Author: Shane Sullivan

Make Australian Rugby Great Again

Amongst all the angst and hysteria of yellow jerseys being called yellow and not gold. And the dramas of the toxic environment comments. And the thousands of comments, articles and forum threads devoted to Quade Cooper being or not being selected for the Wallabies squad. It seems to me that one small fact seems to have been neglected.

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Hi guys. Game 3 taking photo’s for greenandgoldrugby.com and I’m pretty happy with my improvement. My big lesson for this week is to check my shutter speed! Even though I set it at 1/1000 before going on the pitch by the time the game started it was on 1/400! So the shots aren’t as sharp as they could be. The good news is I’m getting more focused shots and some that are not quite there but I like. I’ve included a couple in the Photo Gallery that the pro’s probably wouldn’t of shared. On to the Photo Gallery. You can…

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Rugby news is your daily round-up of the hot stories in Oz and international rugby. By the way, you can get all the rugby news straight to your email inbox each morning by subscribing to our list via the button below. [one_half last=”no”] Big rugby news from the Melbourne Rebels The troubled franchise has had a horror year with financial issues and player strife but things just got a whole lot crazier. Coach Damien Hill’s contract is up at the end of this season and he has been told to re-apply for his job. And CEO Steve Bolland will leave…

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A Rebels outfit missing Kurtley Beale faced a Reds team on a 2 game winning streak. Could the Rebels recover from the loss of one of their playmakers or will Queensland extend their 4-0 winning streak? The only thing certain was that the next 80 minutes would give us the answer. The Match The first ten minutes looked like most Australian derbies with the sides probing to see any weakness in the opposition. The scores were even with a penalty each. The Reds dominated possession for the first 30 minutes of the game and converted it into points with a…

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