Author: Swat
Yet again I’ve left things to the last minute like a Ewen McKenzie team announcement, and have only just tallied the results of the 2012 Green and Gold Rugby Forum Awards. The night of nights was held online with many prominent posters donning the tux and bringing out the imaginary WAGs (or HABs – just for you, Cat) for a stroll down the red carpet. The winners were grinners and the rest were not so disappointed, just underwhelmed (think Waratahs fans). The Grinners: The Dingospeak Award for Most Confusing Poster Thierry Dusautoir Thierry was unable to accept the award in…
Part 2 of 2011’s Rugby Moments
A look at the rugby moments of 2011 (from an Aussie perspective)
Due to a recent move and a lack of space in my car I’ve had to leave my TV 500 kilometres away, leaving me with lots of free time. I thought I’d channel that into something creative by putting together a form guide for each of the Super Rugby mascots. Blues: Yep, Johnny Depp has really let himself go. Captain (Jack?) Bluebeard grew up in the rough seas around Auckland. In a misguided attempt to go ‘full pirate’ at the tender age of 14 Bluebeard ended up with two wooden legs and now is confined to a Segway. On the field…
In last week’s G&GR podcast, Drew Mitchell was happy to openly state his dislike for a transfer of the Reds defensive structure (where Quade drops back to fullback) across to the Wallabies. “My personal opinion is that if you’re picked in the back 3 you should be given the right to counter attack” he said. I decided to have a close look at how this structure would play out in the Wallabies; who would play what roles and the effects of utilising such a defensive structure on counter-attacking possibilities. Following is a blow-by-blow recount of Wallabies play where one or…