Wallaby 2010 Spring Tour Squad

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Nick Phipps: the Bolter

The Wallaby Spring Tour squad has been named by the selector’s this morning.

Yes, there’s a bolter like the good old days and the surprise selection…

11:41 am, by rugbytumble
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Aussies claim Commonwealth Silver medal

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Australia has gone within a whisker of causing an upset over New Zealand in the Gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Led superbly by James Stannard, the Aussies led the Gold…

2:18 pm, by rugbytumble
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Commonwealth Games Rugby 7′s – Australia’s Day 1 review

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The Rugby 7′s at the Commonwealth Games kicked off in Delhi today with round robin action. Here’s a quick review of how our boys went in their pool matches against Uganda, Sri Lanka, and the…

1:18 pm, by rugbytumble
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Dwyer’s View: Now we see what Europe has to offer!

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Over the last few months we have seen the cream of the world’s international teams fight it out for the coveted TriNations Championship – nine international matches, virtually one every…

10:58 am, by rugbytumble
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Rugby Reg’s Rookie Review.

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In one of those numerical type quirks that can excite some people (not me it must be noted), in the ten tests played by the Wallabies in 2010, coach Robbie Deans has used ten rookies. This…

10:58 am, by rugbytumble
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Wallabies Goal Kicking

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The last twelve months have seen plenty of discussion regarding Matt Giteau’s goal kicking for the Wallabies so I thought I’d take a look at the numbers to see what they tell us.

There’s…

4:46 pm, by rugbytumble
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A Case for Le Fuse

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Fuse to Shero: “Make my day punk”

You didn’t see Al ‘Le Fuse’ Baxter’s name listed as ‘unavailable due to injury’ on the ARU press release announcing the Wallaby Spring Tour…

4:46 pm, by rugbytumble
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Physical imposition rugby – the Sydney University system

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I wonder how many people watching the 2010 Sydney Premiership Club Grand Final realised they were seeing a classic demonstration of a profoundly revolutionary style of play that I…

11:55 pm, by rugbytumble
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2010 Tri Nations Statistics

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The All Blacks completed a clean sweep of the Tri Nations competition in 2010, the first team ever to do so. It was a remarkable achievement built on the back of a great brand of attacking…

11:55 pm, by rugbytumble
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Winner: G&GR Best Club Try August

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And the winner for August is….

Luke Morahan for Queensland Uni! Great prizes coming to Luke from Skins and Kooga.

Click here to view the embedded video.

11:55 pm, by rugbytumble
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