Xaviera, Author at Green and Gold Rugby

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NSW Waratahs
PREVIEW – TAHS v HIGHLANDERS – CAIRN THE TAHS ROCK ON?
Tantalising. Finally, it’s time, and all the posturing is over. No more resting of key players, no...

Xaviera July 20, 2018
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NSW Waratahs
PREVIEW – TAHs v SUNWOLVES – HEADING FOR HOME
This one’s a smokey. When looking at the draw before the season kicked off, this match would...

Xaviera July 6, 2018
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NSW Waratahs
PREVIEW – TAHS v HIGHLANDERS – KILL OR BE KILTED
Tricky. REALLY tricky. If you’re one to follow form lines or at least try to dissect them,...

Xaviera May 18, 2018
NSW Waratahs
PREVIEW – TAHS v BLUES. BEYOND BLUE?
First in one conference playing at home versus last in another conference playing away. The former has five wins, the latter just two (one of which is against the Sunwolves). It’s a no-brainer, right? If only. ...

Xaviera May 5, 2018
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Rugby
PREVIEW – TAHS v LIONS – THE SEASON ON THE LION
Fresh from a Heritage Round win over the now struggling Reds at the SCG, the Tahs move...

Xaviera April 19, 2018
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Melbourne Rebels
Preview – Are The Rebels a Force?
I’m Xaviera, and I’m a Waratahs fan. There, I’ve said it. Now I can start the 12...

Xaviera March 16, 2018
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Rugby
While the cat’s away – can the Jag scrag a Tah?
The Waratahs take on the Jagauares in their last home game of 2017

Xaviera July 7, 2017
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NSW Waratahs
Preview – The Waratahs, the Kings and I
Looking at the data alone it would be easy to assume this should be a close match.*...

Xaviera April 20, 2017
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Laws
Laws – a special time of the year
The smell of cut grass, hailstones the size of cricket balls, 47 degrees in the ‘burbs, the...

Xaviera February 20, 2017
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National Rugby Championship
NRC – A Law Unto Itself?
We look in depth at the NRC to see how the law variations have played out in...

Xaviera October 27, 2016
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Rugby
Your inside guide to the 2016 law interpretations
It is a truism well accepted that if rugby league is checkers, then rugby union is chess....

Xaviera March 1, 2016
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Rugby
5 Key law changes you need to know
Here are the 5 key changes you need to know, plus the winners and losers from them......

Xaviera February 10, 2016
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Rugby
The Pool of (Slow) Death
View image | gettyimages.com Now that we’ve had a moment to draw breath, recover from the unusual...

Xaviera November 4, 2015
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Rugby
RWC USA v JAPAN CHERRIES BLOSSOM
View image | gettyimages.com VIBE A cool, cloudy but still night in Kingsholm Gloucester saw a match-up...

Xaviera October 12, 2015
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Rugby
RWC TONGA v NAMIBIA Tonga Stronger Longer
View image | gettyimages.com VIBE In only the second meeting between these sides, Tonga winning previously 20-14...

Xaviera September 30, 2015
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Rugby
RWC: NZL v NAM – Cruise and Collect
VIBE Given Namibia and New Zealand have never played a Test match prior to this, it was...

Xaviera September 25, 2015
Rugby
YOU CAN BANK ON WALES
VIBE Looking at the tournament schedule, this should have been an easy match to predict, but Japan v South Africa changed all that; that match, combined with Wales playing their first match and being at home, meant Wales were nervous, and it showed. Being behind 6-0 after nine minutes only reinforced that....

Xaviera September 21, 2015
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All Blacks
RWC Analysis: The Art of Seduction
With RWC 2015 finally here, it behoves us to assess two of the talking points. For Australia, the...

Xaviera September 18, 2015