Rugby: Touch Ruck Game 4 v 4

1 player stands crouched down 1 foot either side of a tackle bag holding a ball at the end of the bag

2 players run around the wide cones to then come in towards the player with the ball and clear out the ball .

Repeat the practice going the other way.

Players start face down, on the coach's whistle players get to their feet to contest the contact area.

Red player 1 and the blue player should be closer to the ball so that they reach it quicker and present a target to be cleared away by the supporting red defender.

As the second red player reaches the ruck they should bind with their team mate to contest the ball, with the aim of disrupting the ball.

Set up:

8 defending players Tackle Suits,  one ball carrier and four support players.

The drill:

1. Ball carrier enters grid 1 via gate followed by support players.
2. Defenders tackle ball carrier and the ball carrier presents ball.
3. All support players work to clear defenders and free up the ball.
4. Ball is picked by remaining support and carried out of grid 1 into middle grid via gate repeat through middle grid into grid 3.

3 players (one in tackle suit, one with ball) and one tackle bag.

Player in tackle suit crouches or kneels next to tackle bag.

Suited player tackles bag, player with ball places ball next to tackle bag, suited player returns to feet to compete for ball.

The third player now clears out suited player.