Off the ball work

Off the ball work - This to me is one of my focusses in our attack play and something if you want to make the most of your attack all players must provide. Although we often focus on the ball carrier when watching games it is often the guys outside and inside, running support lines, making defence take notice that create the space for the ball carrier.
The off the ball work is a thankless job generally but teams that work hard on this aspect of their attack play seem to have an abundance of two things:
Time & Space! These two things are some of the most critical factors in execution of quality attack ultimately resulting in tries!!
Think back to how often we see wingers standing on their wings gazing down the sidelines, waiting for that overlap that will be provided by players inside of them.... This is a pet hate of mine and a real focus for my coaching of the backs this year. My focus for the next few weeks is to "sell" the off the ball work to our backline in all facets of attack! This off the ball work may consist of teh following: Communication, Dummy Running, dragging opposite to create space, support and basically everything and anything to manipulate space for our team to attack!
A chap I have coached with recently summed up the game we love so perfectly and simpily:
Rugby is: TUBS
Them
Us
Ball
Space

You make them think more about us, maintain control of the ball and attack the space!