Breakdown
Breaking down the Brumbies' breakdown tactics
ACT Brumbies’ Director of Rugby, Laurie Fisher’s influence over the last three seasons has been clear in the Brumbies...
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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
Top coaches travel far and wide to learn from other sports
Good coaches never stop learning, and the off-season gives a coach good opportunities to take on fresh thinking from ...
Mindset
Mindset of Champions 2: Richie McCaw
The second episode of the ‘The Mindset of Champions’ features New Zealand’s World Cup-winning captain Richie McCaw. H...
News & Opinions
Will money talk in Super Rugby expansion debate?
Singapore or Japan? Graham Jenkins tries to predict which country will be chosen as the first Asian Super Rugby franc...
News & Opinions
Rugby in English schools: still an elitist sport
Will English rugby ever shake its elitist reputation? Should the RFU do more to increase playing opportunities at sta...
Mindset
Mindset of Champions 1: Dan Carter
Dan Carter: all-time leading scorer in international rugby, and one of the greatest ever fly-halfs. Check out this sn...
Leadership & Management
Giselle Mather, the first female Premiership Rugby Coach?
Breaking rugby’s glass ceiling: Graham Jenkins profiles the woman who might just be the Premiership’s first female coach
Attack
All Blacks give England a lesson in set-piece attack (part 2)
Set-piece attack offers teams a wonderful chance to create try-scoring chances. Murray Kinsella continues his analysi...
Attack
All Blacks give England a lesson in set-piece attack (part 1)
Set-piece attack offers teams a wonderful chance to create try-scoring chances. Murray Kinsella looks closely at the ...
News & Opinions
England let their standards slip
England’s first half fiasco against the All Blacks brought home some unpleasant truths to Stuart Lancaster and his te...
Attack
Le Roux, the complete fullback?
Springbok fullback Willie le Roux dominated last weekend’s Test against Wales, Murray Kinsella examines the aspects o...
News & Opinions
England are close....
Hallers’ views on the issues England must address: not being afraid to take risks in attack, and the choice of number...
