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What a change it is to finally get excited about an early season Wallabies test match! The French team have…
What a shame that British & Irish Lions tours have been condensed and watered down to just a rump of what they should be. It used to be a four test full blown tour encompassing all the decent provincial sides and some lesser mid week opposition, with all home international players allowed to participate.
This provided the touring side with an opportunity to build up some test combinations and importantly, give the rabid Yarpie fans a decent rugby spectacle all around the Republic. Times have changed in the professional era, for the worse in this case. Here we are with a week of the tour to go and what have we seen to date? Apart from the excitement of the test last weekend and maybe a couple of other decent games, the fans have had bugger all to cheer about.
From the team’s inception, the Brumbies have always seemed to have a strong culture, perhaps not always positive, but a…
Watching the early season Wallaby games, I have been heartened by the form Luke Burgess and the surprised by the…
South Africa 26 – British & Irish Lions 21 This is a game that had it all: an unbelievable crowd,…
1. Pek Cowan – 6 Made his debut and earned praise from Deans for his performance. Did OK at the…
New Zealand 14 France 10 Now that’s what I call an old style All Black performance amongst the mud, the…
Final Score: Wallabies 34 – Italy 12
I think a good way of starting a book review is to ask what prompted the reviewer to read the…
Q. Mate, what have the British and Irish Lions been doing in South Africa lately? A. Ummm, playing five games…
During the week I was fortunate enough to speak with Wallabies strength and conditioning coach, Peter Harding. Harding joined the…
Without going over the top in his praise of the Wallaby performance, Robbie Deans seemed fairly comfortable with how the…
Below is some of the comments from each coach from last nights after match press conference. Robbie Deans “It was…
Driving around Canberra you realise there are some magnificent buildings in our Nation’s Capital, the War Memorial, both Parliament Houses’,…
France 27 – New Zealand 22 O.K. Lets put all the crap to bed first. The excuse the Nuw Zulenders will…
Off to the Captain’s run, not much of an event but John Eales was there so I guess it meant…
All this week the talk has been about the Wallabies being ruthless and executing their plans against the Italians. There…
Contrary to reports this morning that gun flanker, Rocky Elsom, would not be available to the middle of the Tri-nations…
Wallaby training was a real eye opener, Gits and Richard Graham are the toughest men in the set-up, shorts straight…
You get the feeling talking to Lote that he has had enough of being dropped. Sure the first week he…