Rugby Tactics: Scotland's Attacking Play Examined - Part Two

In our last article we looked at Scotland’s exciting attacking play against Wales and how they stretched the Welsh defence by using quick ruck focused attack patterns until they were able to break them down, creating a scoring opportunity. In part two we're going to look at their attacking play in their win against Italy in Rome. This time we see a slightly lower phase attack pattern that moves the Italian defence across the pitch in one or two phases, with Russell using wider passes to stretch the defence before Scotland rewind, utilising the space they've created by dragging the defence …