All posts tagged "quade cooper"

  • Rugby
    G&GR Wallaby Player of the Year 2010: Announcement & Interview.

    We’ve done the Domestic Series where Quade dazzled us with his sleight of hand. We’ve covered the...

  • All Blacks
    Wallaby Backline History: Part 7 – 2010

    I’ve got some bad news and some good news for you. The bad news is that having completed a highlights video of the Wallabies backline in 2010, it comes in at 16 minutes, which I know is a lot longer than most people are prepared to watch on the Internet.  In fact...

  • England
    G&GR Wallaby Player of the Year: Domestic Test Series

    As we say adieu to the Wallaby season following our massive win over France, we can start...

  • All Blacks
    Wallabies Defence and Tackling Statistics in 2010

    I think “defence” is about the structure of the defensive line, line speed and the performance of...

  • France
    Wallaby Player Ratings v. France (Paris)

    For the second year in a row the Wallabies have ended their season with an absolute ball-tearer....

  • Rugby
    Austin’s Chalkboard: Quade Cooper in Defence

    Quade Cooper’s stats in defence against Italy were much better than they’ve been recently — 100 per cent of tackles made and even a dominant tackle. While the result was better, what changed? Was it the influence of Phil Blake? Did Quade just have a better approach to his defence? Or wasn’t he required...

  • England
    VIDEO: Decisions, Decisions and Some Non-Decisions

    A quick video review of some of the decision making in last weekend’s game between the Wallabies and England. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4waHnodyKuk

  • England
    Wallaby Player Ratings v England (Twickers)

    I wish I was rating the Pommies. I’d find it a hell of a lot easier. A couple of 9s on the wing, another at scrumhalf and a few in the pack. Throw in some 8’s in the midfield and at the back, as well as on the side of the scrum...

  • All Blacks
    Bledisloe IV – 2nd Half Kicking Errors

    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...

  • ACT Brumbies
    Hong Kong Phooey – bugger all changes to Wallabies

    Robbie Deans has steered clear of any dramatic changes to his Wallaby side to take on the All Blacks in yet another Bledisloe dead rubber this weekend. There are two solitary changes to the team that were run down by the All Blacks in their last encounter.  Drew Mitchell, who missed the Sydney test...

  • Rugby
    The Rise and Rise of Kurtley Beale

    A jigsaw could be described as a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces. That...

  • All Blacks
    Hallelujah!

    Hallelujah and not just for the win but the Wallabies back line ran a first phase move during the game for only the second time in 2010! Not only that, there were several general play moves involving forwards and backs that looked like they’d been practiced at training.  Not surprisingly, these rare...

  • Rugby
    TN8 Statistics: Wallabies v Springboks

    What a game! Absolute dominance by the Wallabies in the majority of the first half and then...

  • Rugby
    TN7 Statistics: Wallabies v Springboks

    There were some positive signs from the Wallabies last weekend, unfortunately offset by some negatives.  I’d prefer...

  • Rugby
    Wallaby Attack Analysis

    The Wallabies attack hasn’t exactly set the world on fire in 2010 – so what can be...

  • Rugby
    Breaking News: Manager tries to pump up player’s contract.

    In what comes as a significant shock to the sporting world, Quade Cooper’s manager Richard Colreavy is...

  • Rugby
    Video & Analysis: Wallabies Defence 2010

    Over the last few weeks in the build up to the Wallabies first Tri Nations game we’ve looked at various aspects of the Wallabies performances so far in 2010.  Today it’s time to look at defence. Over the first four games of the season the Wallabies have attempted 534 tackles and missed...

  • Rugby
    Video: Wallaby Backline Asking Questions?

    In the first four games of the season the Wallabies have used a relatively young back line...

  • Rugby
    Video: Matt Giteau Kicking Follow Up

    On Friday I went to the Wallabies Captains Run and watched Matt Giteau and Quade Cooper working...

  • Rugby
    Video & Analysis: Wallabies v England

    In bringing you our analysis of the Wallabies each week, we need to watch and re-watch the game to find the most relevant information to highlight and sometimes it can be painful going through that process.  However, this week it felt like Groundhog Day – I couldn’t escape the feeling that I’ve...