Rugby Reimagined The Dead Ball Area

In this episode of Rugby Reimagined I speak to Rugby Worlds very own Alan Dymock who took a short time out from a busy period preparing Rugby Worlds 60th Anniversary Issue to discuss, why:
7's deserves more respect,
the transfer Embargo in English Rugby needs to go,
why the Global Season has to align,
why you don't really mean we should "bring back rucking""

All good things must come to an end and Rugby Reimagined Season One is now over.

We'd originally planned 8 episodes, did 9, and with a few other people we couldn't make our diary match with the plan is for a short break and then season two.

In this episode of Rugby Reimagined we look at things from the POV of the man in the middle when I talk to Keith Lewis from https://www.rugbyreferee.net

Keith is an active referee who has reffed at the top level of the English game and is currently working as a Premiership TMO.

He set up Rugby Referee.net to help other referees develop and obtain the materials required to do so. He also presents the Advantage Over Podcast which looks at Rugby from a slightly different POV.

We talk about why Rugby just needs to get over the laws, why it needs to do more to encourage Referees into the game at all levels and why the separation of the Elite and Grassroots game is not the way to go. We also touch on the need for Referees to be more involved in the media.

This is one of my favourite conversations from the series to date.

In this episode of Rugby Reimagined I talk to Apollo Perelini, member of the Legendary Samoan team who took the 91 Rugby Union World Cup by storm and member of the all conquering St Helens team that won the 99 and 2000 Super League.

Apollo now heads up the U.A.E's high performance Rugby Program and a high class Rugby academy in Dubai and our paths crossed on the international Sevens circuit where we both coached.

We talked about why the Eligibility laws need to change, why he thinks Rugby should be in 4 quarters and not 2 halves and why we need to review the High tackle laws.

We also touch on his experience working at the highest levels of both Rugby codes.

In this Episode i talk to Sam Larner Analyst for Planet Rugby and the Rugby World Cup website.

We talk about, t2 eligibility, why UK rugby needs to restructure below the top level and why TV Rugby Analysts needs to get better at keeping up to date..

This time out I talk to Robbie Owens also known as Squidge Rugby.

We couldn't keep it to three things and ended up discussing why he would change the amount of law changes the game has, the way T2 nations are treated in the media, the women's game, the need for World Rugby to engage with content creators and a bunch of other stuff

In this Episode of Rugby Reimagined I talk to Coach/Analyst Geraint Davies about why the Breakdown law should be changed, the need to bring T2 nations in more and why TV companies need to up their game and give the fans what they want.