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Hold Your Breath for Cardiff, otherwise hold your nose
A strong defence against a spluttering attack does not make for the most compelling finale to the Six Nations, but wh...
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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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Brian O’Driscoll – a once in a generation player
A tribute to Brian O’Driscoll, the finest outside centre of the professional era and, in JG’s Irish eyes, the greates...
Let there be Rugby
Brian Ashton looks forward to the final weekend of the Six nations and hopes for good weather and a little more openn...
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Reason & JG select thier Lions XV on form
Mark Reason and JG pick their Lions XV based solely on the latest round of the Six Nations
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Six Nations: Round 4 Highlights
See how the penultimate weekend of the Six Nations was played out [video highlights]
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France and Ireland leaders are on trial
Phiippe Saint-Andre’s inflexibilty over substitutions expose his tactical limitations as a coach.
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A Winning Attitude - Part Two: See The Light
In Part Two of a winning attitude Wayne Smith looks at a team’s attitude to space and how they react to it
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Pushy Steve Walsh and the whistle of prejudice
The outcome of the Six Nations is likely to be decided by the fickle whistle of Steve Walsh, a man who arrives in the...
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Mark Reason & 'RR' pick their Lions XV (on form!)
Mark Reason and RR have put their heads together and come up with what will almost certainly not be the Lions XV that...
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Robshaw & Wood Leading by Example
Tom Wood and Chris Robshaw continue to lead England both on and off the pitch. Robshaw put in another heroic shift ag...
