The Anatomy of a Try – Bernard Foley vs ACT Brumbies July 2014
The Waratahs have featured quite heavily in our The Anatomy of a Try section. Folau and Beale (in a Wallabies jersey) have both touched down, and this week it's the turn of Bernard Foley. I'm a big fan of Foley, he is a talented footballer who played and captained the Australian 7's on the 2010/11 IRB World Sevens circuit. He's a classic Australian 10 sporting a great running and passing game, bags of guts and is...
Focus on: Japan
Whilst the Home Nations were off touring the Southern Hemisphere giants, the so called “Tier 2” Pacific Nations Cup was under way and serving up some fantastically competitive Rugby. Japan took the Asia Pacific title beating Canada and the USA away in two captivating games to take the B pool of the competition. Under Eddie Jones, Japan have made some interesting strides. For all who don’t know Jones is the...
New Zealand vs England – Focus on Englands Defensive Woes
Alas it was not to be, 3-0 to New Zealand. Expected? Maybe so, but England must have hoped for a test win. They showed a lot of encouraging signs but for all their endeavor they still came up significantly short. Combative yes, competitive, yes, but for about 30-40 minutes of the test series New Zealand tore England apart with attacking Rugby that exposed huge flaws in their game. Defence has been a big part of England's...
Keep it Simple Stupid – Focus on New Zealand vs England 2nd Test
Game two and the series to New Zealand. But did we expect anything less? While it was a very good game to watch, and England were competitive throughout, it was New Zealand’s ability, post half time break, to raise and maintain the intensity for a 20 minute period that was the major difference. Within those 20 minutes they gave one of the most clinical displays of attacking Rugby you are likely to see, but what struck...
New Zealand vs England – 1st Test Analysis
One test down and three games to go and it’s close but no cigar for England, and business as usual with New Zealand working a very well taken try in the closing minutes of the game to take the spoils. As first tests go, it was exactly what we’ve come to expect, an error strewn affair. With a New Zealand team finding their feet and England playing a predominantly set piece oriented game trying to create try scoring...
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