Credit: The Times (link to website article) Beware Sexton switching it up in the 22 In this video Ben explain’s what makes Ireland so dangerous, why the five-man lineout holds the key to their attacking play and why they switch…
With injuries inevitable, coaches need to know who their next cab off the rank is in each key position and Ireland have the system best placed to succeed. Click the link or photo below to read Ben’s article. Credit: The…
James Haskell returns to the show alongside, by popular demand, Ben Ryan where the chaps discuss the Premiership relegation and promotion debate and how the RFU fits in. Ben’s tells us Fijian rugby stories including Jerry Tuwai and his boots,…
Episode 8: Ben Ryan: Motivation What does it take to motivate a team of people? Offer a carrot or wield a stick? One man who has a fair idea is Ben Ryan, the most successful rugby sevens coach…
James Haskell, Ben Ryan and Alex Payne discuss the remarkable story of AK47s, Pain Au Chocolats and military coups behind Fiji’s gold medal triumph at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio; while Hask gives his take on Brexit, Peter Crouch…
Credit: The Times (link to website article) New Zealand are undeniably the best team in world rugby, but do the All Blacks have any weaknesses that can be exploited? In this video, Ben Ryan, the Olympic gold-medal winning coach of…
Making sense Last week’s blog highlighted my thoughts about rugby on and off the field. I questioned some of the rationale behind the longer season, as well as the bending of the laws of the game that is giving us…
Talking points Another weekend of rugby with more airtime talking about the bad rather than the good. The talk has mostly been about the tackle, the cards being dished out, and the subsequent fall out. There’s also plenty of talk…
This week I was on Brian Moore’s podcast. I always enjoy seeing Brian and talking about what’s currently happening in Rugby. It was good to chat about how teams achieve consistency, how some clubs are really developing British coaches brilliantly, and…
I like to create my own practices and wanted one that encourages all the basic tenets of attack support/offload play. I call it the Rondo because I watched Barcelona FC practice and they did a very simple one touch game…
