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Olympic gold medallist Andy Timo shows the value of playing Sevens
Timo’s display on Saturday for La Rochelle at Montauban was eye-catching to say the least. It was quickly evident that the man has a fine appreciation of space, and how to use it. This is a player for whom the mantra ‘play where it is easy to play’ was written. La Rochelle had come with…
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Overcoached Irish losing the ability to read the game.
Last Saturday’s Champions Cup final was a stark contrast between the now oh-so-familiar ‘phase play’ of Irish teams, in particular Leinster and the national team, and a style of rugby which is often lazily referred to as ‘French flair’, but is actually far more about a way of coaching the game. Let’s not forget that…
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House building from the ground up: LPM UK’s South African blueprint
Reaching a World Cup quarter-final would satisfy most nations. For South Africa Women in 2025, it represented both progress and a prompt for reflection. In the women’s game, the country remains some way behind its global rivals in terms of depth and infrastructure. At school level, rugby for girls often plays second fiddle to hockey,…