All posts tagged "drew mitchell"

No doubt you’ve probably seen it by now, but below is the full squad announced earlier today....

With over 2,300 votes cast, we’ve now got good idea of who discerning Aussie rugby followers want...

We let our stat gimp loose on the teams and he couldn’t stop himself delving into the individual players as well. So here they all are. For the most part they reinforce what you might already suspect, but there are a few surprises……..

It’s OK. Hair gel was intact.

News surfaced over the weekend of the impending doom surrounding the finances of the Western Force, with...

The good news for the Force pretty much stopped after the final whistle of their game with the hapless Tahs last weekend. Since then, their CEO has resigned, the drums are beating very loudly that Drew Mitchell is packing his bags, they have lost Dick Brown with a dodgy fetlock and line-out...

A fascinating clash is brewing on Saturday night and already the mind games (or are they brain farts?) have started. What we should have is a classic case of ‘rugby good’ vs ‘rugby evil’, just like the Wallabies vs England. In the ‘good’ corner is the Force. Full of speed and guile...

While the Force and the Reds may kid themselves they are still a chance to make this...

The incumbent(s):   Peter Hynes (QLD) – injured now, but there’s no doubting, in my mind, he...

The first in a series of Wallaby team previews, position by position. FULLBACK The incumbent(s): Drew Mitchell (WA) – played the last two tests at fullback last year, taking over from the seemingly out of position Adam Ashley-Cooper.  Has taken over from Cameron Shepherd in the custodian role for the Force. There’s...

Based on the criteria below, I guess it’s down to Drew Mitchell, Diggers, Cliffy and David Pocock. Surprisingly for me is Scott Higginbotham, playing his first full season and featuring in both tables…onya Higgers!!! I love stats.

Western Force 10 – Sharks 22 For highlights follow read more link below Watching both the Tahs and Force today was the rugby equivalent of coitus interruptus. Prolonged foreplay, relentless pounding, exciting climax….and then a damp squibb. In the meantime the Saffas and Kiwis, having barely got a sniff of space, had...

The Australian team of the week as picked by the stats from Foxsports fantasy rugby for round 2 of Super 14 2009

A review of the Western Force against the Auckland Blues in round 1 of Super 14 2009

By popular demand, and inspired by Clint Newland on the weekend, we bring you THE WORLD RUGBY...

A shoot from the hip preview and prediction of the various 2009 Super 14 teams chances

Western Force 2009 Super 14 season preview

An overview of the potential replacement coaches for John Mitchell at the Western Force

It feels like unfinished business unless we go through the Wallabies on tour, sum up their performance and see what we’ve learned for the future from them. Forwards: Ben Alexander – good first steps but more time scrummaging required. Is he going to finally start for the Brumbies?? 6 Alastair Baxter –...

For weeks we’ve had an idea of just how tasty this Barbarians outfit was looking. What we’d...