England XV vs The Barbarians: June 2nd 2019
For all intents and purposes the game should’ve been an absolute mess. A star studded, underprepared, over imbibed Barbarians side played and slightly less well known, equally underprepared and less inebriated England Saxons side (England XV just doesn’t sound right). I learnt long ago not to get excited about these fixtures, either the international side is way too strong for the Barbarians, or so weak they get walloped....
Dubai Sevens 2017: How the Blitz Bokke won the final – Part Two
In part one of our look at the 2017 Dubai Sevens final we looked at the opening three tries from South Africa’s win vs New Zealand. Today we’ll look at what South Africa did when New Zealand have the ball. Speak to anyone in sevens and ask them to describe the Blitz Bokkes and I assure you defence will feature prominently. It would be too simplistic to say their game is built entirely on defence but they conceded only 8...
TDBA Podcast Season Two Episode One
Latest podcast covering the Rugby Championship, The women's Barbarians and coaching Jordan Rugby in the Arab Nations...
Jordan Rugby Sevens – Part Two
In the last article I set out the basic outline of how we intended to approach preparing for the Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy with the Jordan Rugby Sevens team and this time I want to go into the primary areas we focused on during the first month, which were: Fitness Core skills (with the main focus on passing, tackling and decision-making). Improve their rugby knowledge/awareness (using analysis and feedback). Before we could begin...
Jordan Rugby Sevens – Part One
At the time of writing, we’re midway through preparing for the Arab Nations Sevens Cup (ANSC). By we, I mean the Jordanian Rugby Sevens National team, who I’ve been coaching since last January. This is, in fact, my second tournament with the squad. As you may have seen I’ve been posting some small clips on social media of the squad doing drills and small games from our training sessions (one of which is on the...
Touch Rugby – what can we learn?
There has been a lot going on in the world or Rugby of late. Last week in Union the super 15’s wrapped up with an incredible final. The Womens world Cup got underway, and we’re starting to gear up for the start of the Rugby Championship. There are national competitions in their first round with the ITM cup in New Zealand, Currie Cup in South Africa, and the Premiership 7’s in England and Wales. Additionally the...
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