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Super Rugby Round Two Review

Noddy March 1, 2011 21

Round Two of Super Rugby, 2011-style, saw two more local derbies for the Aussie teams. The first was an emotional last-minute win by the Rebels over the Brumbies, while the second was a clinical

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A RWC Wallaby Retrospective: 1995 vs 2011!

Noddy July 9, 2010 7

Where were we in 94: Even though the IRB rankings didn’t really come into effect until somewhere around 2003, if you apply the same formula historically, as Pick and Go does so well, you

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G&GR Waratahs Player of the Year

Noddy June 1, 2010 11

At the end of each game throughout the 2010 Super 14 season over at the forum, readers have submitted their 3-2-1′s for each Australian team. All of these votes will accumulated and an overall

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G&GR Super 14 Round 8 Review

Noddy April 6, 2010 9

Well that was some good footy! Now I’ll give you that Force v Stormers game didn’t set the world on fire, and the weather (and the visitors) impacted the quality of the Tahs v

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Born Free (to play wherever).

Noddy February 25, 2010 16

With the Melbourne Rebels now in the player market place, not too long after the WA Force entered, a subset issue is now a subject of hot discussion.  Who can lay claim to the

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Video: G&GR Super 14 Round 2 Review

Noddy February 23, 2010 16

And so we look back on week 2 with mixed views. The Reds won, and won well, which everyone seems pretty pleased about. The Brumbies, Force and Tahs all lost on the road which

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Video: G&GR Super 14 Round 1 Review

Noddy February 16, 2010 39

Every week during the Super 14 season G&GR will take a look at the key plays and players of the week just had. We can be a myopic lot here at G&GR sometimes, so

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Reds v Tahs: ‘impartial’ head to head analysis

Noddy February 12, 2010 27

Messers Hickey and McKenzie have done their part, the teams are named.  Now it is time for the real analysis. So let’s have a look through the teams, on a head-to-head basis and see

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Tahs preview: vs Reds

seanny February 11, 2010 13

Waratahs boss Chris Hickey appears to have the balance of his line-up bang on for the season opener against Link’s men. His back three can post tries from anywhere on the paddock and have

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G&GR Wallaby Team of the Decade

Noddy December 29, 2009 22

Well, the people have spoken. The votes are in and we have our official Green & Gold Rugby Wallaby Team of the Decade! As many people suggested throughout the series, many of the positions

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