Defence - Building a Wall - HS & A with Aaron Jones

Part 1. Defence - Spacing and Alignment 9:33 Free video

“Head on a swival” gives us vision to make decisions – on both sides of the ball.

Filmed at last year’s San Francisco Coach Summit, Rugby Code’s Aaron Jones shares his defence philosophy – Building a Wall and his approach to achieving it in his latest 3 part series.

As Sir Graham Henry states – every team must have a Defence Philosophy!

Part 2. Defence - Filling the Space 4:42 Free video

the Anchor, the Adjustor and the 9 behind

In part 2 of his defence series, Rugby Code’s Aaron Jones manages the inside channel defence roles and dynamics.

Terminology of positions does not matter – filling the space does.

Fundamental defence principles for all levels.

Part 3. Defence - Roles and Responsibilities 15:11 Member content

Look then decide

Rugby Code’s Aaron Jones with some help from The Magic Academy’s Rusty Earnshaw details the various roles, responsibilities and situation scenarios around the Inside Channel in part 3 of his Phase Defence series.

As Aaron and Rusty note it is important to understand the profile of the players you are working with and adjust your delivery expectation levels accordingly.

Part 4. Defence - Whole Part Whole 4:03 Member content

Whole-part-whole coaching

Rugby Code’s Aaron Jones again with some help from The Magic Academy’s Rusty Earnshaw puts the players’ inside channel defence role and responsibilities under pressure in part 4 of his Phase Defence series

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Remember highlight the good and bad aspects and modify the activity to fit the skill development.