Rugby: Quick Ball From Slow Ball

Players stand in a inner circle and have an outer circle 5m behind them.

2 players in the middle. one player passes the ball to one of the outside players. The other central player runs at the player with the ball rips the ball off the player and presents the ball to the original passer. This player then passes the ball to another player in the circle and the practice repeats it self.

This is the third exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit. The circuit can be sets of 30 seconds of hard work followed by 30 seconds of rest. Swap in this circuit for your usual fitness routine to give the players something a bit more interesting and transferable to a game. 

Alternatively, this would be a great exercise to include as part of a warm up.

• Players work in pairs, one player holds a tackle bag behind a tackle sausage.
• The other player makes a low tackle on the sausage and then drives through, clearing out the player holding the tackle bag.
• This player then goes to ground and gets back up to complete another repetition in the other direction.
• It is the job of the player holding the tackle bag to lift up the tackle sausage after each repetition.

This drill will increase players overall fitness levels while being very relevant to game situations. 

0.21 - Why is this important for players?

Adding the 'put in' and 'strike' to the 3 person front row.