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CAMPO: All Blacks show the world how it should be done
10 Oct 2012The difference in the quality of the respective wins of the All Blacks and the Wallabies on the weekend was striking. Whereas New Zealand were confident and looked happy to be on the field, the Wallabies played like they were completely lost for ideas. Quite clearly, and by a large margin, the All Blacks have [...]
CAMPO: Australian rugby at the lowest ebb I've ever seen it
4 Oct 2012On the weekend we saw two teams that were under significant pressure to perform. The Springboks at home lifted their game, knowing how fickle their supporters can be. The Wallabies, on the other hand, were awful. They are not the team that they could be. In fact, it was quite frightening to witness, again, just [...]
CAMPO: Quade's rants would mean more if he was in form
28 Sep 2012There’s been a lot of speculation about what happened with Quade Cooper to provoke his outbursts. But one thing is clear: as a playing group, the Wallabies don’t look happy. So Cooper took it upon himself to speak out. Unfortunately for him, the better you play, the more people listen to you. If you’re out [...]
CAMPO: I've tried to help grassroots rugby, to no avail
20 Sep 2012It’s been interesting reading some of the comments on my columns from the armchair experts asking why I talk so much and don’t do something to help Australian rugby at grassroots level. The reality is that I’ve tried and it just wasn’t welcomed. I thought I should give some insight into my unwelcomed efforts over [...]
CAMPO: Keep it simple stupid, and go back to our strengths
13 Sep 2012I know I must sound like a broken record but can anyone tell me what Robbie Deans is doing with the Wallabies? What is he trying to achieve? I have no idea, and I don’t think he has either. After kicking away any decent ball they got on the weekend, somehow Berrick Barnes has been [...]
CAMPO: Where is Australian rugby heading?
7 Sep 2012It’s concerning hearing all the talk about the ARU wanting to control the coaches in Australian rugby. Things haven’t gone their way, but they are still trying to exert their influence everywhere they can. The latest innuendo about Deans coaching the Waratahs is alarming. And has the ARU asked the Waratahs players or the Tahs [...]
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