Rugby: Running Lines To Break The Gain-Line

• 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.

• This drill is designed to work on the loop; on of the simplest and most effective ways to create your own overlap/space out wide
• Start with three attackers and three defenders using tackle bags in front of them.

• Attacker 1 passes to attacker 2 and begins to loop around.
• Player 1 should then receive the ball back and his next aim is to fix the third defender.
• Attacker three should make his way out to the edge where the space has been created.
• Attacker 1 then passes to attacker 3 who has space to get around the defence.
• Using this drill will develop your players handling under pressure and their attacking vision and ability to create space

• Bags
• Balls 

2 attackers line up opposite 2 defenders with bosh bags. 

The coach delivers a ball into the attackers. 

The ball carrier aims to run an overs line - Outsid ehsoulder of first defdner, and attack the second defender.

The second attacker looks to leach on/latch on to the ball carrier pushing them through the contact area. 

Looking for a quick exstra few yards. 

The drill starts with 2 attackers in blue, standing behind one another, 5m from the 1st defender/attacker in red.

1. The blue players attacks the red defender, once they pass him the defender/attacker joins the attacking team in one motion - therefore 2 players will be ahead with 1 backup supporter creating a 3v2 situation.
   
   
2. The 3 attackers now attack the 2 red defenders.
   
   
3. Once the attackers beat the 2 red defenders the two defenders also join the attack to make it a 5v3.

The 3 defenders at the end stay on. The 2 attackers, 2 defenders and 1 defender must be replaced by new player to keep the drill continuous and stimulating