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Like many rugby tragics, I have been waiting in anticipation for the selection of the Wallabies squad. So far Joe Schmidt has been clear that he wants to select a team that comes primarily from local Super Rugby Pacific players and that he puts a… Read More »Crunching the numbers to choose an objective Wallabies form XV from Super Rugby Pacific

With 114 out of 207 home and away games now ticked off, we find ourselves in a new phase of the season. The hopeful, the patient, the philosophical – those cheerful characters once so prevalent – have all but disappeared. In their place, seemingly at… Read More »After a round chock-full of controversy, it’s time to get angry… because the coaches aren’t allowed to be

The Rebels are dead! Long live the Rebels! The proverbial bell has tolled, the curtain has come down; and the Melbourne Rebels, Rugby Australia’s most recent franchise is no more. Despite the talk of rallying against the dying of the light and having nothing to… Read More »Learning from the Rebels’ mistakes: How to grow the game beyond Australia’s traditional rugby ‘hotspots’