Problem with focussing for Rugby

I have been shooting my local club and have had a couple of issues with some action shots where the camera focuses on the players behind and not who im trying to focus on. Im using dynamic focus mode and af-c and trying to keep the dot on the player in question. Any ideas of what im doing wrong?

You could try single point instead of dynamic. The point you pick is just a starting point in dynamic mode. If the picture is still in camera, you can see what focus point was used. Otherwise Nikon viewnx2 should show you the point. If the point used falls on the center player, things may have just happened too fast. So see if you can verify what point point was used for this shot. It may have jumped to a back player for some reason. In that case, single point would probably work better for you. I've had auto area work for me. It often chooses the closest object.

Thanks for the info. Do you know how I would be able to see what focus point was used on my camera or view nx2?

In viewnx, it is under Image on the menu bar, select 'show focus point'. I might have spoke too soon, not sure if the d3200 can display the focus point in camera. I'll see if I can find it.

edit: I just looked at my d3100. I can't display the focus point in camera, so you probably cannot do it on the d3200 either.