The Southern Hemisphere have lead the way with continuity skills. The Super 14 matches are characterised by free flowing rugby. Play doesn't shift through phases - each phase is often a long time from the other, compared to Northern Hemisphere rugby.
The All Black side have marked their dominance of world rugby through their ability to breakdown the opposition defence by off loading before or out of the tackle and is something you should try to build into your team's game!
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World Rugby's lower tackle height is no longer a trial. It is law in community rugby from this season, and unions choose waist or base of the sternum. Here is how to retrain your defence.
Lower tackle heights leave the ball free for longer and change the breakdown contest. If your ruck work has not been updated this pre-season, you are coaching last season's game.
Long, lonely runs build lungs, not rugby players. Here's how to build a pre-season that puts fitness where the game needs it - with a ball in hand and a decision to make.
