By Paul Cook with Brett Sheehan The Western Force went into the 2011 season with a fresh lick of paint as Richard Graham moved up the ranks to replace departing foundation head coach John Mitchell in the hot seat. For scrumhalf Brett Sheehan, the year was a chance to cement his starting spot, hopefully push [...]

By Paul Cook with Pat McCabe The final part of our ACT Brumbies 2011 season review is with utility back and Wallaby hero Pat McCabe. The 23yr old backed up his stellar first season in Super Rugby with a year of consistently high performances which saw him move from full-back to inside centre and earn [...]

By Paul Cook with Ben Hand The second part of our look at the ACT Brumbies 2011 season is with lock Ben Hand. A consistent performer, the hardworking 29yr old featured in every match across the season, taking his Super Rugby caps tally over the half century mark. Having started his rugby journey at the [...]

By Paul Cook with Ben Alexander The ACT Brumbies came into 2011 with high hopes of a finals charge but a poor start – which brought about a coaching reshuffle – and key players missing through injury, all conspired to leave them at the wrong end of the ladder. Part One of our look back [...]

By Paul Cook with Nick Phipps We close our Rebels review of 2011 with one of the young guns of Australian rugby – Nick Phipps. Just under two years ago, he was a promising but undiscovered half-back, hidden from view in the third tier of Sydney’s club competition in the colours of Sydney University. After [...]

By Paul Cook with Mark Gerrard Part Two of our look back at the Rebels inaugural season is with utility back, former Brumby legend and 24 cap Wallaby, Mark Gerrard. One of the feel good stories of the year, Gerrard returned from a stint in Japan and a 4 year hiatus from his country’s colours [...]

By Paul Cook with Tim Davidson With World Cup fever well and truly over for another 4 years, all focus in the Southern Hemisphere now switches to the upcoming Super Rugby competition. 2011 was a big year for the competition and in particular, the Australian contingent. It heralded the arrival of Super Rugby’s newest team [...]

By Paul Cook Part Two – The Waratahs, Scrum Talk and The Future… In Part One of this exclusive interview with the former Waratah and Wallaby prop, Al told us which players he admired and respected across his career and covered his record breaking time with the national side. In Part Two, he looks back [...]

By Paul Cook Part One – Best of the Rest, The Wallabies and ‘That Game’ When the NSW Waratahs forwards pack down for their first scrum of the 2012 Super Rugby season in a little under a month’s time, they will be missing a significant amount of the intellectual property and experience they have had [...]