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He has written seven books on rugby, and has contributed to Radio New Zealand as a sports analyst. Looking for a job? Back to Profile. Photos Works. Main Photo Add photo. School period Add photo. It is inevitable that a number 7 slows down and becomes less dynamic after playing a long stint in Super Rugby and Test rugby.

Richie McCaw started out as a tearaway, try-scoring number 7. I saw him score several tries for a NZ Junior side against an England side in a curtain-raiser before an All Blacks — Springboks match at Christchurch. But as his career went on and after the inevitable injuries and knocks, he slowed down. When this happened, he re-designed his game, rather like Michael Jones.

In this re-designed style, he was effective in different ways from when he came into the All Blacks as a youngster. His last Test, the Rugby World Cup final in was one of his finest matches but in a different mode to, say, his first Test against Ireland when he turned on a terrific second half, won the Match of the Match award and help turn a large points deficit against the All Blacks into a victory.

The point here is that Hooper is at the point of his career when he should be maturing his game to be as effective as he was when he was younger. The point of my article was to point out that Rugby Australia has still not honoured its commitment to the Christian players to set out what is acceptable to say publicly about their beliefs, and what is not acceptable to the organisation and RUPA — and, presumably, its sponsors.

Hopefully we will meet up again at Eastgate and have a chat about the things that matter in life, rugby issues. See you soon. I learn more about rugby and life matters from readers than I do from my fellow rugby journalists.

There is no indication in the new alliance announcement that Emirates has desisted from its policy, shared with Etihad, of not employing gays. I read them all and take in all the new facts and interesting insights that are invariably raised in them.

That second sentence should read: I did not play for New Zealand or Australia on the sporting field. Does this count in the bet?

DaveJ, that photo of Bradman and Cowdrey you have sent in is interesting.. The more I look at these two grips the more I see a sort of golf-overlapping grip by Cowdrey, allowing to the two hands to work as one, and a sort of two-handed baseball grip by Bradman, allowing either hand but especially the bottom hand to be the dominate hand.

Richard, there was no antagonism to South Africans in my use of the Herbert Sutcliffe statistic. I wanted to contrast the highest averages of a batsman playing over 50 Tests. Herbert Sutcliffe, after Steve Smith, has the third best batting average in this category. Like you and Don Bradman and many thousands of cricket lovers I believe that Graeme Pollock was the greatest left-hand batsman of all time.

Spiro Zavos Expert. Spiro Zavos. At last, some good news for Australian rugby. Older Submissions. The Wrap: reasons why Waratahs coach Rob Penney must be left alone. View Comment. Just saying …. No changing of the guard, but hard selection calls required for Australia. These are questions that the cricket media need to put to Smith and Paine.

Why Tim Paine's sledging leaves such a bitter taste. Left wing, perhaps. Why the Wallabies need their big winger back. The siege on Castle in review. He fell cheaply to Frank Tyson twice in a heavy loss by an innings within two days. He moved to Australia in the s and is now known for his rugby writing, having written several books on the subject, and as a rugby journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald. Matches Schedule Points Table Report.

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Nothing, if you believe the culture of denial from the Wallabies. Please try again later. The Sydney Morning Herald.