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Nine in the front line

Nine in the front line

Make your scrum-half part of your active ruck defence, especially if they are one of your best tacklers.
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Cover all the bases

Cover all the bases

Develop your players’ drift-defence techniques by building up their line speed, communication and changes of angle when outnumbered.
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Stopping flair teams

Stopping flair teams

Prevent sides that like attacking with the ball in hand, offloading, and taking on defenders 1v1 from controlling games. By former Fiji c...
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Back row defence activities

Back row defence activities

Develop your back row’s defensive options from a normal or wheeled scrum.
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9 to 6 scrum defence

9 to 6 scrum defence

With defences and attacks set 5 metres back from the scrum, you need a cohesive defensive strategy between your back row and scrum-half.
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Power defence on the try line

Power defence on the try line

The “must-have” defensive system for your own try line.
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Zoning your team defence

Zoning your team defence

Your defensive systems needs to have balance. It need to cover the danger areas close to the ruck and further away. Here are the key prin...
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Ask Dan “Should you set goals for weak tacklers?”

Ask Dan “Should you set goals for weak tacklers?”

Our problem is that one of our players, who is not small (quite tall and lean), despite training okay with tackling, during a game just d...
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    Risk and reward for jackling

    Risk and reward for jackling

    Attempting to steal tackle ball, jackling, can lead to turnovers but also has a nasty habit of leading to penalties. Weigh up the risks and ...
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    Ask Dan - Defensive line speed for an under 9s team

    Ask Dan - Defensive line speed for an under 9s team

    Line speed, that is the defensive coming forward quickly and in an organised state, certainly puts pressure on the attack. However, it’s ...
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    Start to reward good defence for better defence

    Start to reward good defence for better defence

    Defence has traditionally centred around the objective of winning the ball back. Which is absolutely the point but, by only focusing on or ...
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    Expert principles of defence

    Expert principles of defence

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    Defenders one and two must defend front first

    Defenders one and two must defend front first

    The first two defenders at the edge of the ruck must understand their roles to ensure they don’t get caught out by the running 9 or an ...

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