Rugby Tactics: The Counter Attack Kings of New Zealand

The attacking mindset of the teams in this year’s Super Rugby competition has been an absolute joy to watch. Intent has been front and centre of most teams game plan. With everyone looking to play with ball in hand we’ve been blessed with some truly brilliant tries. Tries from Counter Attacking have featured heavily with teams like the Chiefs, often scoring more times from Counter Attacks than from phase play and set pieces. For example against the Force and the Brumbiess the Chiefs scored 14 tries, and 10 were scored from turnovers. That’s a pretty special strike rate, and they are ess…