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Leaked Wallaby email annoys Super coaches
16 May 2013Who leaked the email? Some of Australia’s Super Rugby coaches are annoyed and suspicious their collective Test selections have been revealed four days before the Wallabies’ initial 25-man squad for the Lions series is unveiled on Sunday. The Australian Rugby Union is also mystified as to how an email from Wallabies coach Robbie Deans to [...]
Rugby burnout puts season change on agenda
14 May 2013Super Rugby might have to kick off a month later and play through the June international window without marquee Test stars for the code to solve major burnout issues. New Zealand’s players and All Blacks coach Steve Hansen have shone a spotlight on the 10-month length of the season – in which some can play [...]
Quade hails Reds' Super 100m team try
12 May 2013Many Super Rugby pundits are calling it the try of the year – a sweeping 100m effort that Quade Cooper believes is the best in his seven seasons with Queensland. The Reds produced their most dominant half of rugby since their 2011 title triumph in Friday night’s 32-17 victory over the Sharks, highlighted by Rod [...]
Reds gain revenge over Sharks
11 May 2013The Queensland Reds returned to their razzle-dazzle roots on Friday night to smash their Sharks hoodoo with an uplifting 32-17 Super Rugby victory at Suncorp Stadium. Playmaker Quade Cooper led the way in a scintillating first-half display which virtually put the game beyond reach for the injury-hit South Africans at 29-3. Winger Rod Davies crossed [...]
Shock Reds' move on cards for Ioane
9 May 2013Could Wallabies winger Digby Ioane be a major selection surprise in the centres as Queensland attempts to rework its spluttering Super Rugby attack? A potential shock move closer to the action appears on the cards for the tackle-busting Ioane after Reds coaching boss Ewen McKenzie delayed naming his starting team for Friday night’s clash with [...]
Holmes brings up century for Reds
9 May 2013Reds fans fondly remember Will Genia and his amazing 65m try as the most instrumental part of Queensland’s breakthrough 2011 Super Rugby triumph against the Crusaders, but not coach Ewen McKenzie. For McKenzie, it was stalwart prop Greg Holmes’ unheralded efforts – holding firm against an All Black front-row determined to demolish the maligned Queensland [...]
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