Attack
How to find scenarios to make the 50/22 work
The 50/22 kick is beginning to grow in value as the different scenarios in which it can be an Attack option are recog...
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Attack
How the All Blacks are becoming a typical Dave Rennie team on exit counters
Current New Zealand supremo Dave Rennie has brought the same principles to the running of the All Blacks that he espoused in the Waikato ...
Set Piece
Is the new maul law working out as intended?
A minor, apparently trivial change can trigger an unforeseen set of consequences within the same system, and a major chain reaction furth...
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Attack
Why rugby news travels fast in the global game
A prop in the back field returning kicks in Australia Super rugby one week and in then the 6 Nations the next! Nick ...
Attack
Anatomy of a try: how kicking duels create countering chances
Why is defence and the kicking game so important? Analyst Nick Bishop explains why and how its lead to constructing ...
Attack
How to make a same-way attack really work
The most basic version of attacking in the professional era is the so-called ‘same-way’ or ‘around the corner’ attack...
Kicking
Is the box-kick exit going out of fashion?
How to successfully pressure the box? Nick Bishop illustrates how teams are now finding ways to pressure the box kick...
Catch and Pass
Why do you need ball-playing forwards to create width on attack?
Ball playing tight forwards are the ones creating space in which their backs can flourish. Analyst Nick Bishop detail...
Leadership & Management
What can ‘tactical periodization’ mean in a game of Rugby?
‘Tactical Periodization’ is becoming a popular phrase in the sporting vocabulary. What is it? How is being effectivel...
Set Piece
Why the modern lineout peel is back to front
The times they are a-changing, and peels from the lineout are no longer confined to the open-side of the field. Nick ...
Attack
How to locate and exploit the low-energy defender
Nick Bishop depicts how Teams like to use multi-phase attack to exploit the low-energy defender.
Catch and Pass
Why ‘lefty-righty’ is so important on attack
Nick Bishop highlights the attacking value of distributors who can offer superior quality with their left-to-right pa...
Catch and Pass
When is a knock-on not a knock-on?
If the ball goes forward off, it is a knock-on and a scrum to the opposition, right? Well not always the case as Anal...
Breakdown
What does economy at the cleanout really look like?
The new ruck guidelines have accelerated the blurring of boundaries between ball-winners and ball-users, contact ‘gru...
