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A Great Weekend of Rugby
While much attention will return to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa this weekend, there are other games which...
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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Set Piece
Mike Cron: The Scrum Setup Preview
Mike Cron shows you the key elements to ensuring a strong, safe and balanced scrum set-up.
News & Opinions
Let the Battles Commence
A feast of international rugby awaits this weekend. JG makes his predictions.
Set Piece
An interview with Martin Castrogiovanni
Castro describes his scrummaging philosophies, his rugby idols and why he wants to share his skills.
News & Opinions
Scotland’s splash and grab teaches Australia a beautiful lesson
Scotland’s shock defeat of Australia has Mark Reason waxing lyrical about the skillful delight of wet weather rugby
News & Opinions
Rugby means more to South Africa
Getting to know the South Africans was a huge part of the All Blacks World Cup success
News & Opinions
Lions Watch
There appears to be an abundance of riches in some positions but a dearth of talent in others.
Conditioning
Concussion
On rugby pitches around the world the IRB recommendation is regularly ignored.
News & Opinions
Brad Thorn – the man and the mana
Wayne Smith pays his tribute to Brad Thorn and looks back on a few of the stories that define the man.
Set Piece
Castro Scrum II: Scrum Power
In this module Castro takes you through his scrum positioning techniques to produce the greatest power. Showing you h...
News & Opinions
Will they never learn?
The abiding memory of the week leading up to last year’s world cup final was the almost unanimous belief in NZ that t...
News & Opinions
Irish eyes are dreaming
It will need a few more All Black injuries to justify Ireland’s increasing optimism about their chances against New Z...
