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Pitch Size Matters
Can someone please tell me why there is a maximum pitch size but no minimum size. In recent years both the Osprey and...
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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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Reason’s Round-Up
Our resident journo’s weekly round up of news from around the rugby world, this week featuring: Shane William’s belie...
Leadership & Management
The Four Basics
In this short video by All Black Captain Richie McCaw he describes the four simple things he thinks he needs to do we...
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The Best in the World
It’s always interesting to select a World XV heading into a World Cup and then see how much it might have changed by ...
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Reason’s Round-Up
Our resident journo’s weekly round up of news from around the rugby world, this week featuring: USA looses key World ...
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What's bugging Wayne Smith?
Laws that promote negative play make a lot of coaches want to throw rugby’s rulemakers under the deck of a scrummage ...
Leadership & Management
Alignment
Language changes over time and one of the new buzz words in the All Blacks coaching set-up is ‘alignment’. Once upon ...
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The Red Rose in Black?
You have probably heard that the RFU have announced that England’s ‘away strip’ for the Rugby World Cup will be ‘all ...
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Leadership
There is no point in trying to be a captain if you are not worth your place in the side. Maybe once a century, someon...
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Where did the All Blacks go so horribly wrong?
24 years and counting – that is how long it is since the world’s greatest rugby side has won the World Cup. Surely th...
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The Perfect Tens
I have played against some pretty good 10’s over the years. Half of them even seem to go to my old school, Boys High ...
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Welcome Victor & Bismarck
We are pleased to announce that Victor Matfield and Bismarck du Plessis have joined The Rugby Site team.?Victor and B...
