Attack

Attack Options

Level: intermediate, advanced

Former Georgia Rugby Director of Rugby Development and Rugby Australia’s Training and Education Advisor Rama Chand, with help from St Paul’s Brisbane players details some different attack options for teams of all levels to use.

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Age Grades: Colts-U18, Girls-U16, Girls-U18, Senior, U15, U16

Attack

Rama Chand

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Part 1. Applying the Principles of Play – Attack

LQB and KBA are just some of the parts to the Principles of Play – Attack as Rama details to start his Attack options series. Rama breaks down each element of play into simple and easy to understand parts from securing possession to the scoring of points. Understand these parts to build your whole attack strategy.

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Part 2. Offloads Inside and out

Ears, Eyes, and Hands are required to execute an accurate and effective offload. Rama Chand starts his series understanding the Offload and presenting some drill options to improve this key attack skill. Note: Communicate the expectation and ask questions to confirm the understanding.

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Part 3. Building Offload Understanding

Enable players to experiment and experience by modifying the game to mirror game like situation. As Rama demonstrates in this modified game with the St Paul’s Brisbane players in building their offload understanding. Modify and progress to focus the skill execution.

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Part 4. Run or Kick Transition Game

Create game like transition situations for attack to identify the space and for the defence to defend it. As Rama enables with the St Paul’s Brisbane players. Modify the game to build the decision making under pressure and fatigue.

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Part 5. Short Side Attack Options from a Lineout

Numerical and positional mismatches are the two scenarios to create and exploit with a short side lineout play. Rama with the St Paul’s, Brisbane players, presents how to create these Attack opportunities. Create pressure on the defence and build continuity of play, as Rama explains, is the aim of the play.

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Part 6. Strike Plays off a 5 Man Lineout

Numerical and positional mismatches remain the objectives from an open side lineout strike plays. Rama Chand with the help from the St Paul’s, Brisbane players, looks at different open side Attack Plays off a 5-man lineout. Include your players in the Strike Play design especially the game management players. At the end of the day they are ones executing it.