All posts tagged "quade cooper"

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...