Rugby: Around The Clock Tackling

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Players sit back to back, arms interlocked and knees bent. The coach says left or right. The players must battle to pull their partner to the floor on the said side.

Players stand back to back with coloured cones either side. When the coach shouts go both player run around their white cones. The coach shouts a colour and the ballc carrier runs towards that cone. If the attacker runs to the tacklers left hand side they must tackle with their left shoulder, if they run right they must tackle with their right shoulder.

Start with 2 players on the centre cone, each with a ball, and facing each other.

1. On the shout "GO", they both run backwards to the first cone
2. They then side step up the grid to the second cone
3. Next players run through the slalom cones back to the start where the ball is passed to the next players
4. Next players can only go when each player has received a ball (to ensure each race is fair).

• Get all players into teams of 3
• One group of 3 with bibs start as defenders 
• In a 10mx10m grid - the other groups line up either side of the grid as attackers. Split evenly.
• The defenders work together to stop the attacking side scoring and getting through 
• After a tackle is made or a try is scored, the attacking team pop the ball off to a team on the other side of the grid who attack straight away
• Defending side need to react and realign quickly to stop the next team from scoring
• Start as shoulder on and then can progress to full contact
• Defence works for 1 minute and then change
• Competition - Team with the least tries scored against them wins