Misbehaving Wallabies, innovative All Blacks and the importance of Samson Lee for Wales are all topics addressed in this July review
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Five things we learned about rugby – June
Sonny Bill Williams needs to stop switching. June saw speculation that Sonny Bill Williams will once again make another career change. The ‘Mr Ben’ (gratuitous Eighties reference) of Southern Hemisphere…
RWC 2015: Talking points from the Wales squad announcement
Wales’ strongest ever World Cup training squad Wales have named a very strong training squad for the Rugby World Cup. The strength of the squad is evident by the fact…
Five things we learnt in May
Beautiful rugby is back Rugby has become a rather routine affair over the past five years, with hyper-organised defences creating largely risk-averse attacking strategies led by tactical kicking. But thankfully,…
Five things we learnt in April
Five things we learned about rugby – April Don’t hate Toulon, they’re simply getting it right. Okay, so it was May 2, but it’s easy having a pop at Toulon.…
Five things we learnt in world rugby in March
Rugby needs to embrace missed tackles March proved that missed tackles are good for world rugby. This may seem like an odd thing to say, but elite rugby needs to…
Six Nations: Five things Wales learnt against Italy
The finest handling display under Gatland During the second half in Rome I was half expecting Doc Emmett Brown to scorch across the Olimpico Stadium’s turf in a DeLorean. For…
Six Nations: Five things Wales learnt against Ireland
Wales unravel the third-best team in the World Wales’ 23 – 16 victory over Ireland will rightly draw rapturous applause. Against any Irish team, in the modern era, this would…
Six Nations: Five things Wales learnt against France
Wales nail the basics It’s easy to get carried away with statistics. Sometimes they can be misleading and distort the true outcome of a game. But when a team wins…
Six Nations: Five things Wales learnt against Scotland
Warren Gatland's team secured a narrow win at Murrayfield – and here's analysis of the key points to take from the match