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Breakdown articles

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Why Rugby is creeping into the grey area at ruck and maul

Professional coaches spend an awful lot of time looking for loopholes, or grey areas within the rugby lawbook which t...

Nick Bishop
over 4 years ago · 0 comments
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Why the counter-ruck is gaining currency on defence

In the recently-concluded Rugby Championship, the counter-ruck responded positively to the jolt given by the law-maki...

Nick Bishop
almost 5 years ago · 0 comments
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Decisions favouring the Tackler

Following on from last week’s article, Nick takes a look at the different set of refereeing priorities which emerged ...

Nick Bishop
about 5 years ago · 0 comments
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Why the English Premiership is ahead of the game

It is not often that you can say, with confidence, that the UK is leading the world in rugby innovation. It is happe...

Nick Bishop
about 5 years ago · 0 comments
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Will ‘the new breakdown’ encourage the return of the counter-ruck?

Following on from his previous article, Nick details if these articles of rugby law are respected, alongside the requ...

Nick Bishop
over 5 years ago · 0 comments
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Is the breakdown really a ruck anymore?

World Rugby is still wrestling with the issue of what happens, and what should by law happen after a tackle takes pla...

Nick Bishop
over 5 years ago · 0 comments
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Why you have to go long in order to get wide

Before the start of the ground-breaking Super Rugby Aotearoa competition in 2020, a host of stringent new breakdown p...

Nick Bishop
over 5 years ago · 0 comments
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What the new breakdown rules mean for the defence (part 2)

In the second part of the article, Analyst Nick Bishop looks at what the new emphasis at the tackle area means for th...

Nick Bishop
about 6 years ago · 0 comments
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Why are the ‘new’ rules creating problems at cleanout in Super Rugby Aotearoa

There are no new rules at the breakdown, however there have been some significant changes of emphasis, and some tight...

Nick Bishop
about 6 years ago · 0 comments
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How to use decision-making in contact to help your attack

Steven Luatua has become one of the most outstanding technicians in contact work at the ruck in the English Premiersh...

Nick Bishop
about 6 years ago · 0 comments