Rugby: Fast Up - Play

Tell your players the following......

1. There will be one runner.
2. 1 player, static, on each cone. 4 players on the cones in total.
3. There will also be two players in defence, they will have a tackle/ruck pad each.
4. The defenders will be 3 meters in from the start of the grid, the second defender 7 meters behind the first.
5. The defenders can move left and right, but not backward and forward.
6. There will be a ball on the first left cone, and on the second right cone.
7. The player at the first cone with the ball will pass the ball to the runner, who avoids the defender and passes the ball to the reciever on the opposite first cone.
8. The runner then catches the second ball, passed by the player on the second cones. The runner passes the ball to the opposite reciever, avoid contact with the defender.
9. The runner then turns and does the same again - the defender steps back a bit.

• Don't forget to change the defenders, proving all players will the chance to attack.

Tell your players the following.....

1. One player will straddle the bag and compete for the ball on the ground.
2. The two remaining players will remove the competing player.
3. The competing player will change sides, and compete for the ball on the opposite side, but the remaining two players need to get there quickly to stop them and remove the competing player again.
4. This sequence repeats until the coach says stop.
5. That's it, let get going.

• Don't forget to change the players around.

Tell your players to do the following.......

1. The two passing players keep passing the ball until the coach shouts GO.
2. On GO, the player holding the ball is an attacker, the other two attackers will go with that players.
3. The remaining passer becomes a defender, and will join the defence with the two defenders at the bottom of the grid.
4. On GO - the attack begins, and the defence should try and stop them.
5. The attack aims to score a try at the bottom of the grid.
6. Following each attack the players should return to their positions, but should swap around.

• You might decide to start this as a touch exercise, then go to contact.

Give the ball to the attacking team and tell your players the following.......

1. This is touch 7's, other than that - normal rules of 7's apply.
2. If touched with the ball: the ball carrier stops, 5 of the defenders must be within touching distance of the ball carrier - only 2 can stay out, and this must happen within 3 seconds.
3. When the attack is happy that the defence has moved in - they can then move the ball away from the contact area - and the game restarts.
4. There is no limit on the number of touches.
5. That's it, lets play!

• Don't forget to give the defence and attack equal time on the ball.
• This game must be played at pace, so the defence is going to have to work hard!