News & Opinions
An English Perspective
England will move on with relief to the next challenge after a match which left everyone here underwhelmed but we hav...
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
News & Opinions
JG's World Cup Musings
Our undercover man’s musings on Rugby World Cup happenings, featuring: All Blacks penalty count and handling errors, ...
News & Opinions
Learning from World Cup mistakes
Richie’s thoughts on how New Zealand can learn from the mistakes of the previous two World Cups.
Defence
Richie McCaw: Tackle Techniques Trailer
To celebrate the start of the World Cup, we are releasing Richie McCaw’s latest video on Tackle Technique.Get some in...
News & Opinions
Are NZ rotating or spinning?
What a curious team Father Ted, aka Graham Henry, has picked for the opening match against Tonga. It all makes some s...
News & Opinions
Springboks - Welcome to Wellington
A couple of snippets from the official welcome and capping of one of the serious contenders of The Rugby World Cup. A...
Defence
Defence
An insight into different defensive patterns – what works for the All Blacks may not be the answer for junior clubs.
News & Opinions
JG's Round-Up
Our undercover man’s weekly round up of news from around the rugby world, this week featuring: Growing back row injur...
News & Opinions
The Haka
In a week or so I am to be instructed in the ways of the haka. In the event that this proves to be an Orwellian exper...
Attack
Wayne Smith: Decision Making on Attack Trailer
A sneak peak of Wayne Smith’s latest video to be released on Friday. Wayne demonstrates a simple model to assist in g...
News & Opinions
Reason's Round-Up
Our resident journo’s weekly round up of news from around the rugby world, this week featuring: A very odd week indee...
Conditioning
Fitness
It took me a couple of days to recover after our win over Australia at Eden Park. It was a hard physical test match –...
