Rugby: Traffic Passing

• The front line of players run towards the other side of the grid while passing the ball down the line. When the last player in the line receives the ball the line form behind runs through and receives the ball to continue to the other side of the grid.
• The first wave should realign behind the second wave, when the second wave has the ball.

2 players work together and stand opposite one another facing each other.

They pass a ball between them as they stand about 3m apart

The coach indicates which direction the players must move in, this forces the 2 to communicate as one player can see the coach and the other can not.

On the whistle the player with ball in hand must try and beat his opponent.

• Put a group of 7 inside inside one of your grids. Tell them the following laws: The player not wearing a bib (the runner) is trying stay away from the ball - because if you touch that player with the ball they have to do 10 press-ups etc. (amend depending of players age etc.).
• Give one of the 3 man teams the ball; the hunters, it's their job to pass the ball to each other hunting the runner, trying to touch the runner with the ball. The other team of three is there to try and intercept the ball as it is passed between the hunters (they are interceptors).
• Ball carriers can run with the ball.
• The ball cannot be thrown at the runner.
• Passes can be in any direction.
• If the ball is intercepted by the other team, they now hunt the runner and the opposing team has to try and intercept the ball to get it back.
• Don't forget to change the runner by swapping them with a member of of the two teams in the grid. If a team has been good at keeping the ball, swap the ball over when you feel the time is right.
• If the ball is dropped or a pass goes outside the grid, it's turned over to the other team who then become the hunters.
• The team trying to intercept cannot push or have any contact with the hunters (ball carriers).
• Law Change: After a little time you can change the law to: the ball carrier cannot move with the ball or the ball carrier only take 2/3 steps upon catching the ball.

• The players in their groups of 3 stand between the lines of the inner square with the working group stood inside the other players.
• The first group of 3 begins by running across the grid passing the ball. When they reach the centre the ball is put down an they then run at the players with the pads (on their left) each pushing their player to the outer square. The players then swap.
• The pad players run across to the tackle bags and push and tackle the bags to the outer square.
• Players swap again now the new 3 players (third group) run to the ball pick it up and take the ball turn right to face the 3 players on the 12 o'clock side of the square and run into contact for the ball carrier to present the ball.
• This ball is then picked up by the 3 players being pushed back and the drill starts again.
• Keep the tempo of this exercise high.

Note: You can change the position of each activity within the training area - but that will impact on the instructions to coaches. Players can basically go in any direction, but they do need to communicate and work as a unit. Don't get to hung up on where players should be going, or in what order.