Maul DefencePreview

Uruguay will bring a strong lineout drive — this is where we take it away from them. Watch the preview below, then the two reference clips, and get clear on the anatomy of a scrape before we hit the training paddock. Come to the session with a picture in your head.

Uruguay · Los Teros

Watch First

The Preview

Our full maul defence preview for Uruguay. Watch this one start to finish before anything else.

Reference · 01

World Class Transition

How the best in the world move from the air to the ground and into the fight. Watch the speed of the transition — nobody waits.

Reference · 02

The Mechanics of a Big Hit

The body positions that make a hit land — feet, hips, shoulder. Short one. Watch it twice.

Technique

The Anatomy of a Scrape

The scrape only works if the right part of the body does the work. We cannot scrape with the front delt, the pecs or the traps — that turns us square and kills our power. We scrape with the rear delts and the scapulas: back of the shoulder through the shoulder blade.

Red — never scrape with these

Green — this is our scrape

Back view — rear delts and scapulas in green, traps in red — **Back View**Rear delts + scapulas = green. Traps = red.

Front view — front delts and pecs in red — **Front View**Front delts + pecs = red. Nothing on the front scrapes.

Top-down view — traps, front delts and pecs in red — **Top-Down View**Traps, front delts + pecs = all red from above.

The Picture

If the front of your shoulder or your chest is touching them first, you're square and you're pushing — not scraping. Get the back of the shoulder and the shoulder blade on, and the scrape does the work for you.