Tag Archives: Wallabies

Guest Post: The All Blacks – A Mid-Term Report

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Guest Post

DeadBall’s regular guest rugby reporter Jeremy Taylor gives us a mid-term report on the ABs, in his words “a bit like what Marc Hinton has done in [yesterday's] Sunday Star Times, but I actually started last week, so, fuck him, … Continue reading →

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Tri-Nations Guest Post: ”If You Want to Run With the Big Dogs, You Have to Lift Your Leg”

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Guest Post

If the Springboks’ two heavy defeats in New Zealand gave their ‘bonkers’ coach Peter de Villiers cause to believe his team were the victims of some form of conspiracy, their third consecutive Tri-nations defeat, this time to the unfancied Wallabies … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: DeadBall Predicts the All Blacks

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Guest Post

It really hasn’t been as bad as it might have been. Despite being nought from three against the Boks (easily the world’s best side at present), we have retained the Bledisloe, and are 3-zip over the Australians in 09. And, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Worth a Crack, Nigel

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Guest Post

Worth a crack, Nigel… For a town as infamously dull as Hamiltron, this was a thrilling game of football. Needing to win and prevent the Boks from scoring a bonus point to keep the Tri Nations alive, and preferably gain … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Stayin’ Alive

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Duncan

Thanks to an astonishing form turnaround from the Wallabies, and the familiar traveling woes of the Boks, the All Blacks find themselves in a position where, despite their own struggles this year, they are still in contention to win the … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: The Cavalry Arrives (Too Late?)

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Duncan

It was a win born of necessity, rather than of the All Blacks’ tactical and physical supremacy, but in the context of this year’s Tri-Nations, it will just about do, and the obvious glee with which Graham Henry greeted the … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Dance of the Desperates

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Duncan

This week’s Bledisloe showdown in Sydney is shaping up as a huge matchup, in which a number of reputations may be salvaged or irreparably damaged – not least of which those of head coaches Graham Henry and Robbie Deans. Both … Continue reading →

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Guest post: None Step Up – Two Steps Back

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Guest Post

From bad to worse, the All Blacks contrived to concede two out of two to South Africa at home, with the chief culprits being a lack of discipline, poor execution of basic skills, and poor option taking under pressure from … Continue reading →

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