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Name: Adam Ashley-Cooper Nick names: Coopy, Coops DOB: 27/03/1984 Super Rugby Team: Waratahs Representative: Wallabies Caps: 77 Twitter: @AdamCoopy What got you into rugby? I was playing league from when I was 6 to about 14. The team I was with folded and the next closest league team wasn’t accepting [...]
Wallabies star David Pocock signed with the Brumbies in July this year and was a major coup for the Super Rugby franchise. In this fantastic interview series, he talks about a range of important stages in his life, opens up on his political views, divulges his love for history and talks about his own charity, [...]
Currenlty travelling with the Russian Bears for the Summer Internationals, Melbourne Rebels Adam Byrnes caught up with his teammate Misha Babaev to talk about all things rugby. Name: Misha Babaev Nickname: Babay (because of his name) D.O.B. 19/01/86 Club Team: VVA Podmoskovje – Moscow Region Representative: Russia National team both xv and 7’s General Rugby [...]
Currenlty travelling with the Russian Bears for the Summer Internationals, Melbourne Rebels Adam Byrnes caught up with his teammate Victor Gresev to talk about all things rugby. Name: Victor Gresev Nickname(s): Piter (because he is from ST Petersburg) DOB: 31/03/86 Club Team: Just finished at London Wasps – Now in negotiations with other clubs Representative: [...]
Sam Carter joined the Brumbies in 2011 and made his debut against the Rebels that same year. Since then he has been an integral part of the Brumbies squad and has made his presence known throughout the 2012 season, I’m tipping ‘The Caboose’ makes Wallabies selection next year. Now Sam talks to me about all [...]
Guy Shepherdson joined the Reds in 2011 after seven-years at the Brumbies, where he earned 70 Super Rugby caps and a Super Rugby title. He brought some much needed front row experience to the Reds and was rewarded with the move when they won the Super Rugby championship in the same year. Making his Wallabies [...]
Rugby legend Enrique TOPO Rodriguez is the only triple Rugby Union International player having represented Argentina, Australia and Tahiti. Most notably he was a member of the 1984 Grand Slam / 1986 Bledisloe Cup winning Wallaby teams. TOPO was kind enough to talk to me about all things rugby. Name: Enrique TOPO Rodríguez [...]
Petrus du Plessis has gone from playing Championship rugby for Nottingham to winning the AVIVA Premiership title with Saracens in a relatively short amount of time. Joining Saracens in March 2009, the South African born Tighthead prop is living the dream! A qualified physiotherapist, he is currently making his way back after sustaining a frightening injury [...]
Retiring from professional rugby in 2006, Joe Roff is one of the most capped players in Australian Rugby history. With a rugby career spanning more than a decade, his impressive line of credits include playing in three Rugby World Cups, including Australia’s victory in 1999, winning the Tri Nations in 2000 and 2001 and completing [...]
We recently caught up with ex England Captain Fran Cotton to hear his thoughts on the upcoming 6 nations, the game back in his day and his advice to anyone new to the game. Name: Fran Cotton DOB: 01/03/1947 Position: Tight-head prop National Teams: England Caps: 31 What’s your view on the new [...]
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