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Type of site | Sports News and Community |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Green and Gold Rugby Pty Ltd |
| Editor | Matthew Rowley |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | 2007 |
Green and Gold Rugby is a website "for passionate followers of Australian rugby." [1] It is an Australian Rugby Union website that covers the Wallabies, Super Rugby, Australian club and schoolboy rugby. The contributors are volunteers.
Green and Gold Rugby was founded as a Blogger property by Matt Rowley as an outlet to cover the 2007 Rugby World Cup on 25 May 2007. [2]
The Green and Gold Rugby domain was registered on 20 August 2007, then moved to its own domain, http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com, and migrated to self-hosted WordPress in 2008. [3]
An Australian Rugby Forum known as "The Yellow Scarf", created by Russell Daylight, was merged with Green and Gold Rugby, augmenting the blog with an active forum community on 18 March 2009. [4]
A podcast was launched in November 2010, [5] and celebrated its 100th episode in May 2013 [6]
In 2011 Green and Gold Rugby received media accreditation with the Australian Rugby Union and all five Super Rugby provinces.[ citation needed ]
A Wiki to become known as the Ruggapedia was launched on 18 December 2011. [7]
The site was ranked in The Telegraph's Top 20 Rugby Sites. [8]
Writers for the Fairfax Brisbane Times [9] and Sydney Morning Herald have referenced blog articles from Green and Gold Rugby. These include Queensland Reds Rugby Coach Ewen McKenzie. [10]
Wayne Smith of The Australian has also referenced the site when quoting site contributor Bob Dwyer. [11] Dwyer's blog posts for the site have received press coverage when discussing the Wallabies [12] and the All Blacks. [13]
In October 2010 the BBC.COM website referenced an blog article in relation to Matt Giteau's kicking statistics. [14]
When looking at the Australian Rugby Union attendance figures Wayne Smith referenced the comments from the site when quoting "you wouldn't have seen so much padding (of figures) since your Year 10 formal." [15]
Bob Dwyer was the Australian Wallabies coach from 1982–83, and again from 1988. He coached the Wallabies to victory at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Bob has written 97 articles for Green and Gold Rugby [16]
Julian Huxley played 9 tests for Australia in 2007 scoring 22 points.
Nic White has played for the Brumbies since 2011.
Peter Slattery is a former World Cup winning Wallaby and QLD Reds Captain.
Steve Kefu has 6 Wallaby caps to his name, and stints in the Super Rugby, Top 14, Premiership and Heineken Cup competitions.
Huw Tindall has 0 Wallaby caps to his name, but did make his school's 3rd XV before rupturing his ankle in a nasty pushbike accident. Famous for his rugby knowledge.
The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia. The team first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first test match against the touring British Isles team.
Matthew Coleman Burke is an Australian former international rugby union player and sport presenter on Sydney's 10 News First.
Michael Patrick Thomas Lynagh, AM is an Australian former rugby union player who played mainly as a fly-half. Lynagh represented Australia from 1984 to 1995, playing at both inside centre and fly half. Lynagh was capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995. He was the world points scoring record holder when he retired, with 911 points.
George Smith is a retired Australian rugby union player. He was a flanker for Bristol Bears, though he is more known for his 12 years (2000–10,13) at the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby, earning 142 caps.
Alastair Baxter is an Australian former rugby union footballer. He played his entire professional career with the Waratahs in Super Rugby. He played in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, including the 2003 Final loss to England. Alistair Baxter is a practising architect in Sydney with his wife and three children.
Berrick Steven Barnes is a former Australian professional rugby union footballer. His usual position is fly-half or inside centre. He is currently signed with Japanese Top League club Panasonic Wild Knights, but previously played in the Super Rugby competition with the NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds. He also played for the Wallabies in international matches.
Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney premier grade rugby union competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 32 first grade premierships and six Australian club championships. It is one of the traditional powerhouses of the Shute Shield competition, winning 14 titles from 1978 to 1996. Randwick's colours are myrtle green and the club's home ground is Coogee Oval. In the 1980s the club produced many Wallabies, including the Ella brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including the likes of George Gregan and David Campese. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a Wallaby jersey, and nine have had the honour of captaining their country.
Roderick Ian Macqueen, AM is an Australian former rugby union coach. He coached Australia at the Rugby World Cup, and the Waratahs, Brumbies and Rebels in the Super Rugby competition.
Adam Ashley-Cooper is a former Australian rugby union player who last played for the LA Giltinis of Major League Rugby (MLR). He has won 121 caps for Australia, the third most of any Australia player. His nickname is "Mr. Versatile". He is currently the senior assistant coach for backs with the LA Giltinis.
Stephen Thomas Moore is an Australian former rugby union footballer, who played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and Queensland Reds and has 129 caps for Australia internationally, including 24 tests as captain.
Pat McCabe is a former professional Australian rugby union player, now Lawyer. He played for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby, and Warringah in Sydney, and represented Australia at various age grade levels before a senior debut in 2010. He was a utility player, able to cover inside centre, outside centre, winger or fullback.
Robert Maxwell Deans is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of Japanese club Panasonic Wild Knights. He was head coach of the Australian national team between 2008 and 2013. Deans had previously coached the Crusaders for eight seasons and was an assistant coach of New Zealand between late 2001 and 2003. As the coach of the Crusaders, Deans has won more Super rugby titles than any other. He has also coached Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship, winning the title in 1997. As a player, Deans represented Canterbury, first playing at fly half, and later fullback. He also played nineteen matches for the All Blacks, including five tests.
Kurtley James Beale is an Australian professional rugby union representative player who has made over 90 national representative appearances in a ten-year playing career at the world-class level. He is of Aboriginal descent, has had a long Super Rugby career with the New South Wales Waratahs and has played for the Melbourne Rebels and the Wasps club in England. Beale mainly plays at full-back or centre but can play fly-half or winger. In 2011 Beale received the John Eales Medal, awarded to Australian rugby's Player of the Year.
Quade Santini Cooper is a professional rugby union player and occasional boxer. Although born in New Zealand, he has represented Australia in rugby at international level. He currently plays for Hanazono Liners in Japan, and is a former player for the Queensland Reds and the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competition in Australia. His preferred position is fly-half.
The Melbourne Rebels is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Melbourne. They made their debut in SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. The club shares its name with a former Australian Rugby Championship team, but is unrelated. The team plays home matches at AAMI Park.
Ewen James Andrew McKenzie is an Australian professional rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played for Australia's World Cup winning team in 1991 and earned 51 caps for the Wallabies during his test career. McKenzie was head coach of the Australian team from 2013 to 2014. He has coached in both southern and northern hemispheres, in Super Rugby for the Waratahs and Reds, and in France at Top 14 side Stade Français. During his playing days he was a prop and, in a representative career spanning from 1987 to 1997, he played nine seasons for the NSW Waratahs and two for the ACT Brumbies.
Matthew Papali'i To'omua is an Australian rugby union professional player who has played over 35 times for Australia since 2013. He plays for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby and his usual position is at fly-half or inside centre. He has previously played for the Brumbies in Australia and for Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.
Nicholas James Phipps is an Australian rugby union player who played for the Australia national team and plays for Green Rockets Tokatsu in the Japan Rugby League One competition.
Michael Kent Hooper is an Australian professional rugby union player who is captain of the Australia national team, the Wallabies. His playing position is openside flanker.
The 1991 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand consisted of two matches played by the Wallabies in August 1991.