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Apr 12, 2020 51 min

Game plan attack priorities to blunt defences

from Rugby Coach Weekly Hosted by Dan Cottrell / Peter Russell

Send us Fan Mail Peter Russell is very experienced coach, having worked with premier teams across the rugby globe. He was head coach of Hawkes Bay, assistant coach with the Highlanders Super Rugby team, head coach at the Newcastle Falcons and the NEC Green Rockets in Japan. He is now head coach at the Manawatu Mitre 10 Cup team. In the pod, he was keen to chat about the game plan concept, trends and the exposure of defence systems. In this detailed podcast, here are some of the many areas we covered: What is meant by an attacking part of a game plan What are the key elements to this game plan How does an attack breakdown the modern, aggressive defensive systems Why "shape" comes second How does "shape" work, for example, with a 1,3,3,1 system What happens in training to enable the game plan to work What's the role of kicking in a game plan Why we need to think about the width of passes from the base of a ruck What the All Blacks disastrously forgot against the Lions in 2017 To find out more around the topics covered this podcast, go to the Rugby Coach Weekly page on this podcast. To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer CLICK HERE Also, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!

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Send us Fan Mail Peter Russell is very experienced coach, having worked with premier teams across the rugby globe. He was head coach of Hawkes Bay, assistant coach with the Highlanders Super Rugby team, head coach at the Newcastle Falcons and the NEC Green Rockets in Japan. He is now head coach at the Manawatu Mitre 10 Cup team. In the pod, he was keen to chat about the game plan concept, trends and the exposure of defence systems. In this detailed podcast, here are some of the ...

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