SIMPLE BASIC PLAYS NEEDING EMPHASIS 1 Stay on your feet. Why dive? Stay on your feet? 2. Keep the ball off the ground. Balls on the ground get lost. 3. Pass the ball. Passing scores tries. 4. Tackle low. With high tackles, opponents keep gaining ground! 5. Don’t kick the ball away. Possession is 9/10ths […]
Local (Northern Hemisphere) recent X rugby player wishing to remain anonymous has submitted an entire book here for publication as their career long experience and knowledge of how to play winning rugby. Every day we will publish a chapter from the book beginning today with the contents and intro – please leave any comments on […]
Only 1 team needed for the Quigg Golden Qualifying 7s on Saturday the 5th of May. We need one more club from Qualifying League rugby to complete the competition. Any club that still wishes to enter get in contact Michael Simms at 07868022150 or michael@carricksevens.co.uk So if you are interested in entering a team in […]
England beat Australia 15-10 in a breathless final at the Hong Kong Stadium to take the second IRB Women’s Sevens Challenge Cup title. Inspired by two tries from captain Michaela Staniford, England beat the defending women’s Hong Kong champions Canada in their semi final and then beat Australia, who had themselves overpowered USA in the […]
A Century of Twickenham Legends celebrates Twickenhams centenary and its best and most well-known Rugby Union players In 1910, Billy Williams former cabbage patch staged its first rugby international in Twickenham and the Headquarters of the 15-a-side game in England was established. To help mark Twickenhams 100th birthday, the World Museum of Rugby set up the Wall […]