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Ball Presentation Drills

Ball presentation is how the ball-carrier makes the ball available to a teammate after they have been tackled. The ball presentation videos and drills...

Catching Drills

Catching is how the player takes control of the ball with their hands from a pass, kick or lineout. The catching videos and drills below will boost yo...

Handling Drills

Handling in rugby covers how your player holds, catches and runs with the ball. Good ball carrying technique should include your player's fingers bein...

Lineout Drills

A lineout is used to restart play, when the ball has left the field of play. Unless your team has "kicked for touch" when awarded a penalty the "throw...

Maul Drills

A maul is similar to a ruck but occurs when the ball is held up off the floor (in a player's hand). The maul drills, videos and mini games below will ...

Off Loads Drills

An off load is when a tackled player passes the ball to a teammate before the tackle is completed. Use the 2v1 and tackle bag off load drills and vide...

Practices for Juniors

The junior videos and drills are designed to introduce and teach youth players to the correct techniques and skills they will in rugby, in a safe and ...

Ruck Drills

A ruck occurs when the ball carrier is tackled and players from each side make contact over the ball which is on the ground (it differs from a maul wh...

Scrum Drills

A scrum involves eight players from each side locking heads with the opposition. It is a way of restarting play after the ball has gone out to touch, ...

Tackling Drills

All players need to be able to tackle. Tackling is how a player physically stops an opponent from moving forward with the ball. It's a vital aspect of...

Warm Up Drills

Warm up drills in rugby are important because they get your players' muscles ready for exercise and help to reduce the risk of injury. They're also a ...

Beating The Opponent.

category: Decision-making

Player A (Blue) starts with the ball, and Player B (Red) defends.Both players start at the corner of the 15 meter grid with their backs to each other....

Beat The Runner

category: Sevens

Divide your players into groups of five, with one player acting as a running. Each grid will need a runner. The runner starts on the runners cone. Yo...

Beat The Defence

category: Passing

Offensive players (blue), line out in one deep line while the defence (red) line up opposite in a straight line, slightly inside player from the playe...

Beat The Defence

category: Ball-handling

Offence (blue), line out in one deep line. Defence (red) - opposite in a straight line, slightly inside player you are marking. Offence endeavour to p...

Beat The Defence

category: Handling

Offensive players (blue), line out in one deep line while the defence (red) line up opposite in a straight line, slightly inside player from the playe...

Beat The Defence

category: Passing

Offence (blue), line out in one deep line. Defence (red) - opposite in a straight line, slightly inside player you are marking. Offence endeavour to p...

One On One Race

category: Warm-Up

Tell the players: The player in possession of the ball when the coach blows their whistle has to run around the cone at the end of the grid to try and...

Grids

category: Ball-handling

1) Run out (2 steps) turn and pop ball to a support player. 2) Run out (2 steps) turn and let support player take it out of your hands. 3) Run out - g...

Find The Space

category: Ball-handling

Players run in any direction in the grid trying to avoid contact by running into space. When the teacher calls stop, all players must be at least 1m ...

Can you beat israel dagg under the high ball? | adidas rugby

How good are you at taking the high ball? Upload a video or photo of your attempt and the best entry will win adidas gear. For the latest news on adid...

Mike catt rugby ball bin challenge - awesome skills again!

While we had World Cup Winner Mike Catt with us, a St John Fishers Pupil challenged Mike to repeat the rugby ball trick he beat James Haskell with! He...

Rugby - france beat ireland (1955)

Lansdowne Park, Dublin, Ireland. SV. Ireland takes field. SV. Crowd. CU. Irish President Sean O'Kelly and French Secretary of State André Monet. GV...

Rugby league cup final - st. helens beat halifax 13-2 (1956)

Wembley Stadium, London. St Helens beats Halifax 13-2 in a Rugby League Cup Final at Wembley. GV. Crowd (title super over). Start of the Rugby League ...

New gilbert ball! - rugby world cup 2015 england [first look]

The innovative World Cup 2015 England match ball has been announced. Total Rugby talks to Ian Savage, R & D engineer at Gilbert rugby. The weight and ...

Rugby - france beat england (1955)

Twickenham. Start of a rugby match between England and France. STV. England with white shirts and shorts kick off ball into touch. SV. Dufau throws in...

Mini messi vs. pro rugby munster players! "keepie ups"

Trying to beat the Munster Pro Rugby Players with my Rugby Ball. Keepie Ups and Granddad on Piano! Awareness & fundraising campaign by @MensCancerAll ...

U10s organisation in defence. How to improve?