England 2014: Where are England’s ball carriers?
View image | gettyimages.com 12 months is a long time in Rugby Union and it’s not that uncommon to see a well oiled machine start to stutter and splutter. England, whilst not awful, have gone from one of the strongest attacking teams in the Six Nations to a team searching for a spark. Additionally in the four weeks of the Autumn internationals they went from a team looking to put away the SH giants and set out their stall ahead...
Anatomy of a Try – Ben Ransom vs Sale December 2014
View image | gettyimages.com We've been a way for a few weeks, providing Wallabies analysis for the excellent Green and Gold Rugby, but what better way to come back than to look at a superb try from the last round of European Rugby, specifically Ben Ransom’s superb team effort. Rugby at its best is a simple game, and when played properly a well timed pass or a good line hit at pace from deep is impossible to defend....
Anatomy of a Try – Nick Cummins vs Australia November 2014
#458236394 / gettyimages.com The Wallabies vs Barbarians game was always going to be a game that could have gone either way – dire or great. Thankfully this was an occasion were both teams took the Barbarians ethos to heart and slung it about. How much we read into the Australian team from this is still to be determined, it was far from test match Rugby, but two Australian players that stood out for me on the day were...
Attack Analysis – Bath Rugby
As mentioned in the Kyle Eastmond, Analysis of a Try article, Bath have always been an attractive side to watch, but since Mike Ford took over steering the ship I really feel they have taken this to another level. George Ford, seems to have been the missing link for Bath, and it’s interesting to see how much he has pushed on since leaving Leicester. He brings a flat gain line game with ball in hand and assured...
The Anatomy of a Try – Kyle Eastmond vs Leicester September 2014
Bath have long been an attractive team to watch, but over the last couple of seasons their attacking philosophy has really taken things to a new level and on Saturday they literally destroyed Leicester, inflicting a rare 45-0, 5 try humiliation as they set about playing attacking Rugby from everywhere on the park. We'll take a look at their attacking shape later in the week but for now we'll focus on...
The Anatomy of a Try – Christelle Le Duff vs South Africa August 2014
As the Womens World Cup enters the semi-final stages I thought it'd be good to look back at one of the best tries from the pool stages, Christelle Le Duff's second against, a poor, South Africa. The try doesn't really mean much in the context of the game, but it's worth looking at because it comes from a well worked strike move. Strike moves are literally the Holy Grail of back play, it's one of those...
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