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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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Review: Reds v. Brumbies – A Hoodoo Broken
The Reds have defeated the Brumbies 20-13 in a tight, hard-fought game. Important for the Reds, there was a return of commitment. Commitment to defence, a commitment to contest at ruck and lineout time,
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RWC 2011 Australia v. Ireland – Preview
Let me start with an apology. The guys at GaGR have been so excited about RWC that we forgot to write about RWC. We have had endless hours of top class rugby to watch
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RWC 2011 Australia v. Italy – Preview
And so it begins. On Sunday Australia comes up against a side that have trouble them a fair bit in the last couple of years. I don’t know if we have just not given
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Video: What Do We Expect From Rocky?
After the Heineken Cup Final in 2009 Brian O’Driscoll said Rocky Elsom was the best player he’d ever played with. During his time in Ireland playing for Leinster the Irish crowds chanted ‘Rocky, Rocky,
Read More »Analysis: Rocky’s blindside replacement by the stats
After sixteen rounds of this Super Rugby season, the Wallaby Captain and Blindside Flanker has played a total of 84 minutes – less than 7% of it. With Rocky Elsom unlikely to play any
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Dwyer’s View: Aussie teams off pace, but squad firming
All five Aussie franchises played in the Super Rugby tournament on the weekend and just one of the five had a win – and that against another Aussie team! Not a very reassuring thought,
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G&GR Wallaby Player of the Year: Tri-Nations
Wallaby fans weren’t exactly jumping out of their seats in excitement as the 2010 Tri-Nations series rolled around. The domestic series did little to provoke any thoughts of Wallaby resurgence against the might of
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