News & Opinions
Europe's loss will cause England pain
Could the English club’s desire to secure their long-term future have jeopardised long-term future of the game in Eng...
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...
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Kicking
Kicking Clever
The All Blacks’ have developed kicking skills throughout their backline which allow them to exploit any space or mism...
News & Opinions
Hemispheres Apart
Hallers says that the Northern Hemisphere teams still lack the attacking skill to make the World Cup final
News & Opinions
Five lessons from the autumn internationals
As the dust settles on the end of year internationals, Graham Jenkins reflects on what the latest inter-hemisphere cl...
Attack
Looking for Mismatches
Murray Kinsella admired the way Quade Cooper and Israel Folau found the weak link in Scotland’s defence and says visi...
Conditioning
Coming soon - Eric Rush: 7s Conditioning
7s legend, Eric Rush takes a 30min conditioning session which will make sure you hurt on the grass and not the scoreb...
News & Opinions
Begorrah
A curious incident at the end of the Ireland v New Zealand match saw Aaron Cruden get two goes at his final kick. Was...
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2013 - the year of the All Blacks
Ireland pushed the All Blacks as close as anyone has in 2013 but the ABs weren’t to be denied their piece of history.
Leadership & Management
Quade Cooper responds to some love
Ewen McKenzie says that Quade Cooper is an enigma who should be cherished
News & Opinions
Trust
The All Blacks trust each other implicitly, while the English showed that they still lack that instinct. Mark Reason ...
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Congratulations to Dan Carter
A tribute to the highest points scorer in test rugby history after his 100th cap.
News & Opinions
The Rugby Site at Rugby Expo 2013
The Rugby Site team joined some of the sport’s biggest names at the Rugby Expo at Twickenham this week
