Wayne Smith's coaching story
Wayne Smith is widely respected as one of the greatest minds in rugby. Listen to his story…
Insight & analysis
Articles
Deep dives on the modern game from The Rugby Site's contributors and coaches.
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...
Latest posts
Breakdown
Coming Soon: Body position at the breakdown with Eddie Jones
In this module Eddie Jones works with Junior Japan on the body position of the 2nd player to the breakdown. The focus...
News & Opinions
Confidence can carry England home
England showed maturity and no little swagger in beating Wales at Twickenham and securing the triple crown. Graham Je...
A Super Super Season Lies Ahead
Chiefs coach, Wayne Smith looks ahead to what looks set to be an outstanding Super Rugby season & assesses each o...
News & Opinions
Red rag to an English Bulldog
Hallers is confident that providing England can keep their heads, they will exact revenge on Gatland’s Wales this wee...
News & Opinions
Tries, more tries and statistics
The 2014 Six Nations has arrested a trend of fewer points being scored each year in the tournament. Graham Jenkins lo...
Kicking
The art of the kick in behind
Jonny Sexton and Ireland tried to exploit England’s rush defence by kicking in behind. Unfortunately for the Irish, S...
News & Opinions
Six Nations Round 3 Highlights
All the action from round 3 of the 2014 Six Nations Championship.
News & Opinions
Energy and endeavour trumps experience
A young England side showed that they are capable of grinding it out when it really matters. They did so and the Six ...
News & Opinions
Schmidt plots a course through England's defence
Joe Schmidt and Ireland found a way to breach both the All Black’s and the Welsh defences. Can they repeat the trick ...
News & Opinions
England can stop Ireland’s Slam
As impartial as ever, Hallers’ rallying cry to England “it’s time to start winning these big ones.”
Attack
Spin Doctors of Union should learn from Pass Masters of League
The spin pass has become the default for union backs. Players such as George Ford and Kyle Eastmond show that a groun...
