Rugby Tactics: The Driving Maul as an Attacking Weapon

This week as part of our Rugby Tactics feature we’re looking at the effectiveness of the rolling Maul, focusing on Exeter Chiefs' recent use of it to score four tries against Wasps RFC in the Aviva Premiership. Whilst many people see the Maul as negative, boring Rugby it’s hard to ignore the fact it’s a highly effective weapon in attack. It’s a tactic that can be deployed at any level of the game, from social all the way through to International Rugby, as we see in the clip with England’s try against Fiji in this year’s World Cup. In the video we put aside the debate around law in…