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Let’s embrace the new scrummage lawsLet’s embrace the new scrummage laws. That is certainly the view of most of the top New Zealand coaches. Steve Hansen, John Plumtree and Rob Penney.
Rugby is a game of basic skillsWhile the mental and physical sides of rugby are hugely important, even international games are made up of players performing the basic skills with competence.
The Rugby Championship: Argentina V South AfricaArgentina were poor, very poor against South Africa
The Stats Do Lie by Wayne SmithWayne Smith explains why the stats that you see during and after a game are as useful as a chocolate teapot
The RR’s Quick fire Rugby Championship guideThe RR takes a quick look at his crystal ball and comes up with some prognostications about how the Rugby Championship will unfold.
Australia will attack All Black heartWayne Smith says the new Wallaby coach is a good tactician and believes that the selction for the first test makes a lot of sense
England needs to learn from Wayne SmithSimon Halliday reckons that Stuart Lancaster must make some big decisions
The great Wallaby fly-half debateEwen McKenzie has had plenty of time to prepare for the challenges of his new position as Wallaby coach – he’s been preparing for the job ever since he retired from playing.
The Rugby Site pays tribute to George SmithThe Rugby Site pays tribute to George Smith, one of the great warriors of modern rugby and a man who can truly be called a role model George Gently shows the Chiefs he’s still the Boss by Mark Reason
Argentina’s youth movement: The rugby future is bright in the land of silverFor decades, the ability of Argentina to compete with the big rugby nations, despite its amateur domestic competition and its isolation from regular international fixtures, was in part admirable and in part enigmatic
