Rugby: Warm Up - Jackal

Contest for every ball and cause a turnover with this session by focussing on both defensive and attacking breakdowns. Work on the jackal and bounce in defence and attack at break down with the smash and crocodile roll.

• players start ontop of eachother.
• the guy ontop is trying to stop the boy on the bottom gettign up 
• wrestle and by no means let the player on the floor up.

This is the first exercise in a series of three that can be put together to form a contact conditioning circuit.

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

• Your players should work in pairs.

• One player lays with his back on the ground and the other lays across him facing down.

• The player with his back on the ground has to work really hard to get back to his feet against the resistance of his partner.

This exercise will develop your players core strength and ability to manipulate the body in order to get back to their feet.

This drill is simulating aspects of the game such as having to roll away after making a tackle.

• 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. 

• Groups of 3/4
• 1 Tackle Sausage.
• 1 Tackle bag. 

1. Tackle Bag conditioning.

Players align 6m apart, one side with tackle sausage. Work for 1 min constantly tackling and carrying sausage back and forth with partners. 

2. Tackle and Roll conditioning. 

Same as before but introduce roll after making the hit. Roll with bag to escpae collision area. then same as before, pick up the sausage and run.

3. Add Defender

A 3rd player is introduced, holding Tackle bag who acts as a attacker clearing out the ruck. The Defender must bounce up and clear the tackle bag player coming over the ball, then same as before. 

4. Tackle, Roll, Clear 

All 4 stages togther now, adding a roll in before clearing out the attakcing player with tackle bag.