All posts tagged "lote tuqiri"

You can build all you like but there comes a time when you have to stand and deliver. Now is that time. The Wallabies did deliver in Brisbane against a misfiring Springbok side who had been twice beaten up by the All Blacks in the previous few weeks. There’s no doubt that...

Well, the people have spoken. The votes are in and we have our official Green & Gold...

Coming up with a list of the top tries of the decade was a tough one. What makes one try stand out from another? Is it individual brilliance we are gauging it on, or is it whole of team involvement? Rehearsed tries from a set piece or instinctive brilliance? Does a try...

Are we getting the hang of these now? Good, let’s keep them coming.  From the period 2000-2009,...

From the period 2000-2009, eighteen different men have worn either the Wallaby Number Eleven or Fourteen jerseys...

Following mediation discussions between the parties, an agreed settlement has been reached between Lote Tuqiri and the...

With Noddy posting the real Kefu try, I thought it could be a good time to show a short movie that my wife and I made last year. It’s a recreation of Kefu’s effort and was our entry into a competition last year. We were hoping to win tickets to the Hong...

This is is the kind of stuff the ARU sends out to all of their media contacts...

Day Two and still waiting: it’s been a good 48 hours since we learned that the Dark...

Lost in the noise of Lote getting punted from the ARU, was the news this morning that...

UPDATED UPDATE – Friday 3 July: Lote Tuqiri has so far refused to comment on the reasons...

You get the feeling talking to Lote that he has had enough of being dropped.  Sure the...

We follow Juan Cote as he lives the Growden dream (no, not that one) and reports from deep within the Wallaby and Italian camps in Canberra. Touched down in Canberra 20 mins ahead of schedule which  meant I could make the 9 am press conference at the Wallaby hotel. Called the media...

Many months ago, before the interstate game between the Reds and the Tahs, Lote Tuqiri was at pains to point out the merits of the Tahs ‘win ugly’ style. In response to a barb from the Reds’ Quade Cooper about the lack of enterprise in the Tahs play, Lote returned serve with...

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……..

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

Friday March 13, Canberra Stadium. Match start: 07:40pm Referee: Mark Lawrence (RSA) Brumbies: Nic Henderson, Stephen Moore, Guy Shepherdson, Ben Hand, Mark Chisholm, Peter Kimlin, George Smith, Stephen Hoiles, Josh Holmes, Christian Lealiifano, Francis Fainifo, Tyrone Smith, Stirling Mortlock, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Mark Gerrard. Reserves: Huia Edmonds, Ben Alexander, Sitaleki Timani, Julian Salvi,...

Preview of NSW Waratahs vs Hurricanes in round 1 of Super 14 2009

Moses is at the Waratahs vs Fiji trial in Newcastle texting me live updates. Here’s the transcript...

By Patrick Here are my thoughts on the Australia (& Wales!) player ratings from the test in Cardiff on Saturday. Probably not what you saw since I am being purely subjective but love to know where we differ! Rating scale at bottom.