TDBA Podcast Season Two Episode Three – The Autumn Internationals
Nov23

TDBA Podcast Season Two Episode Three – The Autumn Internationals

This week I analyse the weekend pasts matches, focusing on: England vs Australia Wales vs Georgia Scotland vs New Zealand I also briefly touch on Ireland vs Fiji and France vs South...

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TDBA Podcast Season Two Episode Two – The Autum Internationals
Nov14

TDBA Podcast Season Two Episode Two – The Autum Internationals

This time around I give my thoughts on the Autumn Internationals: Order of discussion is: France vs NZ Ireland vs SA England vs Argentina Wales vs Australia Scotland vs Samoa ** few issues with the audio due to me recording this in bed recovering from surgery – all explained in the...

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Chris Robshaw – Corner or Kick?
Sep27

Chris Robshaw – Corner or Kick?

  Watching England’s defeat to Wales was painful. If it wasn’t already obvious I’m an Englishman, and by default an England fan. So waking up this morning it's interesting to see how a lot of the discussion has revolved around Chris Robshaw's decision to kick for the corner and go for the win. So I want to try and look at this objectively, remove the emotional element and hopefully look at that...

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Anatomy of a Try – Agustín Creevy July 2015
Jul22

Anatomy of a Try – Agustín Creevy July 2015

View image | gettyimages.com   The Maul is  clearly a hot topic in world rugby at the moment, used frequently throughout the Six Nations, the Super XV and the NH leagues it raises eyebrows, receives praise and irritates people the world over in equal amounts. In the first round of The Rugby Championship 3 of the 7 tries scored in the game were from the lineout drive. The All Blacks utilising the seldom used Shift Drive to...

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Anatomy of a Try – Mark Bennett vs England 2015
Mar17

Anatomy of a Try – Mark Bennett vs England 2015

It’s not been the most inspirational Six Nations so far but it has had its moments, and the two games that have jumped out at me the most have been Wales vs Ireland, mainly because of the sheer impact it’s had on the tournament, and Scotland vs England because it was a superb advert for running Rugby in which  both teams decided to cut loose and give it a go. It produced Four superb tries the pick of which I think was...

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