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Any way you look at it, the Wallabies were totally outclassed by a bigger, hungrier side. They were scraped through the mincer a couple…
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A winning percentage of 67.86% appears to be ‘the natural order of things’.
Are the All Blacks arrogant? No way!
Mortlock isn’t that player anymore.
Stirling Mortlock a World Cup bolter for the Wallabies?
The Waratahs XV is the greatest collection of individual rugby talent that has ever taken the field my good man. Led by the charismatic Phil Waugh and coached by the mastermind Phil Hickey, the Waratahs will sweep all before them.
Life is about to start for the Melbourne Rebels
Not at all. I confidently predict that not only will the Waratahs set a new record by scoring a thousand points before half time, but the end result will be SANZAR renaming the competition the Super14 as they kick the Rebels back to subbies! :p
Looking forward to it!
Cipriani on the bench for the Rebels
As I said here: Philanthropy as part of a contractual duty is not philanthropy. The majority of the time it’s an obligation of the player by the club and league ‘working on their brand’, looking for good PR.
AFLPA rejects Costello comments
‘why not lend their image and the same amount of their time to an established charity?’
Precisely. The more donated dollars get divided amongst charities and research bodies, the less research and charitable acts that can be undertaken.
AFLPA rejects Costello comments
Thanks for the link to the article Temba. I’m interested to see what innovations they try to bring to the field, although I did like Hickey’s response: ‘If they want to play AFL or league that’s fine; we’re turning up to play rugby’.
Cipriani on the bench for the Rebels
It must be. Either he is injured, not measuring up to the hype or it is an attitude problem because Hilgendorf is a journeyman.
Cipriani on the bench for the Rebels
I am astonished at the gross misrepresentations of what is a straight forward article. Then again, given the people who have leapt on a twitter induced ride of hysteria, it’s small wonder how it has erupted – barely literate footballer incapable of comprehending English, an education system failing its students and people too lazy to read the article. I agree with the crux of Costello’s piece; that being sportsmen who put themselves forward as philanthropists cannot complain if people decide to carefully scrutinise their reputation. That being good at one skill doesn’t necessarily translate to another.
Philanthropy as part of a contractual duty is not philanthropy. The majority of the time it’s an obligation of the player by the club and league ‘working on their brand’, looking for good PR.
How did Peter Costello get it so wrong?
I sincerely doubt disinterested viewers really care what geographic location teams come from, let alone possessing the ability to point on a map where ‘Jo’Burg’ or ‘Pretoria’ actually is.
World Cup guides New Zealand Rugby handbook
Ditto. Without rugby, I doubt I’d have ever bothered getting Foxtel.
Super Rugby: the Great Invisible Tournament
Macqueen knows what he is talking about. Put your house on the Tahs! Safest bet ever.
Waratahs are the team to beat, says Macqueen
FIFA’s model of geographic conferences makes sense for soccer; it’s proliferation across the globe and the nature of the game, whereby an average team can enter damage limitation mode against a better team.
This doesn’t work in rugby where blowouts can occur between the best teams in the world. A match between the All Blacks and Hong Kong would be little more than 80mins of tackling practise for one team and a complete waste of time for the other. The All Blacks would get more out of a training session.
The IRB has implemented a range of tiered and age group competitions to ensure the development of rugby suitably targeted to the participants.
IRB should run rugby like FIFA runs football
“something to do with” is not the same as “are”. Hope that helps.
World Cup guides New Zealand Rugby handbook
He’s the sort of thing that gives Quade Cooper nightmares.
South African team will win Super Rugby 2011
A great deal of their decline is attributable to the loss of Fourie du Preez – he is that good. His decision making and execution were a cut above other players in his position in 2009. There’s life left in Bakkies and Matfield, who will have to be at their best to stave off the challenges of the younger locks. A fit Brussow would also have been a major point of difference. If he was fit in 2010 you can guarantee everybody wouldn’t have been talking about only Pocock as a snaffler extraordinaire.
The improvements in the All Blacks results were not all of their own making. In a number of tests last year they were actually quite ordinary for extended periods. It certainly helps your chances of victory when you play against two of the best teams in the world with a numerical advantage for a period of time. Admittedly good teams win while playing poorly, but they aren’t that far ahead of the competition. The Wallabies? Well they’re still playing in fits and starts, but the troughs don’t appear to be quite as deep.
South African team will win Super Rugby 2011
Well said Gavin
The Blues look settled with outstanding players in key positions. Brent has the talent and is developing the temperament to shine at Super level. Now that they don’t have donkeys like Laveatory, the backline just might show how dangerous they can be – especially with Toeava and Ranger.
As for the no.8 – are you referring to Peter Saili? I thought he had a great ITM Cup.
South African team will win Super Rugby 2011
Youngs has owned Genia since age grade. Short of a fit Fourie du Preez he’s the best scrum half running around world rugby.
A 2010/2011 World XV rugby team
That contribution isn’t fact. I’m happy to address him as a drug cheat as soon as he is proven to be. Proven, not accused.
What if Lance Armstrong is found guilty of doping?
ATSI makes up over 2% of Australia’s population. (abs.gov.au)
If they have a participation rate of ~11% in the AFL, that is remarkably similar to the relative proportion of African Americans within the NFL (~13% of the population and ~70% of the players).
I agree that the NFL is doing marvellous work combating racism for Polynesians by offering them jobs based on their athletic ability, just like the AFL is doing for Aboriginals…
McLeod to spruik AFL's racism policy to UN
‘The article mentions the percentage of indigenous participation in the AFL, and the article pretty much focuses on indigenous matters.’
An article talking about the experience of an Aboriginal and the progress of a code in addressing racism is going to mention indigenous experiences in combating racism within the code. That you need this pointed out to you is baffling.
‘Jerry said a higher percentage of Afro-americans play NFL.’
And they do. Are you contesting that they suffered from racism? You know, the reason Andrew McLeod ‘flying to Geneva to address a United Nations forum on racism in sport‘?
‘I said Afro-Americans are not indigenous, so it was silly to point to their participation numbers in the NFL.’
Once again: The issue is racism in sport. Indigenous people in Australia suffer(ed) from racism. Same with African American people in the USA, who suffered endemic racism.
McLeod to spruik AFL's racism policy to UN
The common factor is Stephen Larkham.
Lions embarrass ACT Brumbies in Canberra