections, injuries, recoveries, suspension and the theatre surrounding it all. Honestly, outside a World Cup year does it get any better than this?Today, let’s start with a first hand account of the second test directly from behind the Aussie reserves bench with ‘A Mug’s View’. Look at the implications for Moses and his team with ‘The Meatloaf Prophecies’. Quickly…

‘Lookout Queensland, here I come’ (said no dentist ever).G’day G&GRs and welcome to Friday.I have my bags packed, Wallaby supporters kit ready, drinks at the airport lounge to hook into and on my way north. So let’s get it on today and revisit Test #1 v the artful Soap Dodgers with ‘You’re Welcome Australia’. Preview Test #2 with the ‘The Battle of Brisbane’. Look at this weekend’s other tests involving the big four SH sides in ‘Southern Sweep’. Plus your exclusive invite to a pre-test, G&GR member only soiree with ‘Friends in Low Places’ and bring it all home with…

Now, where was I?Happy Friday G&GRs. I am back from a week of absolute crushing, soul-destroying, boredom from COVID isolation. I got to stare into an abyss of ‘nothingness’, watching my will-to-live slowly slip away. At least now I can empathise with those who live in South Australia. My thanks to Yowie for covering at short notice and for clearly not trying to be entertaining or informative in any way – mission accomplished Mr Y.Test footy is back baby and what a weekend we have, wall-to-wall international rugby. Today we kick off with a G&GR EXCLUSIVE as I get to…

Konnichiwa G&GRs. Today let’s brush up on classic Aussie literature with ‘Dan from Snowy River’. Let’s preview some game on this weekend in ‘Once upon a time in NuZullund’. Look at Trans Tasman negotiation tactics with ‘Show me the money’. Embrace our cultural cringe with ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, A, A, A’. Go north of the border and look at Red rumbles in ‘Thorny Relations’ and have just enough electricity left over to take us home with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’, now facial recognition free.DAN FROM SNOWY RIVER’There was movement at the presser, for the word had passed aroundCoach Dan had…

Welcome to Friday Gaggers and all the Rugby News fit for publishing. Today let’s recap the Tahs season with Renew 2022 Review. Put on your Kevlar vest and visit Stateside with ‘Torn in the USA’. Preview this weekend’s SF match-ups with ‘The Weight of a Nation’. Take a look at a possible Wallabies squad announced this weekend with ‘Sunday. Bloody Sunday’. And wrap it all up with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’ now touring an RSL club near you.RENEW 22 REVIEW.I must admit only a small part of me can be disappointed with the Tahs crashing out last week, in what…

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to talk all things Rugby.G’day G&GRs and welcome to Friday, the one day a week where you can abandon all reason and logic and be among rugby friends, even if you’re from WA.Today let’s revisit last week’s controversial Brumbies loss with ‘You Tankers’, take a deep dive preview for this weeks QFs with ‘It’s Showtime’. Hear from Australia’s first ever foreign coach in ‘Dingo Barks’. Look at the candidates for the Orange #15 jersey with ‘Banks banks Yen’ and round it all out with ‘Friday’s Goss with Hoss’ the perfect aperitif to this…

G’day G&GRs and welcome to the first Friday Rugby News under Chairman Albo. Big shout out to new Leader of the Skeleton, sorry Liberal Party, P Dutton, who I am reliably informed is a huge reader of Friday’s Rugby News. You have nothing else to do for the next 6 years (at least) ‘Dutto’, so enjoy.Today let’s go full throttle ahead with the demise of NZ Rugby & ‘Once were warriors’. Go full 80s and get the curling iron ready, big-up your hair and squeeze into those faux leather pants (you know you still got em Yowie) with ‘The Finals…

My fellow Hosstralians.You have a decision to make this weekend and the choice is clear: Vote #1 G&GR Friday’s Rugby News!Today there’s so much rugby news it’s still barely enough. Come down the rabbit hole of insanity with me as we look at Word Rugby’s new ‘Waterboy’ Trial Laws, dive into the penultimate round of SRP with Round #14 Previews, take a spin on the judiciary chocolate wheel of sanctions in ‘refs are wrong’, look at the official Wallaroo Selections for ‘Pacific Four’ and round it all out with Friday’s Goss with Hoss – tipped to hold the balance of…

Hello humans & welcome to a packed G&GR Friday’s Rugby News!Let’s start with Destiny Fulfilled and the return of the contest for the William Webb Ellis cup to our shores. Preview The Ponies & Crusaders in ‘There can be only one’. Look at Round #13 of SRP. Be King for a Day and play Wallaby selector and round it all out with Friday’s Goss with Hoss, currently subject of a Four Corners investigation.Destiny Fulfilled.You bloody beauty!It’s official ladies and gents, Bring Back Bill #2 has been confirmed. The announcement was made late Thursday evening (AEST) after a vote by World…

Now that’s what I call a ‘Super Round’!Greetings & salutations rugby diehards & welcome to Friday!Today let’s jump into all the rugby news that matter. Take a look at some farming advice with ‘Grow Some Nuts’. Dive headlong into SRP Round #12 Previews. Look at The Art of being Kiwi with Roy & HG. Drop in unannounced to Camp Wallaroo as they prepare for their first test of the year and pay more for Friday’s Goss with Hoss, mentioned by the Reserve Bank as a ‘contributing factor’ in the recent interest rate rises.GROW SOME NUTS.What is it with those NRL…

G’day Gaggers and welcome to Friday. It’s hard to believe another Friday has rolled around so quick. Today let’s revisit a less than Super Round in Melbourne. Look at SRP Round #11 and a much needed product review in Total Recall and rinse it out with Friday’s Goss with Hoss, now with new improved flavour.Super Round?Hmmmm.For the record, I didn’t fly down to Mexico to attend the rugby festival last week. I only get one Rugby ‘hall pass’ a year and I wasn’t wasting mine to walk among the the dregs of the human gene pool that are residents of…

Hola!Welcome to Friday and the start of ‘Festival of the Gilbert’ in the Mexico of Australia – Melbourne.Seven Six games held over three glorious days and a long weekend to boot. Even as a staunch NS-Welshman I must admit that playing host to five SRP matches and the final of Super W certainly reinforces Melbourne’s reputation as the Sporting Capital of Victoria.Today, let’s start with a cry for help from our teams as they face the Kiwis for the first time this year, with ‘The Forward’s Prayer’. Look into teams, times, coverage and predictions for SRP Round #10 – ‘Super…

Welcome Gaggers to the holiest of times on the Christian Calendar, Easter. When a young backpacker on a Middle-Eastern ‘gap year’, and break from his over-bearing parents, invented chocolate.Good Friday? Rugby is back and with so much rugby news it’s not just a Good Friday, but a Great Friday!Today let’s take a look at Friction in the Union as a RA ‘source’ lobs a grenade north of the border. Fill your boots with free stuff with Rewarding Mediocrity. Look into SRP #9 teams, times and predictions. Look at how best to Polish a Turd and what lays in wait for…

G’day & welcome to Friday! And what a Friday it is with wall-to-wall rugby news from around the globe.Today let’s look at a couple of Kiwi players trying to help Kiwis escape the fact that they’re, well, Kiwis and the fallacy that are ‘Role Models’. Uncle Joe Biden stops by to cast an eye over Oz Rugby in the State of the Union. Yoda takes a look at a crackdown on a scar on our game and the Brumbies only try scoring method, the Rolling Maul. Check in on SRP #8 teams, tips, coverage and fearless predictions and bring it…

G’day and welcome to yet another Friday’s Rugby News. My how time flies this year.Today let’s start with simply unbelievable news emanating from RA this morning and the return of Israel Folau. Take a look at a blight on the game with disciplinary matters. Run an eye over Super Rugby Pacific Round #7 and round it out with Friday’s ‘Goss’ with Hoss’, slapped by Will Smith plenty of times.HE’S BACK!Breaking news out of RA in the very early hours of this morning, confirmed with a source @ rugby.com.au, who for now I will simply call by a deep cover name…

Good morning from the Ponderosa & welcome all to another Friday’s Rugby News!This week let’s look at the abomination that is Queensland Rugby and their dastardly tactics and slimy tentacles that saw Taniela ‘Teflon’ Tupou ‘cleared’ by the farce known as SANZAR. Preview Round #6 SRP actions. The results are also in for the Official G&GR Wallaby Squad and check out the bank balances of our leading Women in Rugby and bring it home with Friday’s ‘Goss with Hoss’ currently in talks with Netflix to become 3 part doco starring Brad Pitt.CHEATS NEVER PROSPER?Well, I never.Late, forceful, clear and dangerous…

G’day, good morning, welcome, bienvenue & Здравствуйте to those with loved ones in the Ukraine.It’s Friday again, so park all fact checking apps, suspend common sense and let’s go on a mystical rugby journey together. Today we look at Round #5 of SRP. Explore Darcy ‘Lurch’ Swain’s disdain for The Communists. Take a look at Wayne ‘Yoda’ Smith’s piece on the SMH and you get to play Wallaby selector again in ‘King for a Day’. All that and round it off with the ‘Goss with Hoss’. According to Neilson Ratings, ‘Australia’s number #1 Friday Rugby Goss article’* (*that appears on…

Good morning G&GRs and welcome to Friday’s Rugby News.Today let’s dive straight into the rabbit hole of SRP round #4, look at rumours regarding potential new FISM’s coach ‘El Capitan’ Michael Cheika. Jump into the murky world of ‘academia’, plagiarism and the potential nasty outcomes for rugby players and World Rugby. Examine flexible discipline in the West with different strokes for different folks. And round it all out today with ‘Friday’s Fast 5 Bonus’ successor, ‘The Goss with Hoss’, months in the making & an entirely different animal with five a number of abbreviated articles to wrap up Friday’s Rugby…

Greetings G&GRs & welcome to a very sodden Friday’s Rugby News.First and foremost. From The Hoss Family to all those who have suffered loss and severe impacts to their lives with recent weather events, our most heartfelt condolences. Our family is doing what we can in our own small way to help bring some comfort to those impacted and we wish you all safety, the comfort and support of your community and loved ones and a speedy recovery in these never-ending times of hit after hit after hit after………Now onto Rugby. Yes, I have learnt my lessons of blind optimism…