Category: Defending

Shooter Defence

The shooter defence (also known as the shoot defence or flyer defence) is an aggressive defensive style. It should only

Probably one of the most forgotten about defensive roles in rugby is of the scrum half. A good scrum half

A scrum gives the attacking team a big advantage by having 8 players of the opposition tied up in the scrum.

The wingers and fullback form the back three and in defence they work together to cover the back field, covering

One of the basic concepts to understand in terms of defence is that of a “flat line”. This is fundamental

The blitz defence (sometimes known as the Press defence) is one of the two most common defence strategies used in

The drift defence is one of the two main types of defensive strategies in rugby (the other being the blitz