Scrum half pass from 9 (yellow)
Attack the space (red)
Defence (blue) - focusing on drift defence up and out rather than out and up to drive the attackers to the touchline.
Passing (spin pass/floater)
Drift defence
Catching
Ball presentation (two hands on ball)
Decision making
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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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.
