Author: RAWF
RAWF
Rugby union follower from north of the Tweed River, who has been avidly supporting Queensland and the Wallabies for 40 years. I've definitely watched more rugby games than I've played, and love the camaraderie that this game brings us.
20 August 2024 #007Another week in the Rugby Championship while the first weekend of finals has been played in Brisbane club rugby. To get things started, I’ll post results from Brisbane club rugby and the results of the player ratings for the Wallabies against South Africa.Brisbane Club RugbyIt was the first week of the semi-finals in Brisbane over the weekend. The conditions were next to perfect for rugby, with blue skies and some bite to the midday sun.The results across the board from the major semi-finals are below. There were 10 Reds players in action on the weekend including Harry…
G’day G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies fan here bringing you a review of the second test between the Wallabies and the Springboks. The teams headed west to Perth, sometimes referred to as East Johannesburg or other South African sounding names. The Wallabies were looking for a stronger showing against the world champions and there were plenty of changes to both sides.The Springboks made 10 changes and while there was talk of a lack of respect by some commentators I personally think it is a sign of the incredible depth and belief in their wider squad. The Wallabies made 5 changes to…
13 August 2024 #006. The Rugby Championship has kicked off and Brisbane club rugby is in finals mode. Last week I asked the question whether we would see the Wallabies win the Mandela Plate, we now know the answer to that one. In today’s news I’ll cover a bit of Brisbane club rugby and then go through the Wallabies player ratings following the Springboks game, and round it out with some general news.Queensland Premier Rugby Queensland Premier Rugby posted a team of the week from Round 17 of the Hospital Cup, which was last week. A good initiative to recognise…
6 August 2024 #005, week 2 of the Paris Olympics, also the week before the Rugby Championship kicks off. Will we be seeing some of this in Perth?Another quiet weekend of 15s international rugby Good morning folks and welcome to Tuesday’s rugby news. To say it was a quiet week in international rugby is an understatement as I can’t find any international matches that were played over the last week. It’s OK to have no international rugby to watch as there’s always club rugby, or the Olympics, or maybe even trying to earn some domestic credit for when there’s too…
30 July 2024 #004. Week 1 of the Paris Olympics A pretty quiet weekend of 15s international rugby Good morning folks and welcome to Tuesday’s rugby news. No team of the week this week, I didn’t watch enough of the men’s 7s to do that and, to be honest, I don’t know enough about it to try and do it justice. Karl did a bit of coverage on the men’s 7s on Monday, I’ll only add a little to the discussion, then a bit of coverage of the Aussie women’s games, and a general round up of news around Australia…
23 July 2024 #003. Week 3 of the early test season.Another weekend with too many rugby games to watch! While the weekend had some one sided scores due to the tier one teams playing emerging nations, there were plenty of highlights and great play as covered by BLL here.Team of the Week Another big disclaimer (or admission): it’s much easier to pick when you see the full match and you know the players, and some players don’t necessarily make the highlight reels. The player selection below was also influenced by the match itself. Australia v Georgia was close and a…
16 July 2024 #001. Week 2 of the early test season. How was that for a weekend of test rugby! Another cracking weekend of rugby, with test matches galore across the globe. You can read Bris’s summary of it here. Bris wasn’t able to cover the Wallaroos game, so I’ll provide a quick summary of it to kick off the article. Then I’ll put together an international team of the week from the games involving the Rugby Championship teams and round it out with some news of the day.Wallaroos v Black Ferns The Wallaroos played their first game at Ballymore…
Hi everyone, Welcome to this week’s review of the Wallabies v Wales. The game was played in Melbourne in damp conditions; for mine, they should’ve played it in Brisbane where it was clear, sunny, and 20 degrees today.The commentary team said that Slipper is now the most capped prop in the history of rugby. Congrats Slips, you’re a legend. What Hoss saidSo for the record, here is Hoss’s fearless prediction from Friday; well, at least an abridged version of it. By the way, I corrected the original error by Nathan, that was perpetuated by Hoss.Fearless Prediction: Wallabies will be better for…
9 July 2024 #001Welcome to the test season! An electrifying 68-metre solo try to Tom Wright sealed victory for the Wallabies over Wales.(AAP: James Gourley)Did you have a great weekend!Wow, what a weekend, test rugby returned with a bang, South Africa v Ireland, New Zealand v England, Australia v Fiji, Australia v Wales, Samoa v Italy, Scotland v Canada, and Argentina v France. Bris covered a general wrap of the games and some news in the ever excellent Monday news which you can find here.A different take on the Tuesday newsAs Nutta has stepped away from the Tuesday news for…
14 June 2024 Good morning, Green & Gold Rugby fans and welcome to another edition of Friday’s News. It’s Reds and Wallabies Fan here filling in for Hoss this week. I’ll try to keep it upbeat and interesting as we enter the penultimate round of Super Rugby. Details about what has kept Hoss from his beloved Friday’s News are scant, I have big shoes and even bigger jeans to fill so let’s get straight into it.In today’s article I’ll kick it off with a brief preview of the semi-finals, cover some general news including fallout from the Rebels being axed…
Today’s Rugby News has been compiled by Reds and Wallabies Fan after Brisneyland Local was caught up in a weekend mishap at the South-East Queensland Miniature Horse Dressage & Show jumping Trials.Brisney is ok, but his steed, Fluffy, not so much.“I looked around and saw that all of the other competitors were small children. I thought ‘I can win this one for sure’, but Lady Luck had other plans. FOUR broken legs! What are the chances? It’s a total hassle.” Brisneyland Local reported to Yowie, who would you believe it also happens to write for local publication, Miniature Horse and Dachshund, as well as…
G’day G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies Fan here filling in for Happyman who’s taking a very well deserved break on Stradbroke Island. This is the view from his campsite so I reckon Happyman is an apt description for our absent colleague this week.So far this week It’s been a quiet week in Australian rugby with the major talking point being how the code can be reformed/rebuilt/reshaped or re-energised to improve not only the performance of the Wallabies, but more importantly to improve the state of our game for everyone who plays, or watches and supports it. There’s been loads of chat…
G’day G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies Fan here with a late call up to cover for BLL who had some urgent matters to attend to. Farewell to RWC2023It’s been an interesting week in rugby since the World Cup finished and we said farewell, or adieu, to the festival of Gilbert. In addition to the rugby, most of which was great to watch, the coverage by Stan and the access to all of the games in full, mini-games, or highlights made it so much easier to watch more of the games than ever before. In years past, Foxtel allowed you to record…
PreviewGood Morning G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies Fan here, helping out as a guest writer for the World Cup.Today saw Tonga take on Romania in the last game of Pool B, and the penultimate game of the pool stage at Rugby World Cup 2023. Both teams have had a tough time in pool B having come up against Ireland, South Africa, and Scotland.The teams have played 4 times before with 2 wins each.Toutai Kefu has announced that he’ll be stepping down as coach after this world cup, and this should might just give the Tongan players the edge they need to…
The Lead In Good Morning G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies Fan here, helping out as a guest writer for the World Cup.There’s been a lot said, and written about the Wallabies and Australian rugby since their thrashing by Wales last week, and with Fiji beating Georgia, this’ll be the last game that the Wallabies play in this World Cup.If you missed any of the key articles this week then as a recap,BLL kicked it off on Monday https://greenandgoldrugby.com/hamish-and-eddie-it-is-time-for-you-both-to-go-and-write-your-books-now/Nutta took the pick and drive option on Tuesday https://greenandgoldrugby.com/the-chewsday-chew-wheres-my-magician/ The followed it up with the podcast https://greenandgoldrugby.com/the-dropped-kick-off-98-caretakers-of-a-jersey-w-nutta/ Legendary G&GR Hugh Cavill had a…
Preview Good Morning G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies Fan here, helping out as a guest writer for the World Cup.It’s been a tough week as a Wallabies fan, and plenty has been said/spoken about the Wallabies performance and the decline of a great rugby nation. So I think that the best way to get over the Wallabies is to watch some other rugby games. For me this week I had the pleasure of watching Uruguay play Namibia and write this report.There’s a bit of history between these two teams, they’ve played five times with Uruguay taking home the chocolates four times,…
Preview Good Morning G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies fan here, helping out as a guest writer for the World Cup.Welcome to the match review for Samoa v Chile, which was played at Stade de Bordeaux, in Bordeaux. It’s an historic match today, these teams haven’t played on the international stage before, so the winner will have that 100% winning record at full time.Talking about firsts, the 2023 world cup is the first time that Los Condores have qualified for the tournament, and they are desperate for strong performances or even a win at their first go.Chile play the majority of their…
The MatchGood Morning G&GRs, Reds and Wallabies Fan here, helping out as a guest writer for the World Cup.Welcome to the match review for Italy v Namibia, which was the second game of Rugby World Cup 2023, played at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne in the afternoon sun.These teams have more history than I expected, and in the four previous encounters, the honours were split 2 each, including Namibia winning a home series against Italy in 1991. Italy entered the game as favourites as the 13th ranked team, compared to Namibia in 21st place, and with some good recent form having beaten…