Rugby: Smash or roll

Master the ?Smash? and the ?Roll? rucking technique so that when the pressure is on and a clear decision needs to be made, clearing the ruck becomes second nature to your players.

• The aim of the drill is to develop good techniques to protect the ball and stay in a strong position. 

• Sausage 
• Cones

After you have completed the bounce motion, you can bounce and fire. 

Fire - is by any means effect there breakdown and slow the ball down - when you realise you cant steal the ball. 

Jackal - stay on and win the ball over the break down.  

• Players line up on the cones 
• the first play makes a tackle on the sausage get s up and becomes the defender. (jackal)
• the second player listens to the coloured cone the coach shouts and goes around that cone before trying to clear the (jackaler) 
• The jackaler makes the decion to Jackle or Fire through the break down depending on the speed of the arriving defender. 

• 2 players minimum 
• Tackle Sausage 

 -Crocodile roll is one technique to repmove threats from a breakdown.
most useful for smaller players to move larger ones. 
 -Require control, power, accuracy.
Identify if croc roll is the right technique to use. 
- Target the defenders upperback/lower neck region. 
- Initate the clear out by big shoulder contact into that area, set feet wide, then bearhug the defender 
- Use momentum and rotate hips downwards, maintain strong grip and roll palyer off the ball. 
- Finish movement on top of player and compete for ball. 

2 players pair up, site back to back and lock arms together. 

The coach tells each player to lean a side. 

when the coach blows hs whistle they players wrestle to get there shoulder to the gorund the coach said. 

Once one player has won, you must reset and start again.