Rugby: Tackle, Bounce, Jackal, Fire Drill

• 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. 

• Groups of 3 
• Sausage 
• Ball

1 player lines up opposite a standing sausage, wrestles it to the floor, landing chest ontop of the bag. 

A 2nd play holding a ball puts the ball down on the right side of the sausage as if it was an attacker placing it. 

The first play wrestling the sausage, bouncers up and competes for the ball (remeber to release) 

The 3rd player once the ball has been placed tries to clear the player competing for the ball.

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.

• The players in their groups of 3 stand between the lines of the inner square with the working group stood inside the other players.
• The first group of 3 begins by running across the grid passing the ball. When they reach the centre the ball is put down an they then run at the players with the pads (on their left) each pushing their player to the outer square. The players then swap.
• The pad players run across to the tackle bags and push and tackle the bags to the outer square.
• Players swap again now the new 3 players (third group) run to the ball pick it up and take the ball turn right to face the 3 players on the 12 o'clock side of the square and run into contact for the ball carrier to present the ball.
• This ball is then picked up by the 3 players being pushed back and the drill starts again.
• Keep the tempo of this exercise high.

Note: You can change the position of each activity within the training area - but that will impact on the instructions to coaches. Players can basically go in any direction, but they do need to communicate and work as a unit. Don't get to hung up on where players should be going, or in what order.