It is important you don’t stay in base contact either as that will usually allow them to create a hole they can start to press through. They can blitz the first one, but don’t have the speed or agility to get past the second. So the alternative is to form up in front of their team to stop the advance, you need columns of two players across the pitch. The addition of the Kick Off Return skill also makes it more likely they can get the ball into a cage successfully. Be warned though, if you don’t think you can pull this off then I wouldn’t attempt it (usually slower teams) as you can end up with players the wrong side of the ball and can’t stop the Dwarven advance. This tactic will also usually take advantage of all your players while you still have them. A turnover score will be terrible for the Dwarfs, they now have to score but have less turns to do it in. If you can prevent a cage forming and then get good hits on their ball carrier then give this a go. If you have some fast and agile players and manage to get a deep kick (either from a favourable scatter, or good use of the Kick skill), then you may be able to get some of your players between their Runners and the rest of the team positioned to create a cage. Dwarf teams being slow and not particularly agile aren’t going to be running around throwing the ball, unless you face an unconventional build. If you haven’t already then take a read of the cage breaking article. ![]() The key is to try and avoid contact and just create a wall of players they can’t easily get through, or because they are slow, get around. For most teams if you try and mix it up with them you are just going to play into their hands. Dwarf teams will look to cage up the ball and use their great blocking ability and high armour to try and whittle the number of players down that you have on the pitch. There are two main way to take advantage of the Dwarfs slow speed, the first is to try and prevent them caging up and the second more typical game plan is to create a screen to slow their advance down the pitch. Like all teams the key to beating Dwarfs is to work against their weakness and obviously for a Dwarf team that would be how slow they are. I personally don’t agree with that and I find matches against Dwarfs an strategical cat and mouse game. Dwarf teams have a bad reputation with certain coaches, usually because people suggest that games with them are boring.
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