Scott Allen
February 13, 2013
It’s only a few days until Super Rugby kicks off for 2013. So to warm up let’s have a look at some of the tries each Australian franchise scored in 2012. Today, we’ll look
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Scott Allen
January 22, 2013
Welcome to You Choose — a new weekly segment from Green & Gold Rugby, where we’ll give you clips of two rugby events and ask you to tell us which is your favourite. In the future
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Scott Allen
August 20, 2012
The Wallabies’ attack struggled to put pressure on the All Blacks defence on Saturday and a lift in performance in this area will be required this weekend. One area there’s been a lot of
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Scott Allen
August 5, 2012
There was a time in Rugby when the forwards kept the ball tight in attack and when the backs saw an opportunity they called for the ball and moved it wide. The forwards would
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Scott Allen
July 26, 2012
Last week I picked the Reds to win by 10 but I didn’t factor in the Sharks coming out with a brilliant game plan that threw the Reds off balance (or the Reds’ Number
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Scott Allen
July 25, 2012
After 15 years playing professional rugby, 146 Super Rugby games for the Brumbies & Rebels and 80 tests for the Wallabies (including 29 as Captain) Stirling Mortlock retired from the game recently after his
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Scott Allen
July 19, 2012
The Reds have won seven of their last eight games, including six in a row, while the Sharks have won six of their last eight, including wins over the Bulls and Stormers. So the form
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Scott Allen
July 13, 2012
The Wallaby backline had plenty of try-scoring opportunities in the recent Test series against Wales but poor decision-making and execution meant they didn’t convert enough of those opportunities — as shown in this video. The
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Scott Allen
June 29, 2012
Prior to the third Test against Wales I expressed my surprise at the selection of Sitaleki Timani in the Wallabies starting side. My reasoning was that Timani hadn’t done enough in Super Rugby for the
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Scott Allen
May 2, 2012
Last week I analysed the Rebels’ scrum, including a review of the correct techniques for props when scrummaging — click here if you missed it. This week I’m going to look at the importance of the middle row.
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