Author: Shane Sullivan

The guys from the Dropped Kick Off have one or two more podcasts coming out, but this is us until just before the Super Rugby season kicks in. Karl, Happy and I chat about the game against Ireland and rate the Autumn tour and name our stand-out players and our work ons. To finish off, there is a short skit sent in from one of our regulars. If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@duck.com

KARL is back, and he’s shouting at the clouds! We looked at the Scotland v Wallabies game in depth and had a quick look at the other games in the Autumn Nations Series.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@duck.com

KARL thought we were recording tomorrow, so it’s just Happyman and me again this week. This week, we talk through the Wallabies win against wales and the other games in the Autumn Nations Series, as well as our usual segments. If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@duck.com

It’s just Happyman and Sully this week, talking about the Wallabies epic win over England, Ireland’s game against New Zealand and all the other matches from the weekend.We do a little crystal ball gazing and have a crack at what a likely Wallaby team could look like against Wales this coming weekend.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@duck.com

The full crew is back this week! We have a chat about the England v All Blacks and Scotland v Fiji games from last weekend. Then look ahead to next weekend to England v Australia and Ireland v New Zealand, as well as our usual ramblings about things that have caught our interest. If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@duck.com

South Africa are red hot favourites for this match, but Argentina are in a rare run of form with wins against New Zealand and Australia under their belts. This should be an interesting game.The first halfThe Springboks dominated the first 10 minutes, racing out to a 17-0 lead, and it seemed they could score at will. Then, the game shifted towards Argentina, and they had most of the run of play for the rest of the half. In that time, they managed to score 26 unanswered points through four entertaining tries. And it was only in the dying moments of…

It’s just me and KARL this week, with Happyman unavailable. We have a chat about the four games played in the RC so far, then discuss how we think the All Black and Wallaby tours will go, and finish off with a lively discussion about the high contact law. We manage to do that in just under 55 minutes for those timing us. If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@greenandgoldrugby.com

Welcome, once again, to the Weekend Edition.As I sit here waiting for the tour match between the Reds and Wales to start, I can’t help but feel a little sad that this doesn’t happen more often. You see kiddies, back in the days when Keith and Brisnie were young men, you had to take a steamship and/or a train to tour anywhere, tours weren’t a few weeks they were a few months. You didn’t just spend a few weeks travelling to the colonies to teach the antipodean scum some manners and ruggers in a couple of test matches, you had…

This week, we’ve dumped KARL and bought in regular G&GR commenter Georgia Satellite, who has spent plenty of time in Georgia and Russia over the years. We talk about the Reds taking on Wales in Queensland, the Wallabies game against Georgia in Sydney and the All Blacks game against Fiji in the US. As well as our usual segments.You can now also listen on YouTube.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@greenandgoldrugby.com

Welcome, once again, to the Weekend Edition.Look, I love the Northern Hemisphere tours every July. But there’s one thing that comes with them that really frickin’ annoys me, and it’s their bastardisation of team sheets with their 15-9 then 1-8 then 16-23 set up.It’d be no surprise to you that money was the original incentive for numbers on jerseys. In the late 1800s there was a big black market for counterfeit match programmes, so the Aussie and Kiwi club managements figured out a good way to get patrons to buy their official programmes was to put numbers on the players’…

Happyman, KARL, and Sully discuss Joe Schmidt’s second test team against Wales and run you through the All Black and England match and have a quick chat about South Africa v Ireland.You can now also listen on YouTube.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@greenandgoldrugby.com

Welcome, once again, to the Weekend Edition.There’s nothing quite as exciting in rugby, for me at least, as the week before the first test match of the year. The slow build up that starts with speculation of the first squad of the year, then the naming of that squad, followed by the outrage and/or elation when your favourite player misses out or makes the squad, the speculation over the first test team, the leaks of the first test team, the naming of the first test team, the outrage and/or elation when your favourite player misses out or makes the team.After…

Happyman, and Sully discuss Joe Schmidt’s first test team and run you through the absolute smorgasbord of international rugby played around the globe this weekend.You can now also listen on YouTube.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@greenandgoldrugby.com

The news hot out of Sydney is that the only guy good enough to save the struggling Waratahs is a QUEENSLANDER, Dan McKellar. The hope is that once McKellar is signed and sealed they can then sign ex-Queensland Reds player, Taniela Tupou, and then maybe ex-Queensland Reds player, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, and some guy who wishes he was from Queensland named Leota.The Shouty site exclusive states that McKellar has beaten out non-Queenslander, Scott Wisemantel, despite missing the deadline for resumes and submitting his three-page cover letter in the outdated .doc format. No word so far on who might make up the…

Happyman, KARL and Sully discuss Joe Schmidt’s Wallaby squad and select their players in each position and then talk about players diving, Eddie’s new team losing, the sad news of the untimely death of Connor Garden-Bachop and our “love” for one player in particular.You can now also listen on YouTube.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@greenandgoldrugby.com

Welcome, once again, to the Weekend Edition.This week I’d like to talk a little about the mystery of Angus Blyth making the Wallaby squad. Angus played in just five games this year, averaging 46 minutes per game. Injuries bookended his season, he wasn’t sighted until round eight and then only for five minutes. In round nine he was on for 28 minutes before getting his first start, in round ten, when he played for 73 minutes. He started the next two games and then was injured again.I’ve always said that Angus Blyth has everything it takes to be a top…

Happyman, KARL and Sully discuss the teams for the Blues v Chiefs Grand final and then talk through the five Aussie teams and give our report cards for the season.You can now also listen on YouTube.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@greenandgoldrugby.com

Welcome, once again, to the Weekend Edition.This week, I’d like to take a look at the Super Rugby crowd numbers one of our forum members originally posted in 2019. I’ve added the last five years as best I could, but with limited information and the Waratahs moving around to different grounds, it’s been difficult piecing things together. Also, I may just be plain wrong in some cases. Remember that crowd numbers were understandably lower during the COVID pandemic.Reds (from 2005 all home games at Suncorp)2003 – 18,425* (home games at Ballymore)2004 – 19,730** (5 home games at Ballymore and 1…

Happyman, KARL and Sully discuss the teams for the finals between the Blues and the brumbies and the Hurricanes and the Chiefs this weekend and then talk about their favourite referees in shouting at clouds.You can now also listen on YouTube.If you have a question for anyone on the podcast, please send it to sully@greenandgoldrugby.com

Welcome, once again, to the Weekend Edition.I’ve just finished a couple of night shifts and am currently navigating that twilight zone between vampire and normal human being. So please excuse me if some of this doesn’t make sense.I have heard for years that “there isn’t enough talent to support five teams in Australia”. But, if you look across the five Australian Super Rugby sides this is clearly not true. Even the Waratahs, who came last in this year’s comp, are full of talented rugby players. I’ve talked before about how I think the real problem with our Super Rugby teams…