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May 26, 2001

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Australian Rugby Championship Set To Thrill The World

Much like a four-year-old who needs to go to the toilet, the Australian Rugby community is just bursting with nervous excitement and anticipation at the imminent start of the inaugural Australian Rugby Championship (ARC). Rugby aficionados in Australia have long dreamt of the much promised but never realised 'third tier' of professional Rugby in this country, a competition of ferocious and hard-fought battles between men proud to represent their region even if they've never been there before. So in an effort to say "I told you so", the Rolling Maul looks into the tea leaves (not literally - the Rolling Maul only has access to instant coffee) to predict how the eight teams will go in their quest to become the first, and possibly only ever, winner of the ARC - the pinnacle of Australian Rugby (except for the World Cup, the Bledisloe, Tri-Nations, Lions Tours, Super 14, the Shute Shield, my local subbies comp and whatever it is that they play for in Brisbane). The Me...

Whining About the New Wallabies Jersey

Greg Chappell models the new Wallabies jersey So the new Wallabies jersey is yellow. And looks like a soccer shirt. And doesn’t have a collar. And looks like a bird that’s eaten too much spinach has shat stars on the right shoulder. And if it’s cold you’ll be able to see the player’s nipples. And the socks dry 8 times as quick as normal socks (good for the mums?). So what?

Brumby Backline More Likely To Bang Than Burst

Only The Rolling Maul's Overrated vs Underrated system of measuring likely match results predicted the closeness of the Waratahs match vs the Rebels . At three tries a piece it was pretty spot on even if the actual scoreboard indicated a Tahs win that should have been much more comfortable than it was. This week it's the Brumbies under the Maul's microscope as they're next in line for a Waratahs whooping. Or are they?

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