Young Wallabies flanker Michael Hooper will attempt to replicate David Pocock's heroic World Cup quarter-final performance when he lines up in Saturday night's Rugby Championship clash with South Africa in Perth.
Pocock was at his pilfering best against the Springboks at last year's World Cup, with his dominant display at the breakdown lifting Australia to an unlikely 11-9 victory despite the Boks dominating the match.
With Pocock nursing a knee injury that has ruled him out of the remainder of the Rugby Championship, 20-year-old Hooper knows he has big shoes to fill as the Wallabies attempt to win the crucial breakdown battle against the Springboks.
The Boks have opted against using a specialist openside flanker in recent games in the injury-enforced absence of their specialist Heinrich Brussow and Hooper senses that creates an opportunity.
But he is also bracing himself for a physical battering from the bigger-bodied Springboks who played 194cm tall Jacques Potgieter in the openside No.,nike air max shoes are the immortal Nike creation.7 jersey in their last-start, 16-all draw in Argentina.
"I guess when you're going for a turnover or putting your head in the breakdown, they come in flying," Hooper said on Wednesday.
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"They probably will be a step or two (slower) than if they were playing a traditional seven.
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Hooper grew up idolising Wallabies great George Smith, and said the 32-year-old gave him a call recently to wish him all the best when he replaced the injured Pocock for the last Test loss to the All Blacks.
"It was nice to hear from a legend like him," Hooper said. "He gave me some little words of wisdom about what to expect.
"I got to spend his last year in Australia with him down at the Brumbies and I learned a lot off him.
"He's a great bloke off the field as well as player on."
The Wallabies have recalled fullback Kurtley Beale for Saturday's match, while Adam Ashley-Cooper reverts to outside centre after the more defence-oriented Rob Horne was dropped from the squad altogether.
No.8 Radike Samo replaces Scott Higginbotham in the starting line-up, although Higginbotham is expected to play the bulk of the second half.
The Wallabies have won their past four games against South Africa,air jordan for cheap but coach Robbie Deans said that winning run would count for little ahead of their latest encounter.
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2011年3月8日星期二
John Lobb Inspired Footwear made by Gaziano and Girling exclusively for Bespoke-England
A pair of classic gentleman's shoes play a vital role in making the first impression both in the personal or business sense. Men's shoes are currently manufactured by hundreds of companies worldwide, with English footwear manufacturers like John Lobb and Gaziano Girling making it to the elite list in the global up-market shoe industry.
When it comes to English footwear, Nick Anderson of Bespoke England England Ltd. has supplied and fitted the biggest names in bootmaking in London and Northampton: John Lobb, Edward Green, Crockett & Jones, and more recently, the fine English shoe brand, Gaziano & Girling.
To celebrate the opening of its newest shop in Uppingham, Bespoke England Ltd. is excited to announce two new shoe styles by Gaziano Girling – the ‘Uppingham' and the ‘Oakham'. These shoes have been specially commissioned and are exclusive to Bespoke England. These products embrace the high specification of John Lobb in terms of quality and craftsmanship, but are available in more diverse selections.
The ‘Oakham' is based on the John Lobb ‘Chapel' double monk strap shoe. The John Lobb ‘Chapel' is a single whole cut shoe, whereas the Gaziano and Girling ‘Oakham' from Bespoke England is a combination monk strap shoe, called ‘combination' because there is the option to use two different materials in the construction. While the ‘Chapel' is only available in very limited colours, the ‘Oakham' may be ordered in over 35 different colours including suedes, grains and exotic skins.
The ‘Uppingham,' on the other hand, is comparable to another John Lobb shoe: the ever popular ‘Vintage 2002'. The Uppingham is a two-tie Derby shoe with hand-stitched detail, and the ‘Uppingham' can also be made as a combination shoe, which, according to Nick Anderson, "allows for a wide range of choice that is just not available from other high-end brands.”
At this new shop in Uppingham, Rutland, Nick Anderson holds healthy stock of ready-to-wear shoes by Gaziano Girling – although custom made shoes do permit greater choice it involves waiting for the order to be completed. For customers with specialist requirements in either size or materials, Bespoke England Ltd. are also able to offer hand- and bench-made bespoke shoes from highly skilled craftsmen at Gaziano and Girling – so chosen for their outstanding craftsmanship, attention to detail and pride in their finished product.
When it comes to English footwear, Nick Anderson of Bespoke England England Ltd. has supplied and fitted the biggest names in bootmaking in London and Northampton: John Lobb, Edward Green, Crockett & Jones, and more recently, the fine English shoe brand, Gaziano & Girling.
To celebrate the opening of its newest shop in Uppingham, Bespoke England Ltd. is excited to announce two new shoe styles by Gaziano Girling – the ‘Uppingham' and the ‘Oakham'. These shoes have been specially commissioned and are exclusive to Bespoke England. These products embrace the high specification of John Lobb in terms of quality and craftsmanship, but are available in more diverse selections.
The ‘Oakham' is based on the John Lobb ‘Chapel' double monk strap shoe. The John Lobb ‘Chapel' is a single whole cut shoe, whereas the Gaziano and Girling ‘Oakham' from Bespoke England is a combination monk strap shoe, called ‘combination' because there is the option to use two different materials in the construction. While the ‘Chapel' is only available in very limited colours, the ‘Oakham' may be ordered in over 35 different colours including suedes, grains and exotic skins.
The ‘Uppingham,' on the other hand, is comparable to another John Lobb shoe: the ever popular ‘Vintage 2002'. The Uppingham is a two-tie Derby shoe with hand-stitched detail, and the ‘Uppingham' can also be made as a combination shoe, which, according to Nick Anderson, "allows for a wide range of choice that is just not available from other high-end brands.”
At this new shop in Uppingham, Rutland, Nick Anderson holds healthy stock of ready-to-wear shoes by Gaziano Girling – although custom made shoes do permit greater choice it involves waiting for the order to be completed. For customers with specialist requirements in either size or materials, Bespoke England Ltd. are also able to offer hand- and bench-made bespoke shoes from highly skilled craftsmen at Gaziano and Girling – so chosen for their outstanding craftsmanship, attention to detail and pride in their finished product.
2011年3月6日星期日
Asheville men's dance festival celebrates male performers
There are only two rules for participants in the Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre's Men's Dance Festival, returning Friday-Sunday.
You must dance. And you must be a man, according to dancer and director Giles Collard.
This results in a wild mix of ages and experience, from amateur to professional, as well as styles of dance performed, from belly dancing to break dancing. The festival pieces are probably best described as performance art rather than traditional dance acts.
"It's a great, fun festival," Collard said. "I would say that most of the pieces in the festival are humorous."
That's been the tone of the festival since it began in 2002. Organizers are even having fun with the "men-only" concept during intermission. They serve those stereotypically masculine munchies — wings — with beer.
Collard, who also teaches dance, took a three-year break from producing the festival because of his other commitments through Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and is happy to return the event to the stage.
This year, 20 men will be dancing, singing and producing performance art. Local festival participants include Joe Mohar, tap dancer; Jim Julien, performance artist and puppeteer; and Collard and Douglas Haynes performing some of their humorous duets.
They will do "Shoes," which has become "the mascot piece of the festival," Collard said. "It is so athletic; we are literally bouncing off the walls. It is so funny."
The dancers wear shoes on their hands and charge at each other like bulls, Collard noted.
He was inspired to start the festival after traveling all over the world with the ACDT and finding almost every dance troupe consisting mostly of female dancers.
"It would always be like 60 women and one to six guys on stage," he said. "The only place was Cuba, where there were as many men as women."
And it's not that there aren't male dancers out there who want to perform, Collard said. "We have such good dancers in town," he said.
For each festival, Collard does a weekly workshop for usually about six weeks before the performances. "I do an abstract class with a concept that (participants) have to develop. … They create their own phrases, and then every night we create a different piece of choreography," he said. A couple of these pieces will appear in the festival.
The event has also helped inspire men in the audience to pursue dance.
"It's also motivating," Collard said. "I teach a boy's class and men's workshops. I have had quite a few men that saw the festival and got involved in my classes."
You must dance. And you must be a man, according to dancer and director Giles Collard.
This results in a wild mix of ages and experience, from amateur to professional, as well as styles of dance performed, from belly dancing to break dancing. The festival pieces are probably best described as performance art rather than traditional dance acts.
"It's a great, fun festival," Collard said. "I would say that most of the pieces in the festival are humorous."
That's been the tone of the festival since it began in 2002. Organizers are even having fun with the "men-only" concept during intermission. They serve those stereotypically masculine munchies — wings — with beer.
Collard, who also teaches dance, took a three-year break from producing the festival because of his other commitments through Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and is happy to return the event to the stage.
This year, 20 men will be dancing, singing and producing performance art. Local festival participants include Joe Mohar, tap dancer; Jim Julien, performance artist and puppeteer; and Collard and Douglas Haynes performing some of their humorous duets.
They will do "Shoes," which has become "the mascot piece of the festival," Collard said. "It is so athletic; we are literally bouncing off the walls. It is so funny."
The dancers wear shoes on their hands and charge at each other like bulls, Collard noted.
He was inspired to start the festival after traveling all over the world with the ACDT and finding almost every dance troupe consisting mostly of female dancers.
"It would always be like 60 women and one to six guys on stage," he said. "The only place was Cuba, where there were as many men as women."
And it's not that there aren't male dancers out there who want to perform, Collard said. "We have such good dancers in town," he said.
For each festival, Collard does a weekly workshop for usually about six weeks before the performances. "I do an abstract class with a concept that (participants) have to develop. … They create their own phrases, and then every night we create a different piece of choreography," he said. A couple of these pieces will appear in the festival.
The event has also helped inspire men in the audience to pursue dance.
"It's also motivating," Collard said. "I teach a boy's class and men's workshops. I have had quite a few men that saw the festival and got involved in my classes."
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