Breakdown
Coming Soon - Mike Friday: 7s Contact Skills (Tackle breakdown & Clear Out)
Mike Friday and the Kenya 7s team go through a session on contact skills at the breakdown
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
A tale of two halves
England’s opening 40 minutes ensured they beat the Pumas at Twickenham. Graham Jenkins looks at the where the English...
News & Opinions
6 talking points from England's win over The Wallabies
England ran out 20-13 winners over Australia in a match that was low on quality but high on talking points.
News & Opinions
Fireworks Missing From England Win
England rode their luck in beating The Wallabies at Twickenham. 10 years on from England’s World Cup win over Austral...
News & Opinions
England v Australia - not just another test match
Since 2003 England have enjoyed near total dominance over the Aussies in more than just rugby union. Is the era of En...
News & Opinions
Ireland looks on the bright side of life
Murray Kinsella assesses Ireland’s prospects in the forthcoming Autumn internationals
Attack
Coming Soon - Mike Friday: Passing for 7s (Fundamentals & drills)
In this first module, Mike focuses on one of the game’s ‘fundamentals’ or ‘non-negotiables’; passing technique
News & Opinions
Game Notes - Premiership Rugby
There may have been some big names missing but there were still some big plays and big coaching calls in the latest r...
Leadership & Management
The Importance of Motivation
What drives the best players to become better players? How do you motivate individuals in a team sport? And who is re...
News & Opinions
Game Notes - Bledisloe Cup
The All Blacks continued the form they had shown in The Rugby Championship in beating The Wallabies to lift the Bledi...
News & Opinions
Responses to; 'European rugby faces its own ‘Tea Party’ Crisis.'
Resonses to ‘European rugby faces its own ‘Tea Party’ Crisis.’ by Simon Halliday
