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GREG GROWDEN
Waratahs find themselves in a whole Lote trouble
Saturday, July 4, 2009THE cash-strapped Waratahs, who have just lost their biggest drawcard, Lote Tuqiri, will have to search overseas for attacking players to bolster their dwindling back-line stocks next season.
RUPERT GUINNESS
Wallabies get les thumbs up from Traille
Monday, June 29, 2009THE Wallabies will be right in the mix to challenge for this year's Tri Nations trophy, says French superstar Damien Traille after Les Bleus' 22-6 loss to Australia at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.
Regular Experts
SPIRO ZAVOS
Deans raises Australia's IQ
FROM where I was on Saturday, high up in the stands at ANZ Stadium and at the other end of the field, it looked to me that the French player was onside when he intercepted a pass from Luke Burgess and raced away for a certain try. Certain, that is, until English referee Dave Pearson ruled an offside allowing Matt Giteau to kick an easy penalty.
JOHN CONNOLLY
Young but seasoned - this side may be great
AUSTRALIAN Rugby has had, perhaps, three golden eras and I feel we could be on the cusp of another.
PHIL WILKINS
Selection puts Hodgson on more secure footing
WALLABIES squad back-rower Matt Hodgson always knew he was between a rock and a cliff face, somewhere on the brink as opposed to the security of his long-term Australian teammates, Rocky Elsom and Wycliff Palu.
MARC HINTON
Boks continue to win in spite of their coach
Good old Peter de Villiers strikes again. Now here's a man who makes Mathieu Bastareaud seem positively sane, the Springboks coach outdoing even his own high standards of foot-in-mouth syndrome with his latest outburst.
DUNCAN JOHNSTONE
Brits link NZ to Lions' latest 'injustice'
Tana Umaga's alleged spear tackle on Brian O'Driscoll has raised its ugly ahead again as the British media question the latest injustice and New Zealand's influence on it hitting the 2009 Lions in South Africa.
PHIL LUTTON
Deans warns Reds of regrets
Robbie Deans stopped short of holding Hugh McMeniman and Digby Ioane down and stapling a Reds jersey to their backs. But only just.
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