All posts tagged "steve walsh"

Final Score: Brumbies 61 – Cheetahs 15

The ‘Super Star’ CA Brumbies take on the Western Force on Friday night at the new home...

Below are the very best bits of Green and Gold Rugby (I didn’t say they were good, just the best we could do). Any other nominations (from this site!) are welcome in the comments. Video Mashups Stephen Larkham the Legend Wallaby highlights 2009 Wallabies on fire vs Boks BrisVegas 2009 Less serious...

Final Score: Reds 28 – Hurricanes 37  

News in that the Wallabies will be taking a cut in their match fees. In a carefully spun press release from RUPA (“Guys, I got you a great deal!”), we’re told that instead of getting a 4.2% increase to $12,374 per match, they’ll be taking a cut from $11,875 to $11,500. Definitely...

News just in that Steve “look at me” Walsh isn’t slotted to ref any of the opening four rounds of the Super 14, owing to “a personal employment matter.” Apparently this is related to an incident in Sydney last month when Steve turned up to the morning session of a SANZAR conference...

In the Super 14 next year the nationality of refs will no longer matter when it comes to allocating them to matches. Instead, it’ll come down to ‘merit’. Apparently they used 19 refs last year, this time they’ll concentrate it down to the 9 ‘merit’ refs (below), and fill gaps based on...

(Most) refs are people and therefore never perfect. Also, the better you play, the less their performance matters. However, the display on Saturday in Hong Kong from Alan Lewis was a turd of such heinous proportions that it’s not only floated a media stink, it’s also prompted me to check out who...

Stormers 20 – Brumbies 10 Gaping chasms in the Brumbies mid-field ushered the Stormers through for their...

FOR THE SEMI-FINAL REVIEW AND SCORE GO HERE FOR SEMI FINAL HIGHLIGHTS GO HERE Waratahs 25 – Sharks 10This was the Waratahs 5th straight win in the 2008 Super 14, and their second half four try dicking of the Sharks has rightfully slung them to second in the table. The blueprint for...

Brumbies 29 – Cheetahs 23 Laurie Fisher might not feel quite so happy about it, but the loss of just about every skerrick of experience from the Brumbies backline this year through retirement and injury, is probably one of the best things that could have happened for the distant future of ACT...

Queensland Reds 40 – Bulldozed 8. “When the milk turns sour, I ain’t the kinda pussy to...

Boks 37 Pumas 13If you look at the scorelines of the last couple of South Africa wins, you figure they’ve had it easy. But that’s not the case. For large parts of this game the Pumas controlled the ball (49% possession and 54% territory) and built some great momentum, to then throw...

It’s all about momentum Article by Sportsfreak, G&GR comments in green The Southern Hemisphere’s Triumphant Weekend. The...

Fiji 38Wales 34 There’s been a lot of wanging on about this being the best game of the world cup so far. I guess for a sevens style of free-flowing fluctuating game yes. But what this game really nailed once and for all is how naive Wales has become, trying to out-fiji...

Woeful Wallabies 37 Plucky Canucks 6 Here’s the short version; a bunch of Wallabies desperate to score...

SEE RESULT AND REVIEW HERE So what can come out of this one-sided game tomorrow?On the positive (and grasping at straws) side, this is Huxley’s chance to prove that we have a backup to Barnes, assuming Bernie’s knee can’t be put back together. If he’s ever going to look good at 10,...

Here’s a great weekend round-up from Sportsfreak plus a few comments in green. I thought Ruggerblogger also did a good job, but that’s enough plugs for New Zealanders. Minnows – Crowd FavouritesHave the IRB pulled off a bit of a coup here? Before the World Cup started they made public noises about...

Wales 20 – Australia 32 Today the Wallabies showed far too much class for Wales, but at...