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France vs Ireland: score, result, review & stats
2007-09-21 23:38:00 The end is nigh for Ireland France 25 Ireland 3 Tonight Ireland's chances of progressing any further in this Rugby World Cup became very slim indeed. They now need to score four tries against Argentina next week, and make sure that Los Pumas fail to secure a bonus point themselves. On the basis of this, as well as all the games so far, it's hard to see how it can possibly happen. At the same... ....follow link for more More About: Review , Stats , Score
Australia vs Fiji RWC team & preview
2007-09-21 09:28:00 At the bottom is the Wallaby team selected to play Fiji this Sunday 23rd September in Montpellier, 22:30pm AEST. The word is that Fiji, as per the fashion among the 'minnows' in this world cup is selecting a second string side, so we should expect a good run out for our guys. A few thoughts on the Aussie selections. I've seen this is being written up as Phil Waughs chance to unseat George... ....follow link for more More About: Australia , Preview , Team
Chabal. Tries. Videos. Respect
2007-09-19 20:46:00 Call the hairy French bastard what you will; Captain Caveman, Attila, Cartouche, Sea-bass, The Anesthesiologist or The Hobo; you've gotta admit that he's taking this world cup by storm. If it's not his publicised spat with the coach Laporte (who now simply has to pick the bearded one to avoid the guillotine) then he's scoring the most outrageous tries. Here's the most recent from the weekend... ....follow link for more More About: Videos , Respect , Trie
Go the little guys - by Sportsfreak
2007-09-18 09:01:00 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 Favourites Have the IRB pulled off a bit of a coup here? Before the World Cup started they made public noises about reducing the number of teams from 20 to 16. As if that was a wake-up calls, the teams most likely... ....follow link for more More About: Guys , Litt , Ports
Australia vs Wales: Wallaby player ratings
2007-09-17 22:04:00 Here's how I scored the guys from Saturday, let me know what you think... 15 Chris Latham 9/10: The old latho is back - big kicks, high ball takes and solo tries. A little rusty to start but deserved man of the match 14 Drew Mitchell 7/10: Should have done better on the rating having set up Latham's try with a great pass, but also missed a couple of tackles and chested a sitter, not to mention... ....follow link for more More About: Australia , Wales , Player , Ratings , Layer
Wales vs Australia; match review and stats
2007-09-16 21:02:00 Wallabies show their class On Saturday Australia gave a good look at what they're capable of, comfortably beating Wales 32-20, even with some key players off the field and at one stage being reduced to 13 men. However, perhaps the best news for the Wallabies was the coming of age of an emerging talent, and a return to force from injury for an established one. There was a collective "oh crap"... ....follow link for more More About: Review , Stats , Match
Wallabies vs Wales: Result and score
2007-09-15 19:47:00 Wales 20 - Australia 32 Today the Wallabies showed far too much class for Wales, but at the same time made far too many errors. This should really have been a 50 pointer. This post comes to you from my phone on the way back from Cardiff.. .come back tomorrow for a far more indepth review Picture from my cameraphone today, just after Beavis Mortlock had scored his try and buggered his shoulder... ....follow link for more More About: Wales , Score , Result , Wale
South Africa vs England: result, score, review
2007-09-14 22:27:00 Springboks - 36 Arse-clowns (England ) - 0 This was a rugby version of a public butt-rape. Today, England's status as a second tier rugby nation was well and truly cemented as they were smashed in every facet of the game and slumped to their biggest ever Rugby World Cup loss. On the basis of this performance, the upcoming Samoa match is going to be very interesting indeed. It's difficult to... ....follow link for more More About: Africa , South Africa , Review , South
England vs South Africa, Australia vs Wales
2007-09-14 20:06:00 Disaster strikes News and previews Well, we're only minutes away from the Boks taking on the poms in the world cup so I thought I'd throw a few words at that before raising a few pieces of news for the Wallabies vs Wales in Cardif tomorrow. While the two match ban of the Springboks talisman - Blondie Burger - put the door ajar for England , you can't help but think that with the schmozzle in the... ....follow link for more More About: Africa , Australia , South Africa
Alternative Rugby Commentary
2007-09-13 15:49:00 WARNING: KIWI RUGBY OPINIONS TO FOLLOW OK, these guys come from the land with no vowels, but this is bloody funny. There's more where this came from on YouTube as well. Thanks to Moses for the tip off ....follow link for more More About: Commentary , Alternative , Rugby , Alter , Native
Australia vs Wales - teams and preview
2007-09-12 21:50:00 According to reports, today we discovered the Wallaby team that will take part in the first really competitive match of their world cup, against Wale s in Cardiff on Saturday. There are a few well publicised changes through injuries, and then a few on the bench. Shepherdson's back at the expense of 'Big' Al (phew, I think) and Mitchell goes to the wing replacing Ashley-Cooper (with a bruised... ....follow link for more More About: Australia , Preview , Teams
World Cup weekend round-up
2007-09-10 21:21:00 There are plenty of places where you can get the scoop on what happened over the weekend - Sportsfreak did a great job. So what I'm going to do here is a give a quick spray of the key talking points as I see 'em. France, New Zealand and Rispuct For anyone who's missed it, France's self destruction on Friday night means that they are most likely to find themselves playing the AB's in the... ....follow link for more More About: World Cup , World , Round Up , Weekend , Round
Australia vs Japan: Wallaby player ratings
2007-09-09 20:58:00 This was a slick start from the Wallabies, (which you can read more about here) but how did each of the players rate? Here's my view, let me know if you reckon I've got it right: 15. St Latham 7.5/10: A few cobwebs to start with but impressive kicking and running game back by the end, including a typical Latham solo try. So good to have him back 14. Ashley-Cooper 7/10: Solid, sharp, hard to... ....follow link for more More About: Japan , Australia , Player , Ratings , Layer
Australia vs Japan: Results, review and stats
2007-09-08 17:21:00 Wallabies 91 Cherryblossoms 3 As the scoreline suggests, this was your classic World Cup mismatch of the type that Campo has been campaigning against of late. That aside, the Wallabies produced a composed performance, for the most part devoid of the 'rustiness' excuse that usually dogs them in world cup pool games, and showed that they don't intend to be a one trick pony in this tournament by... ....follow link for more More About: Japan , Australia , Review , Results , Stats
France vs Argentina - Score, review & stats
2007-09-08 00:14:00 Les Frogs 12 Los Pumas 17 From the very first game this world cup is setting itself up as one you're not going to forget in a hurry. What an upset. What drama. What a classic. We have all been Frenched - just when we thought they'd pulled their act together and ironed that erratic streak out, it turns up in spades in match one of the Rugby World Cup. France tonight would have been better off... ....follow link for more More About: Argentina , Review , Stats , Score
Trans tasman love - G&G reviewed
2007-09-07 00:32:00 While I love conspiracy theories, this looks very genuine to me: Aussie Rugby Site Green and gold is an excellent Australian rugby blog, regularly updated, that doesn?t take itself too seriously while at the same time making some pretty perceptive points. Although it saves its biggest barbs for the likes of Connelly and Campese there is a note of warning though. Should Australia start winning the... ....follow link for more More About: Love , Trans , Tran
Australia vs Japan - Wallabies team and news
2007-09-05 23:43:00 Knuckles has named his team for Australia 's world cup owner on Saturday, saying that it's the first choice side. While it's good news that the full strength side is fit at this stage, the even better news is that they're starting to belt seven shades out of each other at training. Why's this good? As Wallaby Push and Shove explains: A healthy squad is the kind that can take their lumps from... ....follow link for more More About: News , Japan , Team , Wallabies
G&G Scoop: Wallaby trigger words revealed
2007-09-04 20:28:00 Following a recent visit to Villers Bretonneux, a French town that the Aussies heroically booted the Hun out of in 1918, the Wallabies have devised a set of emotive trigger words, WHICH WE CAN NOW REVEAL FOR THE FIRST TIME. As previously reported elsewhere: The 1991 Wallabies, who won a World Cup in Europe, had a two-word reminder so they would never forget one of their greatest disappointments,... ....follow link for more More About: Words , Scoop , Alla
Aussie rugby round up
2007-09-03 08:15:00 It's the calm before the World Cup storm, but having had a read around there's a few points I thought I'd bring to world's (yes I mean "world's", more on that later) attention. Having already covered Muggles' gaff, another assistant coach in the running for the top job has given a lesson in how not to apply for a position. In an interview with Grumbles Growden, Scott Johnson is also rapidly... ....follow link for more More About: Round Up , Rugby , Round , Aussie
Warm up's over - who's where?
2007-09-02 22:29:00 Where do the Rugby World Cup contenders stand with all the warm up games out of the way? You'd have to say that the faces with smiles on them will have a beret above and garlic underneath. The French have dispatched all comers, at home or away, and while doing so still managed to rotate through two and a half teams. They even managed not to seem so 'unpredictable' (i.e. erratic), deservedly... ....follow link for more
Get ready boys; she's here - by Sportsfreak
2007-08-31 12:45:00 So the tart is back in town. One of the main topics swamping newspapers, internet forums and talkback radio for the last 3 years and 11 months is that the World Cup is ruining the game of rugby. Even Grant Fox, who tends to view rugby as the best run sport ever, has finally added his weight to that viewpoint. Well, she may squash and overpower all other forms of the game, but she?s here now, so... ....follow link for more More About: Boys , Ready , Ports , Get Ready
Australia Word Cup Draw scenarios
2007-08-30 21:56:00 For everybody else who couldn't be arsed to figure out who the Wallabies could end up playing after the pool stages, here's a few ideas and permutations on who we're likely to come up against, as well as the boring pool fixture list (at the end). Most likely scenario - draw of pain Wallabies top group B by beating the Welsh, setting up a clash with England who come runners in group A by losing... ....follow link for more More About: Australia , Word , Draw , Cena
Even more mungo madness
2007-08-30 00:22:00 So here's a headline for Knuckles: Joey Busted for Ecstasy (Daily Telegraph). Seems that league-god Joey Johns got a little too into his London experience when visiting the Church day/nightclub. Sure as hell ain't going to make it easy for O'Neill to OK more of a role on the Wallaby staff, except maybe as a life coach for Lote. ....follow link for more More About: Madness
Wallaby coach shortlist - reading the signs
2007-08-29 19:28:00 According to The Daily Telegraph, there's an official shortlist that's been drawn up for the role of Head Coach of the Australia Rugby Team. Never mind that at the same time they're putting ads out for applications - how does this make sense? Anyway, what can we make of the runners and riders at this stage? The short list: Robbie Deans - already got the job according to Growdens "sources", which... ....follow link for more More About: Reading , Signs , Shortlist , Alla
Beer poll - results & analysis
2007-08-28 19:58:00 So here are the tallies of the responses to the question: What beer's gonna be on ice at your gaff during RWC'07? Fancy foreign piss44%Tooheys16%Other16%Carlton11%VB5%Ha hn5% What does this tell us? Probably not a fucken lot except that the Aussie beer manufacturers want to have a think about why almost half the voters on a Wallabies supporter site will be drinking fancy foreign piss this world... ....follow link for more More About: Analysis , Beer , Results , Poll , Result
Odd odds
2007-08-27 23:01:00 While watching a game over the weekend, the current odds of the teams for the World Cup were flashed up, and for someone who's not usually a betting man they caught my eye. Here's how they stand tonight: New Zealand4/9 South Africa5/1 France7/1 Australia12/1 Ireland20/1 England 25/1 Fair enough for the ABs to be top of the pile, and France the hosts are are... ....follow link for more More About: Odds
Scotland vs South Africa - Result, score & review
2007-08-25 21:36:00 Scotland 3 South Africa 27 Today the Springboks showed both their pedigree and the amount of preparation they've put in for this world cup. As usual, Scotland put in a great first twenty minutes, chasing anything that moved and chancing their arms with a running game plan. Having weathered this storm however, the boks picked up the pace to a level that the Scots simply couldn't live with,... ....follow link for more More About: Scotland , South Africa , Review
Growden get's it wrong.....again
2007-08-25 10:16:00 I go on holiday for two days and look what happens. In the space of 48 hours, Gossiping Greg managed to bungle a story about Matt Giteau and then get singled out at a Wallaby press conference as a prize dick-head by the Australian Coach, thus causing an incident involving John O'Neil, CEO of the ARU. Great going Greg! The Giteau story (Giteau may sever rich ties to Force) was yet again based... ....follow link for more More About: Wrong , Grow
Josh Lewsey rugby ad
2007-08-25 10:01:00 Captures beautifully what gets on my tits about soccer ....follow link for more More About: Rugby , Josh
The Goose Steps in it Again, and this Time he might be spot on - by Coatsie
More articles from this author:2007-08-24 23:13:00 Without having another great big pull over hanging out with him and doing more namedropping, when I had lunch with Bernie Larkham a few weeks back I told him I thought the Australian team?s greatest strength is their ability to come from behind. I really seemed to have caught his attention with this. I expanded by saying I thought it was almost now an inherent part of Wallaby culture that the... ....follow link for more More About: Time , Spot , Goose , The Go , The G 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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