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Bringing a top lineout drive back down to earth
Martin Johnson’s great Leicester lineout was a mighty hard thing to stop, but American Football provided a few clues
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‘Skrum, skrum, skrum’ part 2 – what the Boks want to do and how to stop it
RGR series has been rugby’s has been a massive clash of styles. None more so at scrum time. The penalty problem at the scrum has been hig...
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Skrum, skrum, skrum: what is the future of the scrum after RGR 3? – part one
Refereeing culture and background clearly make a huge difference to the officiating of the scrum As Nick Bishop expertly illustrates a sp...
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Victor Matfield: Lineout
COMING SOON…Victor Matfield shares with you the technical and tactical lineout skills he has developed over his playi...
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Financial dark cloud looms over Welsh rugby.
On the day that Gavin Henson signed for London Welsh, his fifth club in less than two years, the financial dark cloud...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Australia v Wales
JG thinks that the afternoon test match in Sydney presents Wales with an opportunity to beat Australia in what will b...
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South Africa v England
Heyneke Meyer has outsmarted Stuart Lancaster in the first two tests between the Springboks and England.
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Take them out wide England
Playing for the shirt in England Sport has become conventional wisdom after England’s problems in NZ.
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A Great Weekend of Rugby
While much attention will return to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa this weekend, there are other games which...
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Mike Cron: The Scrum Setup Preview
Mike Cron shows you the key elements to ensuring a strong, safe and balanced scrum set-up.
