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!
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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Your players can pass beautifully in a warm-up grid. Then a defender closes, their lungs are burning, and the ball goes to ground. Here is how to build catch-pass skills that hold up when it matters.
A box kick or up-and-under is only as good as the chase behind it. Here is how to organise your chase line, compete in the air safely, and make sure your own catchers are ready for what comes next.
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.
