Posts Tagged "Alan Jones"

When Alan Jones took over the Wallaby coaching job in 1984, it became a position of importance virtually overnight.

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It is quite clear Robbie ‘Dingo’ Deans’ efforts as Wallaby coach are not as good as we’d like.

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A recent discussion here on The Roar has got me thinking. A fellow Roarer noted that prior to the 1978 Cornelsen Test, Australia didn’t have a great rugby history against New Zealand.

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Webber should consider Ferrari, says Jones

By AAP, 30 May 2012

 

Australia’s last Formula One world champion Alan Jones has backed a possible move by Mark Webber to Ferrari saying it would inject a “breath of fresh air” into the latter stages of his compatriot’s career.

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There couldn’t be two more different Wallaby coaches over the years than Alan Jones and Robbie Deans. Jones, motivational, excitable, volatile, intense, highly-successful with a 76.67% win record, including the Wallabies only Grand Slam in 1984, and capturing the Bledisloe Cup on Kiwi soil for the first time in 1986.

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Rugby league doesn’t need Mal Meninga’s mighty spray at NSW. Having lowered the Blues’ Origin colours for the sixth successive year, you’d think Meninga would just sit back and bask in the glory. Winners are grinners, and losers can make their own arrangement. But Meninga has covered both bases.

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The most important consideration in selecting a rugby side, and this is the view of Alan Jones, who was an excellent selector, is to get the shape of the side right.

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The voting outcome of the 2009 John Eales Medal, voted for by the players, and for the Australia’s Choice Wallaby of the Year award, voted for by the public online, provides an insight into the mentality and playing strength of the Wallabies as they begin their Spring Tour.

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The ARU’s handout on the selection of the 35-man Wallabies squad for the 2009 Spring Tour, including a grand slam series in the UK, led with the fact that seven uncapped players had been included and also that Robbie Deans has selected a new captain in Rocky Elsom and new vice-captain in Berrick Barnes.

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The chairman of selectors for the Australian cricket team, Andrew Hilditch, has been rabbiting on in the wake of the tremendous victory at Headingley, about how his panel has got the selections “spot on” in this Ashes series, and that Stuart Clark is not guaranteed his place in the side for the fifth Test.

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Teams have their fortress grounds. England are hard to beat at Twickenham. The Wallabies generally win at ANZ Stadium. The Springboks go to Ellis Park when they want a win, although this did not happen against the Lions. The All Blacks have Eden Park, Auckland, as their fortress when a victory is desperately needed.

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Wallabies hooker Stephen Moore has backed an underdone Wycliff Palu to thrive in Saturday’s Tri-Nations opener as Australia attempt to end their 23-year Eden Park hoodoo.

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Webber a better F1 chance in 2010, says Alan Jones

By Laine Clark, 14 Jul 2009

 

The last Australian to win a Formula One world championship – Alan Jones – does not expect compatriot Mark Webber to challenge for the 2009 title despite his breakthrough victory in Germany.

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Webber lives a special day

By AAP, 12 Jul 2009

 

Australian Mark Webber celebrated a “very special day” on Saturday when he grabbed his maiden Formula One pole position ahead of Sunday’s German Grand Prix.

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Like him or loathe him, as I presume Lote Tuqiri now does, it’s clear John O’Neill rules Australian rugby with a firm hand. (I was going to say “he casts a long shadow”, but that is true only very late in the day!)

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They say hindsight gives you a better perspective on things – though this isn’t always the case.

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What do you consider the most heartbreaking losses in the history of Australian rugby? Because I enjoy making lists, here’s my rankings for the most heartbreaking losses in the history of Australian rugby.

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A post by fellow Roarer, Frank O’Keefe, has inspired me to write this article in which I will shamelessly re-write the history of Australian rugby by nominating various teams at chronological intervals, and including those players who defected to league, or retired too early, to get a real job back in the amateur era.

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At the end of the enthralling, emotion-charged Munster 16-All Blacks 18 match, one of the commentators claimed that it was the greatest night of rugby he’d ever experienced. He was not far far off the mark.

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I struggled to select who should be number ten on this list. Chris McKivat came into strong consideration, while Phil Hawthorne was part of an Australian side in the 60s that thrived on its best players remaining as a close-knit unit.

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