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Emerging nations look to RWC 2015This month has seen attention paid to the top four of the world rankings ahead of next month’s drawn for the 2015 World Cup pools, but as interesting is the battle to be in the top eight, three old school tie unions, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, vying for three places with Argentina and Samoa.
Dan Cole should write out ‘I must pass when I have an overlap’ 500 timesThere is no reason why tight forwards should not recognise overlaps as acutely as backs despite two horrendous blunders during the weekend internationals
Gatland's thinking underminded by injuriesWarren Gatland said after he was named as the Lions coach for next year’s tour to Australia that he would judge players more by how they played in this month’s tangle of Tests in Europe than next year’s Six Nations.
Reasons to be cheerfulWhile some are feeling daunted by the prospect of the busy international fixture list over the coming weeks, I am looking forward to it.
NZ, Oz and Boks must welcome ArgentiniansGraham Henry looks forward to a month of international rugby and wonders what the solution is to the hot topic of player release.
Sam Warburton on The Rugby SiteThe Wales Captain talks about why he decided to join The Rugby Site and what you can expect from his videos.
Too Much of a Good ThingAll the world will arrive in the UK in November but there is a chance that too much rugby will leave us with no time to enjoy the special moments.
Joe Schmidt: Attack Fundamentals TrailerThe former Auckland Blues, Clermont Auvergne and now Leinster coach, delivers an attacking fundamentals training session.
Wales need to look forward for successA big bash is being held in west Wales on Halloween night. Some 1,200 guests will pile into Parc-y-Scarlets for a dinner to mark the 40th anniversary of Llanelli’s victory over the All Blacks.
Was Rugby better for Ruck JusticeMark Reason looks at the ludicrously inconsistent punishments handed out to the players who have targeted Richie McCaw and wonders if the answer is to bring back good old-fashioned rucking.
