Technical Zone

In our latest series of Technical Zone articles, Greg Commins looks at the four possible threats the defending team needs to cover when defending from the scrum:

The pick and go by attacking #8, Cut back inside by attacking back line, Attack out wide, Tactical kicking by opposition.

In our latest series of Technical Zone articles, Greg Commins looks at the four possible threats the defending team needs to cover when defending from the scrum:

The pick and go by attacking #8, Cut back inside by attacking back line, Attack out wide, Tactical kicking by opposition

In our latest series of Technical Zone articles, Greg Commins looks at the four possible threats the defending team needs to cover when defending from the scrum:

The pick and go by attacking #8, Cut back inside by attacking back line, Attack out wide, Tactical kicking by opposition

Practicing defensive patterns and skills are vitally important to your team’s success. It is an aspect of the game lots of coaches “under coach” and a lot of the time to their demise. In this article I have outlined a few key points that you should reinforce during your defense sessions.

The up and out defense was the classic defense used by rugby union for years until some teams started to learn from rugby league defense systems and started to play the out and in defense. We'll show you the basics and give you some guidelines as to which system will work best for your team.

The steps to making an effective tackle are simple and when mastered will result in a higher percentage of completed first time tackle attempts and turnover opportunities. Greg Commins explains in the Technical Zone.