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Driving Maul

category: Maul

3 attackers against two defenders with contact pads.Ball carrier takes ball into contact turning before hitting pads and presenting the ball.Next two ...

Rucking

category: Ruck

Groups of 4 and two groups of defenders with contact pads. 1 ball per group. The ball carrier drives into the contact pads and presents ball backwar...

It'S All Rip And Roll To Me!

category: Warm-Up

You may consider these two points when looking to challenge or build confidence. Keep your player briefing, brief! It's best not to have your players...

Quick Removal - Beyond The Ruck

category: Ruck

Have a line of two or more ruck shields, a safe distance apart, five meters from the players that will make the hits. Make sure that the pad holders a...

Contact Relay

category: Warm-Up

Break your players down into groups of 3. In each area there should be 1 player with a tackle shield, 1 player with a tackle bag, and one with nothing...

Leg Drive In The Tackle And Counter Rucking

category: School

Players work 45 seconds at a time before rotating.  Play made tackle and drives the pad back. The player then goes on the floor, pops up an...

Rucking With 4 Corners

category: School

Excellent way to involve large numbers and fitness.  Develops understanding of working hard when on the floor, communication and skills in ...

Pre-Contact Circuit

category: Warm-Up

Brief your players, but keep it brief! In each grid there will not be two channels. In each of the two channels there are two players with a tackle b...

Hit And Spin

category: Ball-presentation

Two players with shields stand facing the runners on opposite sides of a grid. On the command, the players run into the shield and spins to their rig...

Rip And Ruck

category: Maul

Players stand in a circle, about 5 meters apart.Two player, one with a ball, positioned in the centre of the circle.The ball carrier (player 1) runs t...

Three Player Circuit

category: Contact-Skills

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 o...

Crash Through 2 Tackle Bags

category: Tackling

Basic but good warm up drill for matches. 4 cones set up a grid of about 5-10m by 5-10m. 2 defenders with tackle shields start in the centre. Attacker...

Pre-Contact Circuit

category: Contact-Skills

Brief your players, but keep it brief! In each grid there will not be two channels. In each of the two channels there are two players with a tackle b...

Alcatraz: Jail Break

category: Warm-Up

This is a great warm-up for defensive and evasion sessions, or it might even be a warm-up that helps you reinforce coaching points made during a previ...

Mini Maul Technique

category: Maul

Groups of 8 split into four groups of 2Players pass and, chase the space, until coach shouts - Maul, at which time the second player joins the first a...

Ram Raid

category: Maul

This game is designed to teach the players to work together to drive a maul forward and keep control of the ball. Set Up a field approximately 5m x 5...

Defending In Threes

category: Ruck

Set up 4 grids of about 8-10m by 5m. 3 players start on the first grid, working from one end to the other, covering the 5m distance. The aim is to st...

Contact And Support

category: Contact-Skills

Ball carrier goes into contact with the tackle pads. Break through and offload to a supporting player.

3 V Tackle Bag And Body Suit

category: Tackling

3 attackers start at the beginning of the grid who will go up against the tackle bag first and then the person in the body suit second; these two shou...

Track

category: Sevens

One of the players in a group of 4 should be an attacker, and should take the pad. The other 3 players will be defenders. The attacker will start at ...

Presenting The Ball

category: Ball-Presentation

Good for younger rugby players to learn how to go into contact and set up the ball at pace, you can use it as a competition between the team with a li...

Uncp drives uncc into end zone for touchdown in a rugby maul

American Football - The offensive line of UNC-Pembroke drives the defensive line of the UNCC 49'ers into the end zone for a touchdown on October 12, 2...

How to play rugby: advanced : how to take a ball into a tackle in rugby

Learn how to take a rugby ball into a tackle safely with advanced tips and techniques in this free online sports video. Expert: Alex Baer Contact: ...

Ram rugby contact pads

Rugby Pads allow players to practice rucking, mauling and good ball presentation skills against a realistic target, while also providing protection fo...

Rucking drills for U11's

Tackling Technique - Tackle with confidence

This session looks at refreshing tackling technique and improving your players' confidence in the tackle.

Keep moving at the Ruck

Put your best foot forwards and drive, drive, drive the opposition back in this quick ball at the ruck technique session!

Defensive blowout - Fitness games session

Banish dull fitness exercises with.this competitive and physically demanding session - working on tacking, fitness and players' ability to close down ...