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6 Nations Legacy 2023 Read more »

6 Nations Legacy 2023

The first line of Bob Dylan’s, It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, sums it all up – “You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.” So, what do the respective national coaches take away from this year’s 6 Nations? Ireland and…


2023 Women's Six Nations Fixtures: Rounds 1&2 Read more »

2023 Women’s Six Nations Fixtures: Rounds 1&2

The 2023 Women’s Six Nations Championship kicks off on March 25 and we are excited to see what this year’s competition will bring with all players now on some sort of professional contract for the first time in history. Will we see another dramatic win…


Lower Body Tackling & Power Running: Analysing England v France (6 Nations) Leave a comment Read more »

Lower Body Tackling & Power Running: Analysing England v France (6 Nations)

An often used phrase concerning players running hard and straight is “power running“. Indeed, in the demolition of England by France, the phrase, “England succumbed to the power running of the French forwards,” was frequently used. Prior to the England v France game, I watched…


Red Roses Not a Priority for RFU and BA Leave a comment Read more »

Red Roses Not a Priority for RFU and BA

All eyes are on the England’s Women’s Rugby Team, the Red Roses, in preparation for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, which will be kicking off on 8 October in New Zealand. On 23 September it was revealed in a Telegraph article by Fiona Tomas that…


Rugby Union Spring Tours 2021 Review Leave a comment Read more »

Rugby Union Spring Tours 2021 Review

The Rugby Union Spring Tours 2021 continued to reveal some interesting developments in the evolution of the competing nations. In this article I set out a brief analysis of each nation’s result as well some general observations from the Spring Tour results. One key learning is that in the modern game you must keep the referee and TMO out of the contest.


Has Six Nations Rugby Become Less Exciting? Read more »

Has Six Nations Rugby Become Less Exciting?

Six Nations rugby has come under fire of late for a lack of excitement, but statistics from the last 10 tournaments tell a very different story.


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