Conditioning
Fritz mistreatment, who is responsible?
Following a horrific head injury to Toulouse player Fritz against Racing Metro, read Graham Jenkins’ reaction to 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...
Latest posts
Attack
Attack from Scrums
Murray Kinsella analyses the attacking opportunity from scrums in the defensive third of the pitch and how Super 15 t...
News & Opinions
Stats and Awards
Graham Jenkins asks should stats play a more important part in determining player of the season short lists.
Attack
Coming Soon: Gregor Townsend - Offload and continuity
Glasgow Warriors coach Gregor Townsend’s latest course covers offload skills and continuity in attack.
News & Opinions
The Burger Blueprint
Jacques Burger was outstanding in Saracens’ 46-6 win over Clermont, Graham Jenkins examines what is contributing to h...
Leadership & Management
Second chances
Graham Jenkins asks should more coaches in professional sport be given second chances as they develop and grow with e...
News & Opinions
Mini rugby - do results matter?
Mini rugby has been in the headlines recently with the introduction of ‘inclusive festivals’, Graham Jenkins shares h...
Leadership & Management
Coming soon: Graham Henry - Game plan and selection
In this course, Sir Graham takes you through developing a game plan based on your weaknesses and strengths, and analy...
News & Opinions
Who is ready to step up in rugby's game of thrones?
Jonny Wilkinson and Brian O’Driscoll have been flag bearers for professional rugby in the northern hemisphere. As the...
Kicking
Risk and reward of restarts
Restarts are commonly sent long with that the expectation the opposition will clear the ball. Here Murray Kinsella an...
News & Opinions
Winging it
The Hurricanes wing play destroyed the Crusaders in Super Rugby’s round 7. Mark Reason points out the lessons to be l...
News & Opinions
The team behind the teams
The search for marginal gains in rugby has seen an influx of ‘support staff’ to work with players away from the pitch...
