Rugby: Sausage Wrestle and Jackal

• A coach or scrum half feeds a ball carrier who should be running onto the ball.

• The ball carrier should run towards the tackle sausage and use footwork and a hand off to move past the tackle sausage towards the first two tackle bags.

• The player should aim to hit the gap between the two tackle bags and power beyond the contact.

• Those two players then drop the bags and follow the original runner in support.

• The ball carrier then hits the bag, goes to ground and looks to lift the ball up to one of his support players. 

• The next player then hits the last tackle bag, goes to ground and presents the ball.

• The next support player clears away the bag to secure the ball.

This drill works on a number of skills (running onto the ball, hand off, footwork and hitting gaps, communication and support, clearing out a ruck) in continuity which means its more game realistic and trains players to not only perform the individual skills, but also to be thinking about how the skills link together and what their next job is.

• tackle sausage 

Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape. 

Have one player line up a couple meters away from the bag. 

Conditioning drill, the player does reps of clearing the bag, running back to the line, doing a down up and going again. 

Groups of 4 and two groups of defenders with contact pads. 1 ball per group.

1. The ball carrier drives into the contact pads and presents ball backwards. Player 2 binds on, face to face and secures ball, player 3 binds on the other side to form a front row.
2. All attackers bind together and drive defenders back 2-3 metres. Player 4 takes ball out at back and runs back around cone with players 1-3 in support.
3. Repeat going back the other way until all attackers have practised each role.

• Players split into pairs and line up in as many lines as you require

• Balls should be set out 2 yards in front of the player at the front of the line

• The first player holds a tackle bag side on and falls flat to the floor with the bag, just behind the ball

• The player gets into the rucking position over the ball and drives out over the ball for five yards.