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Dec 6

Wallaby Winger of the Decade

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Shmoo?

Shmoo?

From the period 2000-2009, eighteen different men have worn either the Wallaby Number Eleven or Fourteen jerseys in a test match. Interestingly eight of these were  also on the fullback list (Julian Huxley and James O’Connor being the only two fullbacks NOT to start a test on the wing).

So, our noughty wingers were:

Lote Tuqiri (51 starts on the wing); Wendell Sailor (29); Joe Roff (28); Drew Mitchell (20); Mark Gerrard (17); Clyde Rathbone (16); Peter Hynes (15); Stirling Mortlock            (14); Lachlan Turner (11); Ben Tune (6); Andrew Walker (5); Chris Latham (5); Digby Ione (4); Adam Ashley-Cooper (4); Matt Burke (3); Matt Rogers (3); Cameron Shepherd (3); Scott Staniforth (2).

Whereas previously we normally pick a top three for each position, we are not differentiating between right or left wing, so we are going to pick the top six wingers of the decade. Again this is based on their performance at test level, this decade, in the wing position.

And our top wingers (in no particular order, well in the particular order of the alphabet in fact):

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Oct 22

Matt Giteau wins John Eales Medal 2009

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For real

For real

On the right is how the voting finished up (Wallabies vote 3-2-1 for their team-mates after each test).

Initially I was pretty surprised, thinking that surely Benn Robinson should have come closer to the top, if not taken it out. I’d say that alongside Rocky Elsom he’d be the one other Wallaby who’d be a genuine contender for a World XV.

What I’d forgotten is that Sharpe did put in an amazing European tour last year and that Giteau similarly had a good tour and then great start to the domestic tests this year.

Other results included: Read more »

Jul 9

Tri-Nations Predictions

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Wondering who to stick your kids lunch money on for this year’s Tri-Nations?

Well wonder no more.

We’ve gathered some of the worlds keenest rugby brains to help you make up your mind with their own Tri-Nations predictions. Read more »

Jan 19

Reds launch into 2009

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Berrick Buns - excited to be captain

Berrick Buns - excited to be captain

It was with great gusto the Reds launched their season campaign this morning, a slick multi-media type show, which left several jaded press hacks pondering the impact Generation Y has had on the staid and clichéd world of rugby reporting.  Translation……there was not a party pie in sight.

The thing that strikes you about the Reds this year is freshness and youth.

“We don’t have baggage” Berrick Barnes, the interim Reds skipper, was heard to proclaim when asked about visiting Pretoria for the first round.  A bold statement considering the last game the Reds were there for, they were pantsed by a record margin – to confirm this, the vast majority of the thirty-odd Reds’ squad were not even playing professional rugby when that particular outrage occurred. Read more »

Jan 7

A Happy New Year for the Reds?

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QLD Reds Logo by Juan Cote

If you were standing near the Ballymore exits at the end of last season you would have been in serious danger of being injured in a stampede; such was the exodus of players heading into either full-time retirement or semi-retirement on the European club scene.

Although there was plenty of deadwood cut from the ranks, there still remains some massive holes that will not be filled this year – Latho, Squeeky Moore, Rodzilla and Cordingley the obvious names.  Add to that the retirements of John Roe and Crofty and you get some idea of the void left in the talent and experience stakes.  Read more »

Jan 4

Predictions for 2009

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2009 - a long time between drinks

2009 - a long time between drinks

It still seems a bit close to last season to be making predictions about the next, but I wouldn’t want this to be the only blog on earth that hadn’t, so here goes.

For me the biggest story of 2008 were the sparkles of new talent in Australian rugby. The ultimate demonstration of it being the gutsy win over an all star BaaBaas side by an Australian B team at the end of a long tour and season. Read more »

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