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Latest Articles
How the Wallabies can defeat the 2013 Lions
4 Apr 2013The Wallabies can defeat the 2013 British and Irish Lions. And this is exactly how they can do it. The Strategy: Tactical and overwhelming commercial imperatives dictate that the Wallabies must produce a dominant and attractive series win. Such a win finally stops the rot and decay. It also commences the rebuilding of the code [...]
Brumbies: Simply irresistible
18 Feb 2013The ACT Brumbies were excellent last night, completely outplaying the Queensland Reds. Rugby has very little in common with boxing. However, one similarity is that the effects of pressure in both sports are often cumulative. Repeated blows to the head or body will stop any opponent. The Brumbies applied their pressure throughout the game. The [...]
Was Pretoria a baptism or burial for battered Wallabies?
1 Oct 2012What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Was the brutal bashing of this young and unlucky Wallabies team by a resurgent Springboks the making of them, or will they be scarred for life? It was a strong Springboks team, stronger than the one beaten by the Wallabies three weeks ago. They were at home and [...]
What next for second-best Wallabies?
19 Sep 2012Let’s not forget that the 2012 Wallabies, with some help from their 2011 teammates, are the second-best rugby team in the world. And this is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The third-best team, the Springboks, are in relative disarray and under massive scrutiny from their press and supporters. The first-ranked team, the New [...]
Another gritty but flawed Wallabies performance
17 Sep 2012“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness”, as Charles Dickens commenced his Tale of Two Cities. For the second week in a row, the Wallabies have given their fans a roller coaster performance. Overall, the good well outweighed [...]
Paralympic athletes show us the way
12 Sep 2012From the extraordinary performances by the athletes to the brilliant coverage by the ABC, the Paralympics have shown us the way our athletes should behave on the international stage. I am both proud of their brave performances and embarrassed by my own behaviour when things don’t go to plan, by comparison to the humility and [...]
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