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How to use decision-making in contact to help your attack
Steven Luatua has become one of the most outstanding technicians in contact work at the ruck in the English Premiersh...
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Deep dives on the modern game from The Rugby Site's contributors and coaches.
Set Piece
‘Skrum, skrum, skrum’ part 2 – what the Boks want to do and how to stop it
RGR series has been rugby’s has been a massive clash of styles. None more so at scrum time. The penalty problem at the scrum has been hig...
Set Piece
Skrum, skrum, skrum: what is the future of the scrum after RGR 3? – part one
Refereeing culture and background clearly make a huge difference to the officiating of the scrum As Nick Bishop expertly illustrates a sp...
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Set Piece
How to beat a bigger team at lineout – part 2
Against the All Blacks in last year’s RWC semi final England only lost two of 20 throws, for a very respectable 90% w...
Attack
How to create depth at attacking rucks
Depth and ‘Verticality’ principles hold true in contact situations after a tackle has been made as Analyst Nick Bisho...
Attack
How the 1-4-4-4-1 can translate to professional level
A lot of these principles of 1-4-4-4-1 make sense in the modern game. Can the principles behind it translate to the ...
Position specific
Halfbacks can be big fellas too
In today’s game at every level, getting the ball off the ground and to a target as quickly and accurately as possible...
Attack
‘Bending the line’ with the blind-side wing & two lines of attack
Analyst Nick Bishop builds on Dave Ellis a simple back door ‘bending the line’ option to a decision-tree with multipl...
Attack
How to create forward-thinking innovation in your set-piece attack
At the start of the 2019 6N tournament Jones predicted the emergence of a ‘new breed of player’ in the evolution of t...
Attack
Bending the Line
‘Bending the line’ in an attack. Analyst Dave Ellis has been intrigued by the term and what it means to an Attack. He...
Attack
Space - the final frontier
Finding space on the field – all 6969 sqm of space and that is not including the in goal, is a challenge for most rug...
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Desde Twickenham: Los pormenores estratégicos del uso del pie en zona de ataque rival utilizados por Inglaterra
Desde que Eddie Jones asumió como head coach a principios del 2016 el equipo de Inglaterra ha disfrutado de los benef...
Attack
Inside England’s red zone kicking game from Twickenham
England have reaped the benefits of probably the best attacking kicking game in the world since Eddie Jones took over...
Attack
How to fake the kick and make the metres on exits
Typically, exit strategy involves the use of the kick, because the boot is the easiest way to move the ball upfield a...
