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Preview: Waratahs v. Crusaders – The Return of the Black Seven
Sunday afternoon football returns to Sydney this weekend. And the fans are set to embrace it with more than 35,000 expected to turn up for what is most likely the match up of the
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Analysis: Tri Nations Breakdown Infringements – Part 3
Over the last three Tri Nations games I’ve looked at the breakdown to analyse the level of infringements occurring and what referees are missing or allowing to occur without penalising. To look for trends
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Video: Part 1 Tri-Nations Breakdowns
What’s going on at the breakdown? It’s been about a year now since Scarfman, our colleague here at Green & Gold Rugby, produced his All Blacks at the Breakdown video exposing some of the
Read More »Richie McCaw … Who Dares …
Fortune favours the brave! Who dares wins! We all know Richie McCaw pushes the boundaries of the Laws of the Game and he gets away with more than most — that’s what makes him
Read More »I Love a Bit of Controversy…
… particularly when it involves Richie McCaw. Sunday’s game between the Reds and Crusaders didn’t disappoint with a number of refereeing decisions being called into question. There were even some who claimed the referee
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All Blacks Named – Lance Free rejoices. SBW-free
The All Black selectors have resisted the temptation of selecting their latest rugby ‘it man’, Sonny Bill-Williams for their Bledisloe encounter with the Wallabies on Saturday. Unsurprisingly the kiwis have stayed true to their fabulous centre
Read More »Don’t We Have Anything Better to Talk About?
There’s been lots of comment about whether the McCaw try on Saturday should have been disallowed because a) McCaw broke early from the scrum and now b) whether Woodcock’s arm hit the ground. When
Read More »Awful Aussies: Wallaby Player Ratings
In 1972, the Wallabies toured New Zealand and lost the three test series by an aggregate of 23 points each game (6-29, 17-30 and 3-38). So poor was the Wallaby team regarded that they
Read More »Video Analysis: All Blacks at the breakdown
After their loss to the All Blacks in Wellington, Springbok lock Victor Matfield said that “”It seems as if they are untouchable. The refs allow them to get away with murder. … I cannot
Read More »G&GR Brumbies Player of the Year
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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