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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-...
Insight & analysis
Articles
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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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...
News & Opinions
All Blacks in Pursuit of Ongoing Excellence
What motivates this All Black team to unparalleled success? Records or the pursuit of excellence? Leading rugby wri...
News & Opinions
English Premiership – Predicting Future Performance
Ex Wallaby and Gainline Analytics founder Ben Darwin has ‘done the numbers’ on what creates team success. Ben highli...
Tackling
Chopping them down to size
The chop or cut tackle remains one of the most effective defensive devices, particularly against heavy ball-carries c...
TRS Español
Planes de sesión TRS
El Director de contenido de TRS, Ben Herring, ha desarrollado una serie de planes de sesión que hará mucho más sencil...
News & Opinions
Coaches get the boot. It’s a fact of life.
A team fails and the coach gets fired – an unfortunate reality of professional sporting team life. Leading writer, Gr...
News & Opinions
Offloading from kick receipts
The success at the top level can often be measured by player’s capacity to offload in contact, accurately and under c...
Session Plans
TRS Session Plans
TRS Rugby Content Manager Ben Herring has developed a series of session plans to make your coaching role that much ea...
News & Opinions
From Preparation to Execution
Expert analyst Nick Bishop explains how The Professor – Wayne Smith’s modules translate from the training ground to o...
News & Opinions
Olympics makes lasting impression
Leading writer Graham Jenkins looks at the effect of Rio’s Olympics Rugby 7s competitions, the highlights and opportu...
