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Want to teach your players attacking rugby?

We have got attacking skills resource for all levels of the from some of the world's best attack coaches to help including Wayne Smith, Joe Schmidt, Gregor Townsend, Dave Ellis and others.

  • Build an effective attack strategy like the best attacking teams in the world.
  • Understand different strategies and why they are effective.
  • Develop effective individual and team attacking skills and tactics.
  • Different modified games to develop attacking skills.

Plus we have categorised them by playing level to make it easier for you to find:

  • Y – youth
  • HS – high school
  • A – adult
  • All – suitable for all levels

Attack resources

Why you don’t always need a 10 out of 10 – the vertical axis attack off scrum-half

With two of the world’s best attacking players wearing the No. 9 and No. 10 jerseys, how should France structure their attack?
Nick Bishop highlights Fabian Galthie’s dilemma ahead of the inaugural Nation’s Championship

How Union Bordeaux-Bègles overturned the odds in the Champions Cup final

Leinster finished ahead in territory and possession, set more rucks and made more carries than their opponents UBB but didn’t win the ECC.
Nick Bishop explains why.

Are the All Blacks primed for revival under Dave Rennie?

The All Blacks lost some of their quintessential identity in the Razor era, as Nick Bishop details, but with Dave Rennie they are good chance to reclaim it.

How to attack the red zone – the Ireland way

Ireland maybe in transition but when push came to shove in the red zone, as Nick Bishop details, they were still the Six Nations kings and nearly won the tournament.

Six Nations explosion! What has happened in the northern hemisphere?

Analyst Nick Bishop explains what and how this year’s Six Nations rugby steadily and surprising, moved ahead of its international counterpart in the south in a key attack statistic!

Successful Multi-phase Rugby Alive and Well

Using Scotland’s outstanding French 6N performance, Nick details how the tactical use of the kicking game works in the hands of a team which does not depend on kicking to win games of footy.

How to put a twist in the tale of your attacking play from 9

Rugby is following faithfully in American Football’s footsteps, and it has generated its own versions of ‘misdirection’.
Most of them start with the actions of the number 9 at the base of a ruck or set-piece.
Using examples from recent premiership and 6Ns matches Nick details rugby’s latest cross sport trend.

Upwardly mobile or treading water? Are Razor’s All Blacks still on trend?

Has Scott Robertson’s All Black’s abandoned Sir Wayne Smith’s highly successful ‘counter attack’ principles?

Nick Bishop compares the current iteration All Blacks against its Rugby Championship counterparts for answers

What the new ‘escort’ rules mean for aerial contestables

The new rules for ‘escort runners’ has created an unintended consequence and a far more open and less structured situation for both sides as Nick Bishop reports.

How to use the new scrum guidelines to free your attacking #9

Nick Bishop outlines how new rules for the defending 9 at the scrum have created more 8/9 attack options.

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