Anatomy of a Try – Reiko Ioane vs Wales November 2017
A good attacking play is about using space when it's presented to you. That space can be created that in a multitude of ways by building phases and momentum, counter-attacking or a 1st phase set play (or a strike move). With the complexity of modern defensive systems you'd be forgiven for thinking that you need more and more complex moves to break them down, but in reality, you just need to execute simple things well and this...
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...
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...
6 Nations Team of the Tournament
I don’t normally feature opinion pieces but a team of the tournament seems to be the done thing about this time of the year so I’m going to be a bit self indulgent for a change and decided to put together a composite six nations side (and I’ll try and justify my selections with a bit of reasoning). I must stress this isn’t based on stats or much scientific evidence, instead it’s based on my...
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