Analysis
Box-office coaching hires show the scale of South Africa's ambition
Tony Brown and Jerry Flannery are statement recruits by Rassie Erasmus' Springboks
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High time conversion charge downs were consigned to history
Players being allowed to charge down conversions but not penalties adds unnecessarily to rugby's complexity.
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Schrodinger's Try
The end-of-game decision to not award Sam Skinner a match-winning try was a prime example of rugby's convoluted laws
Opinion
Mick Cleary: 'England would not supply many, if any, names to a Six Nations XV'
Steve Borthwick's side have identity, but remain too formulaic and too blunt in attack.
Opinion
Frustrated Wales yearn to lose the plucky losers tag
Dafydd Jenkins wasn't comforted by Wales' courageous performance and knows his side will be judged on results soon enough
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Ross Vintcent: 'I was lost, up the creek without a paddle'
The Italy debutant was left adrift during covid, but his riveting journey from Dubai to the Six Nations soon gathered pace.
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A French club's 'Moneyball' approach to scouting Tier Two talent
Aurillac is going all-in on emerging nations youngsters - and their plan is working.
Opinion
Gatland game-plan must play to strengths of class of 2024
Wales look better suited to a game of pace and guile rather than the attritional style of Warren Gatland's first stint in charge.
Opinion
Tomos Williams possesses the x-factor to rock Twickenham to its foundations
The livewire Welsh scrum-half is in the form of his life and has the tools to unsettle England's structured gameplan
Analysis
'Offence drives business': Why Gallagher Premiership shows the way for rugby
With its attacking focus, England's top flight offers a glimpse of a future rugby must embrace.
Analysis
Great expectations replace hope as Ireland chase consecutive Grand Slams
In the last decade or so, Ireland have moved the dial in people's perceptions, from plucky also-rans to elite, clinical profession…
Opinion
For England's dashing debutants, the hard works starts now
Similar to England against Italy Stuart Lancaster blooded six debutants at the 2012 Six Nations but beyond Owen Farrell, who can n…
