Rugby: Running into space from support - stretch defence

Create doubt in the defender's mind by getting your ball carrier to run straight with the ball, and support runners to run good lines to create depth and width

Out in 4s - simple hands - When players reach the end they should turn left.

Group realigns around the cone and then use simple hands to finish.

You can put defenders into the second channel to increase the difficulty of this drill.

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

5 players in a group, line up within touching distance of one another, facing the coach who has a ball in his hand.

The coach then calls "turnover" and the Players quickly get width, but are not allowed to work backwards to get depth.

Once the players get depth the coach lets the first man off the mark by popping the ball in the air, as it is popped he moves off the mark and accelerates onto the ball and moves forward.

4 players work together in a 6x6m grid.

1. Players attack each line of the square, from the inside.
2. Once they get to the 4th man they move onto the next closest line to the ball carrier.

All the players in support must get into a good position to receive the ball deep and work onto the ball straight towards the line.

Players keep going until they finish the last line of the grid.