All posts tagged "matt burke"

Where were we in 98: Looking back to June-ish 1998 and using the IRB Rankings formula, via...

Where were we in 94: Even though the IRB rankings didn’t really come into effect until somewhere...

The Blind Side Flanker position has been an interesting one for Australia, not only over the last...

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...

From the period 2000-2009, ten different men (perhaps nine men and a boy) have worn the Wallaby...

It’s Bledisloe Week, so it’s only natural that our next great Wallaby try to be analysed is...

This will be the first in what we hope is a series of posts highlighting some of...

For mine, this tour has been a huge step forward for the Wallabies. The most important thing is that they’ve started laying the foundations of what could become a very good, if not great, winning, team. The key to winning games? Your pack and your goal kicker. Australian rugby has tried to...

So this year’s messiest contract negotiation finally has closure. Rocky Elsom has been released early from his contract, not as a trendy sabbatical – no, no, no – but on compassionate leave. Apparently only a few close friends know the reason for this compassion and if it’s ‘fair dinkum’ then I wish...

Reds 29 – Force 12.Despite sleeping on it to try and come up with some inspiration, I can’t find any glowing words about this Reds performance – unlike their showing away at the Bulls. Defense held firm, but otherwise this match was more about what the Force couldn’t do, than what the...

Without having another great big pull over hanging out with him and doing more namedropping, when I...

Having been heavily snubbed by the Wallabies and having his nose rubbed in it to boot (via that great telephone incident with chief idiot Tuqiri), Peter Hewat is finally off. It is understood that Waratahs back Peter Hewat will earn an estimated $450,000 a year playing for the London Irish club in...

Photo from Reuters For the past two weeks the cry from some prominent Australian journalists has been that the Wallabies have “retreated” to an “old guard” back-line combination that has an abysmal away record. These pundits are barking up the wrong tree. First, lets have a look at this combo’s overall record,...