All posts tagged "michael foley"

How hard has it been being a Wallaby fan this last three weeks? That’s now four losses...

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...

In military parlance, a force multiplier is an asset that increases your ability to succeed in the violence of the battlefield. Transposed to rugby it is the people, strategies, innovation and organisation that you can bring to your franchise to enhance success. And one of the major force multipliers in any season...

I reckon there’s a fair bet that this next try, number two on the list, would have probably been most people’s choice for the try of the decade. Correct? Then why the hell have I not appointed it as such!!! All the elements are there. Beautiful set piece playe, last minute try...

In a surprise development Phil Mooney has been sacked as coach of the Queensland Reds. This was announced...

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

Finally, we get to our next series of Great Wallaby Try Analysis posts. Appropriately, this week we...

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

1. Benn (two n’s) Robinson 7 – Didn’t show any of the flashy stuff he produced in...

The incumbent(s): Benn Robinson (NSW): Fat Cat has established himself well and truly in the Wallaby team. He would be, I would think, one of the first two or three players picked. In fact, there aren’t many better loosehead props world-wide than Benn Robinson. I’ll go a step further and say he...

The incumbent(s): Al Baxter (NSW): Ok, disregard the penalty try that Australia let in, during the last test of last year against Wales, the scrum was a much improved element of Australia’s game in 2008. Thanks largely to Michael Foley, then Wallaby assistant coach and now Waratah assistant coach. Whether it has...

Richard Graham, the newly appointed Wallaby skills coach, is looking forward to coming home to be part of the Wallabies set-up, not only because he’ll get to live close to Sydney’s great beaches, but more particularly working with Robbie Deans. Speaking to G&GR from his coaching den at English Premiership club, Saracens,...

With the vultures now circling the Tahs season this year and the team showing no signs of...

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