Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has strung together a team to face the Springboks this weekend, following two heavy defeats at the hands of the All Blacks. […]
Posts tagged with: David Pocock
Double change for Cheika
8 Sep 16 10:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 7 Comments
Wallabies drop White & Horwill
21 Aug 15 09:16 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 17 Comments
The Australian World Cup squad has been announced with a few surprise inclusions and omissions, most notable being ex-captain James Horwill. […]
International Team Announcements
13 Aug 15 11:31 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 240 Comments
All three the other Southern Hemisphere teams in action this weekend were announced this morning, with changes all over the place as the coaches use one last match to tinker before the World Cup squads need to be selected. […]
Giteau back in Gold
16 Jul 15 08:13 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 22 Comments
Australian coach Michael Cheika has jumped at the opportunity to include overseas based Matt Giteau for the first match of the Rugby Championship. Two overseas based Australians made the match day 23 after the rules were coincidentally changed earlier this year. […]
Injuries mounting
14 Apr 14 10:49 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | 21 Comments
After 9 rounds of Super Rugby, the biggest and most concerning trend is injuries. I don’t know if anyone has kept an eye on the numbers, but according to a list on the Sanzarrugby.com website the number has now crept up to 89. That is an average of ten injuries per round. Of the 89 there are 15 season ending injuries, including the likes of Culum Retallick, David Pocock, Pierre Spies, Robbie Robinson, Franco van der Merwe, Patrick Lambie and Pieter-Steph du Toit. Incredibly the Stormers make up a massive 13 of these injuries, 7 of those boasting Bok caps, making those injuries all the more painful for a struggling Stormers side. But they are not entirely alone in this boat. […]
Pocock out for the year
5 Mar 14 14:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
The Brumbies have been dealt a bitter blow with the news that start Wallaby flank David Pocock has had to have a second ACL reconstruction operation within a year. […]
Team of the Rugby Championship – Unofficial
17 Oct 13 09:24 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 32 Comments
SANZAR has named an unofficial team of the Rugby Championship on their site, with five South Africans making it onto this list. […]
Smith set to face Lions
2 Jul 13 09:57 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 1 Comment
George Smith might turn out for Australia one last time as it was announced that he is fit and ready to take the field this weekend. […]
Smith starts for Brumbies
14 Mar 13 12:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
George Smith will replace injured David Pocock in the starting line-up as one of five changes to the Brumbies team named to face the Sharks in Durban. […]
Tie me Brumbies down, Sharks
14 Mar 13 09:54 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 7 Comments
The Sharks face the Super Rugby table topping Brumbies from Canberra in a Round 5 match in Durban this weekend. The Brumbies are starting their overseas tour and will also face their first cross conference match of the competition when they face the Sharks at Kings Park. […]
White brings back another Brumbies legend
25 Feb 13 09:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 7 Comments
Jake White has lured another Australian international back to Canberra, after getting his paws on David Pocock in the off season and now getting Clyde Rathbone back on the field of play, White now has the legendary George Smith in his ranks as well. […]
Rathbone starts for Brumbies
14 Feb 13 10:15 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 4 Comments
Clyde Rathbone and Jake White have clearly kissed and made up after the winger was included in the starting line-up of the Brumbies to face the Reds this weekend. […]
Australia lose another for the season
18 Sep 12 10:40 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 3 Comments
Quade Cooper will play no further part in the Rugby Championship, after scans to his knee revealed articular cartilage damage to his right knee, which he picked up in Australia’s win over Argentina this weekend. […]
Another captain on the sidelines
10 Sep 12 08:45 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 4 Comments
Australia’s ‘captain’s curse’ has struck yet again, with the second stand-in captain, Will Genia, suffering a season ending injury, with the Wallabies now looking for their fourth in line leader. […]
From bad to worse for Aussies
20 Aug 12 08:21 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 2 Comments
Australia is set to get a new captain for their second clash against the All Blacks this Saturday, with news filtering through that David Pocock requires surgery to his troublesome knee, and that the flanker will miss the clash. […]