Leadership & Management
Game-planning for natural weaknesses
Sir Graham Henry suggests that a plan can start with the identification of what he calls ‘natural weaknesses’ in the ...
Insight & analysis
Articles
Deep dives on the modern game from The Rugby Site's contributors and coaches.
Attack
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 ...
Defence
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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News & Opinions
The prospect of the Six Nations never fails to lift the gloom
The prospect of the Six Nations never fails to lift the gloom that can descend as quickly as the sun at this time of ...
News & Opinions
Reviewing the Autumn International - Part 2
Looking at each team in isolation does not give a true reflection on their realistic performance, only a perception o...
News & Opinions
Coaches must lead quest to change collision culture
A spate of dismissals have hogged the headlines in recent weeks, and often divided opinion, with referees determined ...
Leadership & Management
Why the Celts are rising again in the European Champions Cup
It appeared to be all over for the Celtic Nations when the Heineken Cup morphed into the European Champions Cup in Oc...
News & Opinions
Perception versus reality regarding Wales’ performance during the Autumn Internationals
Looking at each team in isolation does not give a true reflection on their realistic performance, only a perception o...
Leadership & Management
Why England are reaching a winning consensus
Dwight D. Eisenhower once defined leadership as “the art of getting someone to do something you want done because he ...
News & Opinions
Argentina still on the rise after a massive year
As the dust settles on an historic year for Argentina rugby that saw their introduction into Super Rugby, Argentina R...
Set Piece
The importance of restarts
With the current trend towards high-scoring games, leading analyst Nick Bishop looks at how own-ball kick-offs have e...
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Defence
Two-stepping your way out of trouble!
How do teams beat aggressive high line-speed defences? Leading analyst Nick Bishop looks at the development of high-...
News & Opinions
Premiership Rugby – Predicting Future Performance Part 2
Ex Wallaby and Gainline Analytics founder Ben Darwin has ‘done the numbers’ on what creates team success. Ben highli...
News & Opinions
The Art of Selection & the Soldier Field meltdown
The All Blacks selectors get very few things wrong. So what went wrong in Chicago? Leading rugby analyst Nick Bisho...
