Analysis: How Leinster exploited Wasps' forwards on James Lowe’s breakaway set-piece try
Leinster are the current masters of line running and deception, continually coming up with new concepts and finding ways to create…
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Leinster are the current masters of line running and deception, continually coming up with new concepts and finding ways to create…
Don’t expect Leinster to give you the ball. You will have to take it from them, which most sides can’t do. This is officially …
This is a transformed Savea, coming through the fire as a rebuilt player. The visual comparison to 2016 is as clear as night and d…
If they continue down this same way, they will fail to see how good things could be. If they expand his role and put the pieces in…
The All Blacks had no right to win the match based on the first sixty minutes, but did, while the Springboks will have to learn th…
Cheika talks of how his team plays attacking rugby and how they throw the ball around. It’s disorganised rugby. It’s dumb rugb…
There is no denying the 22-year-old outhalf has the ability to be a triple threat 10. We are already seeing that come into fruitio…
In 2015 the All Blacks were still dining off turnovers, scoring long-range dazzling tries on counter-attack and showing off world-…
An Argentina vs. All Blacks game now offers a far more entertaining spectacle now than a Bledisloe Cup match, but can’t yet offe…
There has been one ‘trick’ play utilised by no less than three teams so far this season in the Premiership that shows that spe…
Jordan is a fullback with the complete range of skills, scorching speed, and best of all - has prescience when it comes to finding…
However, despite the missed conversions, Barrett’s performance against the Springboks was arguably his best of the year in the b…
Whilst Aaron Smith and Conor Murray are generally considered the world's best two halfbacks, none of them have this kind of autono…
You can’t go from being that bad to this good overnight. There is only one explanation for this, and it is a sad indictment on O…
With 75 percent possession and 79 percent territory the All Blacks could not come away with a win. However, with such a huge amoun…
The Springboks’ stunning 36-34 win over the All Blacks in Wellington was an instant classic. A classic that was, despite excelle…
That’s what makes the 2009 Springboks special - no side has done or since come close to doing, what they did.
The astute pairing of Cordero with the team that will use him the most is already causing havoc in the new season.
Despite tries coming by the bucketload, one area of the All Blacks game that hasn’t been firing is the typically productive set-…
2018 has seen an increase in the number of teams running variations of switch plays – the Highlanders, the Sharks, the Reds in S…