England Attack Analysis: World Cup 2023
Sep23

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....

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Dissecting A Kick: England vs Scotland Six Nations 2021
Feb10

Dissecting A Kick: England vs Scotland Six Nations 2021

Without doubt one of the stand out moments in Englands defeat to Scotland was Stuart Hogg’s booming right footer in the 54 minute. As a moment that encapsulates everything in the game it’s perfect. It’s basically England’s own approach returning to haunt them. This spiral punt from Hogg in the second half was simply beautiful in every way! #GuinnessSixNations #ENGvSCO pic.twitter.com/3pSvjOhxnt — Geraint Davies...

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Kicking the Habit – The need for tactical Kicking
Apr30

Kicking the Habit – The need for tactical Kicking

After their demolition of ASM Clermont Auvergne a lot of the focus has been on Saracens defensive system. Understandably so, and we’ll focus on that later on this week, but something that was equally telling for me in predicting the outcome of the game was their ability to dominate the kicking game. We all know big games can turn on very little things, and one of those occurred about 4 minutes into the game.  Saracens...

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