News & Opinions
Is longevity the secret to success?
Should Warren Gatland see out his new contract, he would become the longest serving head coach of all time. Does this...
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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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Attack
Coming Soon - Mike Friday: 7s Attack Patterns
Watch the preview to Mike Friday’s latest video module ‘7s Attack Patterns’
News & Opinions
End of year awards
Graham Jenkins selects the people and players of 2013 who deserve recognition
News & Opinions
2013 Team of the Year
New Zealand swept all before them this year but how many All Blacks make Graham Jenkins’ Team of the Year?
Breakdown
Coming Soon - Warren Gatland: Clear out (Removing the Threat)
Warren Gatland, gives a 25min session on how to remove the opposition threat at the breakdown. This includes clear ou...
News & Opinions
Congratulations to Warren Gatland & Leigh Halfpenny
Warren Gatland named ‘Coach of the Year’ and Leigh Halfpenny finished 2nd at the Sports Personality of the Year awards
Defence
Coming Soon - Eric Rush: 7s Defence
Eric Rush demonstrates how to build a defensive structure for 7s, from scratch.
News & Opinions
Europe's loss will cause England pain
Could the English club’s desire to secure their long-term future have jeopardised long-term future of the game in Eng...
Kicking
Kicking Clever
The All Blacks’ have developed kicking skills throughout their backline which allow them to exploit any space or mism...
News & Opinions
Hemispheres Apart
Hallers says that the Northern Hemisphere teams still lack the attacking skill to make the World Cup final
News & Opinions
Five lessons from the autumn internationals
As the dust settles on the end of year internationals, Graham Jenkins reflects on what the latest inter-hemisphere cl...
Attack
Looking for Mismatches
Murray Kinsella admired the way Quade Cooper and Israel Folau found the weak link in Scotland’s defence and says visi...
