Over the past few decades the body weight of international rugby players has been consistently increasing. In...
I wonder how many people watching the 2010 Sydney Premiership Club Grand Final realised they were seeing a classic demonstration of a profoundly revolutionary style of play that I have termed “physical imposition rugby”. The clash of Australia’s two most historic and successful clubs saw Sydney University triumph by 46 points to...
A characteristic of the Deans era Wallabies is their seeming inability to sustain their performance over the full 80 minutes of a game. This raises the question of whether their training methods are appropriate for the intense physical demands of modern international rugby. In short, is there enough emphasis on strength training?...
A number of unexpected results have compressed the Super 14 points table but probably reduced the potential semi-finallists to eight teams. The Australian media has focussed on the fact that the Waratahs are nominally top of the table, but they are there on sufferance as a consequence of not yet having had...
The Super 14 has now passed the halfway point with six weeks remaining before the finals series. The points table presents a somewhat confusing picture, with some teams having played seven games and the others, having had a bye, only six. The situation becomes somewhat clearer if team totals are adjusted by...
The Marseille game between France and the All Blacks was a wonderful display of purposeful ball-in-hand rugby...
For many rugby aficionados the sevens version of the game is deeply unsatisfying; a skim milk, decaffeinated,...
The Australian rugby coach and his selectors appear to be following a quite deliberate policy of favouring...
The Tokyo Bledisloe match featured the clash of two backlines who basically can’t tackle to save themselves. Both the Wallabies and All Blacks backs fall off one in four tackles they attempt. Let’s look at the Wallabies first, using calculations derived from 2009 Super 14 stats compiled by Verusco Technologies. The first...
When SANZAR introduced a number of Experimental Law Variations for the 2008 season, supporters were led to...
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