Englands kicking Renaissance
One of the most misunderstood skills in Rugby is kicking, here we look at how England deploy kicking as an attacking weapon. OOn the one hand stats will tell you kicking is a strength for the best teams in the world and on the other, it’s often seen as a defensive measure for teams that can only play one way. The problem is that “the best teams kick more” statement is too often used as a reason to excuse poor kicking be it aimless or...
Talking Svns
Unlike the Men’s, the Women’s Sevens series is a much younger competition but since it’s full introduction during the 2012/13 season, the game and coaching has quickly professionalised leading to Women’s Svns unquestionably becoming an elite level sport. Australia and New Zealand who highly value Svns in their development pathway have adapted better than most, allowing them to pull away at the top of the pile and it’s no...
R360 – been there, done that.
If the idea of Rugby 360 feels familiar, it’s because the sport has been here before. Breakaway formats have been flouted since before Union opened the books. Back in 1994, there was the Kerry Packer World Rugby Corporation, which courted much publicity but ultimately failed to get off the ground (Packer Sent packing). In 2019, we had Rugby X led by Ben Ryan, a variant of Sevens, which, after its only tournament, vanished...
England Attack Analysis: World Cup 2023
Whilst not pretty it’s hard to deny England have made huge strides since the Summer Series. Improved discipline, fitness levels seem to be there or there about and defence has become as miserly as you could want conceding a sum total of 18 points in the two world cup matches against Tier One opposition to date. But, whilst all of the above might be true it remains to be seen if they can elevate their attack to similar levels....
Dubai Sevens 2017: How the Blitz Bokke won the final – Part One
The opening round of the HSBC World Series, the Emirates Dubai Sevens is one of the Jewels in the World Series Crown. There are very few occasions you'll see social Rugby played alongside the Elite level of the game. It has a unique flavour that no other tournament around the world manages to emulate. In last years main event South Africa's Blitz Bokkes took the Dubai Sevens Cup home after a bruising 24-12 win...
The British and Irish Lions 2017 Part Three – The Backs
Having previously looked at squad composition and the likely makeup of the forwards we now turn our attention to the backs. In this article I have put together a composite selection of the backs I believe will go on the plane to New Zealand in June 2017. As before, I would like to state this is what I think we will see not necessarily what I would like to see. Let’s start with the half backs who will be tasked with controlling...
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