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Report Card: The Wallabies
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Match Reaction: NZ 20 – 6 Australia
The Wobs: to quote Dennis Green, “they are who we thought they were.” Continue reading
Has Fate Already Decided?
Danny Blanchflower - loved a bit of fate with his greens and chips
The Mole was recently reminded by a friend who is a Spurs fan that for more than
60 years, every fan of Spurs – Tottenham Hotspur, the English football team – knew that no
matter how bad things were at White Hart Lane, it was only a question of waiting for the
year ending in the numeral 1 and things would be different. Continue reading
At Thixes and Thevens: Australia vs New Zealand
Last Week’s Legacy
If we were to draw conclusions from the quarter finals, its that “out-and-out groundhogs” playing at seven proved hugely important in getting the right result. This was due in part to the interpretation of the referees and in particular the games on the bottom half of the draw. Continue reading
The Wallabies Are In Danger Of Growing Stale. I’m Taking Them Into Strange New Places …
Dingo Deans, his choices strangled by injury problems, has selected a matchday squad that includes three hookers, three scrum-halves and a 35-year old No8 on the wing. This must be the ‘experimental’ fourth album … Continue reading
Cliffy Palu Done And Dusted
Cliffy at his fearsome 2009 best
Australian No8 Wycliff Palu is out of the World Cup. His hamstring tear seems to have been complicated by a history of similar injuries, and the prognosis of a six-week recovery period means that for him, the war is over. Continue reading
George Smith and RWC11
George Smith with his most recent John Eales Medal
Interesting broadcast from Australia’s ABC Grandstand Sport, in which ex-Wallaby coach Eddie Jones, now coach of the epically-named Suntory Sungoliaths, talks about Dingo Deans and why George Smith isn’t at the World Cup … and if he soon will be. Continue reading
Australia v USA Preview
Get used to that feeling, Kurtley
Australia re-enter the fray after the Ireland upset with Will Genia as captain. Dingo Deans has chosen to give game time to a number of players returning from injury, notably Slipper, Mitchell and a slimmed down Cliffie Palu. Polota-Nau could be thrown into that category except he started against Ireland. Scott Higginbotham starts at blindside and has a chance to stake a claim for the 6 jumper. Pocock was unlikely to start this game due to rotation policy but the diggers must have concerns over his fitness. Continue reading
Ireland vs Australia Reaction: Old Soldiers Never Die, They Just Get Dropped by Robbie Deans
Stirling Mortlock and George Smith Catch Up
A lot of Australian fans are hell-bent on blaming Robbie Deans on absolutely everything that goes wrong for the Wallabies: he’s the head-coach, and a Kiwi head coach at that. The Mole just doesn’t subscribe to that. Deans is a good coach. However, he does have some blind spots. Continue reading
Nostradamus Guscott Tells It Like It Was, Is Now, And Forever Shall Be
Jeremy Guscott was known for his razor-sharp incisiveness and inventive lines of running. He brings those attributes to his career in rugby punditry: Continue reading
Digging Like a Demented Mole 