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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…