All posts tagged "Dan Carter"

Friday’s Rugby News looks at Dan Carter’s return, golden points, RA’s Wallaby Program Protections and, news from...

Australia have travelled to New Zealand for their second game of The Rugby Championship. They walk into one of...

Sunday afternoon football returns to Sydney this weekend. And the fans are set to embrace it with...

When the two finalists of the 2011 Super Rugby tournament ran onto the field last night the only people confidently picking a favourite were the bookies. And the bookies were the only people to be wrong. This was a game that wasn’t decided until the final whistle blew, and even then it...

The bookies think it’ll be the team in Red… sorry, Grey! I feel most people think the Crusaders are the favourites, and most Aussies hope it’s the Reds but suspect it might be the Crusaders. Before the semi-finals I was asked for my predictions – I went with the Reds over the...

As the Reds approach their first Super Rugby final, there are a few areas of concern for...

In the second half of last week’s game both teams made some fundamental kicking errors.  Even ignoring the goal kicking woes of both teams (with the notable exception of James O’Connor) the kicking performance under the pressure of a close game was poor.  There were instances of not kicking the ball out...

The All Black selectors have resisted the temptation of selecting their latest rugby ‘it man’, Sonny Bill-Williams...

The last twelve months have seen plenty of discussion regarding Matt Giteau’s goal kicking for the Wallabies...

We here at Green & Gold Rugby like what we do because we write the type of...

From the outhouse to the penthouse. In the space of five matches on their Northern Tour the All Blacks have stunningly recovered their reputation. In a match that could only be described as a showcase of free flowing power rugby, the Kiwis blew Les Bleus out of the Stade Velodrome in Marseille....

All Blacks 19 England 6 Just like the ‘win’ at Dunkirk in 1940, the Poms went down fighting in a ‘glorious defeat’ against an All Black team that has finally recovered its confidence. However, unlike Dunkirk it didn’t involve a ‘strategic’ withdrawal as they continued to attack the Kiwis right up until...

New Zealand 19 Wales 12 Wales will pose a significant threat to the Wallabies in three weeks time after bravely going down to the All Blacks at Millennium Stadium this morning. If you think losing seven consecutive matches to the All Blacks has become a psychological issue for the Wallabies, spare a...