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Let’s embrace the new scrummage laws
Let’s embrace the new scrummage laws. That is certainly the view of most of the top New Zealand coaches. Steve Hanse...
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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 ...
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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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Rugby is a game of basic skills
While the mental and physical sides of rugby are hugely important, even international games are made up of players pe...
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The Rugby Championship: Argentina V South Africa
Argentina were poor, very poor against South Africa
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The Stats Do Lie by Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith explains why the stats that you see during and after a game are as useful as a chocolate teapot
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The RR’s Quick fire Rugby Championship guide
The RR takes a quick look at his crystal ball and comes up with some prognostications about how the Rugby Championshi...
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Australia will attack All Black heart
Wayne Smith says the new Wallaby coach is a good tactician and believes that the selction for the first test makes a ...
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England needs to learn from Wayne Smith
Simon Halliday reckons that Stuart Lancaster must make some big decisions
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The great Wallaby fly-half debate
Ewen McKenzie has had plenty of time to prepare for the challenges of his new position as Wallaby coach – he’s been p...
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The Rugby Site pays tribute to George Smith
The Rugby Site pays tribute to George Smith, one of the great warriors of modern rugby and a man who can truly be cal...
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Argentina’s youth movement: The rugby future is bright in the land of silver
For decades, the ability of Argentina to compete with the big rugby nations, despite its amateur domestic competition...
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The Super Rugby U23 XV
RR goes through the 15 players under the age of 23 who excelled for their respective teams.
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Crusaders let down by fans
The two abiding memories of Saturday’s S15 playoff game were the complete dominance of the Crusaders over the Reds an...
