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Is it Sevens’ or Tens’ or Fifteens’? Or is it Rugby?

By | June 2, 2013

Increasingly I am hearing of examples of Olympic funding being for Sevens only. It would appear that national Olympic committees see rugby as the elephant in the room with playing numbers being greater than many Olympic sports and, as a result, becoming a threat to them if funding is based on playing numbers. In some [...]

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Many Different Things or The Same Thing Many Times

By | May 20, 2013

Revisiting the article on critical incidents for a moment I have thought that, one day, resources permitting we should see where the high correlations exist between the various aspects of play and the final score. The statistics on TV often bear little relationship to the difference in scores. Even the tackle count shows little correlation [...]

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THE CONCEPT AND USE OF CRITICAL INCIDENTS ANALYSIS

By | April 10, 2013

Rugby is a game of a series of episodes of play that commence with the re-start and end with the referee’s whistle being blown for whatever reason. The episode has an outcome, which may be to the advantage or disadvantage of the team. The outcome may be measured in terms of territory, possession or both; [...]

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