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Hit and Drive Ruck Clearout

A drill to be completed in pairs. One player holding a tackle bag stands in a low, strong position with knees bent. The player is standing with one foot either side of a tackle tube on the floor, with their weight forward. The other player starts lying on the floor in a half press-up position ready to go. The tackler needs to get to their feet quickly, sidestep past the cone on the floor and tackle the player holding the tackle bag. Once the player with the tackle bag has been hit, the tackler drives through to clear the opponent out of a ruck.

Ruck Clear Out

Jackal race and clearout

Sausage 3+ Ball Players stand 3m away from ball and sausage. Players line up opposite side of a laying sausage with ball placed infront of it. Coach blows whist - its a race for the defender to jackal the ball and the attacker to clear him out the way.

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Ruck Zone

Bags Min 12+ Ball There is a working group of 4 in the middle of 8 differnt bag holders working in 2's. The group of 4 must pick and drive into a difffernt group of bags each rep. The group of 4 work on there contact skills of leg drive and staying on feet, then clear out work. Work for 1 min then swap.

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Jackal race and clearout Conta...

Sausage 3+ Ball Players stand 3m away from ball and sausage. Players line up opposite side of a laying sausage with ball placed infront of it. Coach blows whist - its a race for the defender to jackal the ball and the attacker to clear him out the way.

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Clear out drill basics Ruck Cl...

Groups of 3+ Bag Sausage2 player starts on his chest infront of the sausage, another player lines up opposite.When whistle is blown, the first player makes a chop tackle on the bag and rolls out the way. The second defender then then spider carwls over the sausage and clears the incoming bag holder.

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Hit and Drive Ruck Clearout Ru...

A drill to be completed in pairs.One player holding a tackle bag stands in a low, strong position with knees bent.The player is standing with one foot either side of a tackle tube on the floor, with their weight forward.The other player starts lying on the floor in a half press-up position ready to go.The tackler needs to get to their feet quickly, sidestep past the cone on the floor and tackle the player holding the tackle bag.Once the player with the tackle bag has been hit, the tackler drives through to clear the opponent out of a ruck.

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2v2 Tackle and Clear Out Tackl...

2 on 2 tackling and clear out game.Players line up in two lines, adjacent to the coned gameplay area.The coach stands opposite the two lines with the ball and passes to the front player of either team.The front two players of each team run round the back of their cones and the ball carrier takes the ball into contact.The two secondary players then ruck over and attempt to clear each other out.One team comes away with the ball.

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Rucking Body Position Ruck Cle...

<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>Players split into pairs and line up in as many lines as you require<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>Balls should be set out 2 yards in front of the player at the front of the line<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>The first player holds a tackle bag side on and falls flat to the floor with the bag, just behind the ball<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>The player gets into the rucking position over the ball and drives out over the ball for five yards.

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Running Lines and Breakdown Co...

<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>A coach or scrum half feeds a ball carrier who should be running onto the ball.<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>The ball carrier should run towards the tackle sausage and use footwork and a hand off to move past the tackle sausage towards the first two tackle bags.<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>The player should aim to hit the gap between the two tackle bags and power beyond the contact.<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>Those two players then drop the bags and follow the original runner in support.<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>The ball carrier then hits the bag, goes to ground and looks to lift the ball up to one of his support players. <li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>The next player then hits the last tackle bag, goes to ground and presents the ball.<li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;>The next support player clears away the bag to secure the ball.This drill works on a number of skills (running onto the ball, hand off, footwork and hitting gaps, communication and support, clearing out a ruck) in continuity which means its more game realistic and trains players to not only perform the individual skills, but also to be thinking about how the skills link together and what their next job is.

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Ruck clear-out work Ruck - Rug...

tackle sausage Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape. Have one player line up a couple meters away from the bag. Conditioning drill, the player does reps of clearing the bag, running back to the line, doing a down up and going again.

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Rugby: Ruck Clear Out Between ...

2 people are on the tackle shields or 2 on each side about 5 metres apart facing each other, there is a ball carrier standing in the middle of the two defenders with one or two attackers. Ball carrier runs into defender/s and places the ball, the supporting player/s must clear away the defenders. Each attacker must have a go at hitting the defender and placing the ball.

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Side Wrestle Warm Up - Rugby D...

2 players pair up, site back to back and lock arms together. The coach tells each player to lean a side. when the coach blows hs whistle they players wrestle to get there shoulder to the gorund the coach said. Once one player has won, you must reset and start again.

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Decision Making Sevens - Rugby...

Tell the players the following..... The players at the bottom of the triangle will pass the ball back and forward. The passer in the middle must not only complete the pass, but should keep their head up and call out the colour of the cone that is being held up for their attention. Don't forget to change the players around to allow everyone a chance to do everything.

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1v1 Tackle Grid Tackling - Rug...

Small playing area, for 1 v 1 tackling.Players line up in two lines adjacent to the coned area.Coach shouts go and the front two players run round their end to end up facing each other.The coach passes the ball to the attacker who runs at the defender, and the defender tries to take them down.

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3 Times A Charm Sevens - Rugby...

Tell your players the following...... On the 4 players side, they will go 2 at a time in attack - the balls should be with these players. They will advance around the lower part of the training area. On the 6 players side, they will go 3 at a time in order to provide 3 defenders, one will advance to the 7 meter marker, the second will go to the 14 meter marker, and the last will stay at the back of the grid. They will advance around the top part of the training area. The attacking players will now face three 2 v 1 situations. Once the attack finishes the two attacking players return to their starting position, the next two attackers go. At the same time the next three defenders go, while the last three defenders return to their starting position. Don't forget to give every player a chance in attack and defence.

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Quick Hands Race Sevens - Rugb...

Tell your players the following...... The two bottom players will be the feeders, they will be positioned by the cones with the balls. It's a race, team against team. The idea is to take the ball from the feeder and pass it down the line, with the last player setting the ball on the ground. The ball must travel through each players hands. The winning team is the team that can get all their balls down the line the fastest. Any dropped balls must be returned to the start of the line, to the feeder who will pass them out again. You can keep the race going by having the last reciever feed the balls back. So all the balls must travel up and back down the line.

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Tackle and Bounce Conditioning...

Groups of 3/41 Tackle Sausage.1 Tackle bag. 1. Tackle Bag conditioning.Players align 6m apart, one side with tackle sausage. Work for 1 min constantly tackling and carrying sausage back and forth with partners. 2. Tackle and Roll conditioning. Same as before but introduce roll after making the hit. Roll with bag to escpae collision area. then same as before, pick up the sausage and run.3. Add DefenderA 3rd player is introduced, holding Tackle bag who acts as a attacker clearing out the ruck. The Defender must bounce up and clear the tackle bag player coming over the ball, then same as before. 4. Tackle, Roll, Clear All 4 stages togther now, adding a roll in before clearing out the attakcing player with tackle bag.

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1v1 Clap Tackle - Warm up zTac...

Groups of 2.Everyone find some space.Stand opposite your partner.One of the players (attacker) use footwork and move arround.The other (defender), try to keep as close as they can to the moving player.The attackers claps at a point of his choice, this is when the defender makes a shoulders on contact.Low Impact.Shoulders on.

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Rucking Square Ruck - Rugby Dr...

Set up a square (roughly 2m x 2m) with 4 different colour cones.1 player starts on the floor with the ball with another player lying on top of him, simulating a tackle. The third player starts outside the square, simulating an attacking support player.The coach calls out the colour of one of the cones and the player on the floor in posession of the ball has to work to present the ball in the direction of the cone, while the defender is on top of them. Once he has presented the ball towards the cone, the defender has to get up off the player presenting the ball, show a clear release, and then go for the ball. Meanwhile the third player (supporting attacker) has to get themselves in a position so that when the defender goes for the ball they can clear them off the ball, therefore retaining posession for the attacking team.The players reset the drill and the coach calls out another colour of a cone. Players perform 4 repetitions in each role before swapping positions.Progressions:Start with the supporting attacker only bumping the defender off the ball and increase the amount of contact/force the players are going in with

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Ruck n Roller Sevens - Rugby D...

Tell the players the following...... The first group of 3 go first. The first player, the ball carrier, hits in on the pad and rolls off the bag, taking contact on the second defender and going to ground to place the ball. The defender can try to steel the ball. The second player hits in on the defender with their shoulder, driving forward and placing their hands on the ground in a press-up position over the ball and player on the ground, the third acts as a SH moving the ball to the next set of 3. The next 3 player unit does the same, moving the ball back to the first 3 player unit - which should have reset ready to go again.

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Sausage Wrestle and Jackal Con...

Groups of 3 Sausage Ball1 player lines up opposite a standing sausage, wrestles it to the floor, landing chest ontop of the bag. A 2nd play holding a ball puts the ball down on the right side of the sausage as if it was an attacker placing it. The first play wrestling the sausage, bouncers up and competes for the ball (remeber to release) The 3rd player once the ball has been placed tries to clear the player competing for the ball.

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Can you lift the legs when cle...

Can you lift the legs when clearing out the ruck and if so what happens if you take the player off his feet to the ground?

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clearout COMMUNITY DRILLS
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1 on 1 Rucking

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8 v 6 Red Zone

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Quick Rucking with Scrum Half progression

clearout WEB VIDEOS
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Pitch Demo: Sam Warburton breakdown masterclass | Rugby Tonight

Ban The Crocodile Roll? Ben Kay Demonstrates How To Perform A Safe Clearout | Rugby Tonight Demo

Pitch Demo: Sam Warburton breakdown masterclass | Rugby Tonight

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