News & Opinions
Is rugby becoming another soccer?
In the amateur era, rugby was known as a tough game where justice was frequently administered by the players on the f...
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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The price of Anglo-Saxon stoicism
The tours showed, yet again, that there the game in New Zealand and Australia is fundamentally different to that in E...
Set Piece
The Rolling Maul Part I
Brendon Ratcliffe loves the rolling maul. If forwards are piano shifters, then the rolling maul is the Steinway of ru...
News & Opinions
All Blacks v Ireland
Without Dan Carter and five other changes to the starting lineup, have the All Blacks given Ireland a sniff of a hist...
News & Opinions
Australia v Wales
JG thinks that the afternoon test match in Sydney presents Wales with an opportunity to beat Australia in what will b...
News & Opinions
South Africa v England
Heyneke Meyer has outsmarted Stuart Lancaster in the first two tests between the Springboks and England.
News & Opinions
Take them out wide England
Playing for the shirt in England Sport has become conventional wisdom after England’s problems in NZ.
News & Opinions
A Great Weekend of Rugby
While much attention will return to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa this weekend, there are other games which...
Set Piece
Mike Cron: The Scrum Setup Preview
Mike Cron shows you the key elements to ensuring a strong, safe and balanced scrum set-up.
News & Opinions
Let the Battles Commence
A feast of international rugby awaits this weekend. JG makes his predictions.
Set Piece
An interview with Martin Castrogiovanni
Castro describes his scrummaging philosophies, his rugby idols and why he wants to share his skills.
News & Opinions
Scotland’s splash and grab teaches Australia a beautiful lesson
Scotland’s shock defeat of Australia has Mark Reason waxing lyrical about the skillful delight of wet weather rugby
