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Attack, Attack and More Attack
The notion of the contest is becoming more difficult for the defensive side to manage in all areas of the game. Nick Bishop explores how ...
How the repeat involvement theory is stacking up for number 9’s
The use of the “spare man” in the backline has been debated since the dawn of the professional era. Using France’s current defensive syst...
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The flat or short ball to the ‘forward’, and the ball out of the back door to another back-line distributor, which is...
In part 2 of this series, with the pre-dominance of kicking, Nick considers the movement towards full-backs who offer...
Kicking ability out of hand and off the tee is this week’s focus in the 1st of 2 articles, as Analyst Nick Bishop loo...
How are the golf swing and goal kick connected? Analyst Nick Bishop looks at the effect top golf and kicking coach D...
En el Rugby Championship 2021, el contraruck tuvo un resurgimiento inesperado siendo el cambio de leyes un desfibrila...
Since the introduction of the new guidelines at the tackle area in June 2020 and the production of increasingly quick...
In the recently-concluded Rugby Championship, the counter-ruck responded positively to the jolt given by the law-maki...
The new rules around goal-line dropouts may already have some subtle, but far-reaching effects as Nick Bishop details...
En la copa del mundo 2019, los All Blacks utilizaron el mismo sistema de ataque que no funciono vs Inglaterra en la s...
At the 2019 RWC the All Blacks ran the same attack and came unstuck against England in the semi final. analyst Nick B...
By holding the receiver in the air for as long as possible, the receiving team forces the kick-chase either to mistim...
Do you know how many phases of play your team does for each sequence of play? How many sequences of play occur in a ...
