Columnist About
If there's stumps or goalposts in the ground, I'll probably be watching...
- Member Since:
- September 2008
- Based In:
- Canberra
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- the Australian cricket team, and the Wallabies
- Favourite Sports:
- Cricket, Rugby,
Latest Articles
Wallaby six-pack: who gets the June call-up?
2 days agoMany keyboards have been pounded over the last few days, as the reaction to Robbie Deans’ initial 25-man Wallaby squad continues to grow both in volume and in the level of criticism. Overall, aside from the lack of Quade Cooper and a second scrumhalf, there’s actually not that much conjecture over most of the 25 [...]
Hot damn! Scrums to be a contest again, and soon
14 May 2013It’s not often I get to write follow-up articles these days, and much less that the follow-up contains some great news that we will all agree is long overdue. You’ll recall my article back in March bemoaning the lack of contest in the scrum these days, on account of an absolute majority of scrumhalves feeding [...]
Combinations worth more than the sum of their parts
7 May 2013Everyone seems to be having their say on the likely make-up of the Wallabies side to face the British and Irish Lions, and even though I usually steer away from these hypothetical topics, the point has been reached where it’s worth offering the two cents. You would’ve heard and read me saying in recent weeks [...]
Report card revision: movement in the rankings
30 Apr 2013After the completion of Super Rugby Round 6 I put out my early-season report card, using three simple subjective ratings: teams that disappointed me to that point, the teams going as I expected them to, and those I considered to be over-achieving. With only nine rounds of the competition remaining, and with the June internationals [...]
Five things we learnt from the Australian conference this weekend
23 Apr 2013What a weekend to be an Australian rugby fan! Despite the Force going down in Wellington to the Hurricanes, there were good signs aplenty from all four teams in action. Here’s what we learnt. Or what I learnt, at least: There’s something building over in the west They may not be quite getting the results, [...]
Reds vs Brumbies preview and chat with Laurie Fisher
19 Apr 2013The Brumbies head up to Brisbane today, to ready themselves for what will be their biggest game of the season to date: the Queensland Reds in Brisbane tomorrow night. It’s not only the biggest game of the year for the respective sides, though – it’s by far the match of the Australian Conference in 2013. [...]
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