The winningest semi-finalist of them all
Identify the pairs: Wales and Australia; New Zealand and Scotland; France and England; South Africa and New Zealand; France and New Zealand; Argentina and France. Continue reading
Grey Man Pat McCabe is in the Wallaby starting line-up to face the Springboks in the quarter-final. Continue reading
... and that's about it. Of course, on the day there'll be a bunch of other guys in front of us, but I reckon we can take them.
Has the World Cup thrown Australia’s first Tri-Nations win in a decade into a different perspective? Yes. Do their back-to-back victories over South Africa in that tournament have any bearing on the upcoming RWC11 quarter final between the two teams? No. Continue reading
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 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
So, if this works, how do you want to share the credit?
A phone rings, somewhere in the south of France
<tchtch-ing, tchtch-ingg; tchtch-ing, tchtch-ingg> (cash register style) Continue reading
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
M*A*S*H/Wallaby HQ
The Wobblies put a hurting on Eddie O’Sullivan’s Eagles in Wellington, running away with an eleven tries to one victory after a competitive first half hour. Continue reading
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
The Mole has been pretty surprised by the attitude of quite a few Aussie fans: Continue reading
Digging Like a Demented Mole 