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Backs Moves Drills

There are seven backs in a team, with the rugby position numbers 9-15. As the name suggests they are positioned behind the forwards, and include the S...

Contact Skills Drills

A major part of rugby involves two or more players making physical contact with each other. Contact normally takes place during a tackle, lineout, scr...

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...

Match Related Drills

The fun and challenging rugby drills and games in this category below recreate realistic attacking and defending scenarios, similar to those your play...

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 ...

Sevens Drills

The Sevens drills below to sharpen your players' rugby skills such as quick hands, speed evasion and passing under pressure before moving on to develo...

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...

Tag Rugby Drills

Use the tag rugby drills and games (also referred to as touch rugby) to boost your junior players' passing, off-loading, and decision making ability. ...

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 ...

zTag Rugby Drills

Counter Bag

category: Sevens

Rugby Counter Bag Sevens Tell your players the following..... One player will straddle the bag and compete for the ball on the ground. The two remain...

Chain Reaction

category: Tag-Rugby

Rugby Chain Reaction Tag Rugby Divide the 20m x 20m grid in half. 1 Ball per group Players 1 starts standing with the ball. Player 2 starts on one kn...

Developing The Spin

category: Passing

Rugby Developing The Spin Passing Using just one hand they should pass the ball to each other, spinning the ball. They should make 10 passes on one h...

2 V 1 Into 3 V 2

category: Decision-making

Drill to improve short space and wide space overlap play.

Set up a grid 15m wide, split into a 5m channel and a 10m channel, and 10m long (se...

3 Second Touch - Touch Rugby Variation

category: Warm-Up

3 Touch Kick

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players the followin...

3D Touch Rugby

category: School

Players can run with the ball and pass in all directions. If a player is touched while in possession of the ball, it is an immediate turnover (ball...

5 Person Scrum (Mini Rugby)

category: Contact-Skills

Let the front row bind together first.

Second row binds together between their hips and shoulders, making sure that their hips are tight tog...

5 Person Scrum (Mini Rugby)

category: Scrum

Let the front row bind together first.

Second row binds together between their hips and shoulders, making sure that their hips are tight tog...

5 V 5 Tag Rugby

category: Practices-for-Juniors

2 teams. 5 players on each team in a large coned area. Area size depends on age, ability, and number of players in each team.

Team with the ...

5 Vs 5

category: Tag-Rugby

Pitch 20m x 20m. All players wearing tag belts

Start the game with a free pass, defenders must be 7m back at the start

Attacking play...

5 Vs 5 Touch Rugby

category: Match-Related

Touch Rugby in teams of 5

3 Touches and change possession.

When a player with the ball is touched, tackler stays in passive contact...

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 pr...

All In Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Equal number of defenders and attackers.
• Use bibs to identify both teams.

Another Defender Bites The Dust

category: Warm-Up

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking team gets unlimited touches.
• A player is ...

Attacking Skills Version 2

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. Players will attack in teams of 3, each attacking unit will have their own ball.
2. At the...

Ball Tag

category: Warm-Up

Make sure that you have your warm-up area marked out before your players arrive, it's important that you get them working right away.

• ...

Bunch

category: Decision-making

Groups of 6

1 ball per group

4 attackers v 2 defenders holding a tag belt and working laterally.

Channel Ball

category: Tackling

This game is designed to teach the players about retiring to an onside position when a tackle is made.

• Set-up a field approximately 10...

Choke Tackle Progression

category: Contact-Skills

• 5 stage progression session.
• Bibs.
• Balls
• Cones.

1. Warm up - Wrestle

Choke Tackle Progression

category: Tackling

• 5 stage progression session.
• Bibs.
• Balls
• Cones.

1. Warm up - Wrestle

Clapping Game

category: Passing

Tell your players the following.

1. Lets just get the ball moving clockwise for a while, just to get the ball moving through the hands.

Coaching Tool

category: Coaching-tool

Denfence Down

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a contact game.
...

Depth, Fitness, Warming Up

category: Warm-Up

This exercise is all about getting deep lines of support, speed onto the ball, warming up the entire body, and getting fit for rugby - in this one ...

Double Tag Rugby

category: Tackling

Tackler must remove both tags simultaneously

Drop Out Touch.

category: Match-Related

• 2 Teams
• Attackign and defensive focus.

Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...

Drop Out Touch.

category: Warm-Up

• 2 Teams
• Attackign and defensive focus.

Normal game of touch rugby, however whenever the defender touches an attacker...

Everyone Gets A Second Chance ? Touch Variation

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players the followin...

Flick And Back Pass Insanity

category: Passing

Now split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of colored bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your playe...

Flip It

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to ge...

Four Handed Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Equal number of defenders and attackers. Use bibs to identify both teams.
• Normal l...

Full Rugby Pitch

category: Coaching-tool

Game To Coach Depth

category: Match-Related

• Four attackers, two defenders in quite a small playing area - trying to find space.
• The aim is for each team of four to try to score a...

Game To Coach Depth

category: Sevens

• Four attackers, two defenders in quite a small playing area - trying to find space.
• The aim is for each team of four to try to score a...

Go To Goal Touch

category: Warm-Up

The following are the laws for this game:

• Normal laws of rugby apply; a knock on etc. results in a turn over.
• The attacking t...

Grip Game For Offloads

category: Off-Loads

• This is a fun warm up game for the whole team to be involved in
• Players are separated into two teams, one team wearing bibs
• Ev...

Half Rugby Pitch

category: Coaching-tool

Hands Up / Hands Down

category: Passing

• Lets just get the ball moving clockwise for a while, just to get the ball moving through the hands.
• After a minute or two, lets swit...

Introduction To Ruck

category: Ruck

In small teams, play a modified game where if the ball carrier is touched on the shorts with both hands of a defender, the ball carrier must go to ...

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 ha...

Kick Tennis - Moving Net

category: Kicking

Split the group into three teams.

One team starts in the middle of the grid along the line. The idea of the game is to kick the ball over...

Kick Tennis

category: Kicking

Two team of 4.

40m x 20m area.

The aim of the game is to kick / punt the ball into the oppositions half. If the ball bounces on th...

Leave No Man Behind

category: Agility-Running-Skills

• Players start in the bottom right corner and on the command sprint as a group before doing 5 press ups.
• They advance as a defensive ...

Leave No Man Behind

category: Warm-Up

• Players start in the bottom right corner and on the command sprint as a group before doing 5 press ups.
• They advance as a defensive ...

Link Touch

category: Match-Related

• Set up as a standard game of touch rugby, with two teams. The playing area should be wide and not too long.
• Every touch tackle the def...

Living On The Edge

category: Warm-Up

• Split the players into two teams, giving each team their own set of bibs. Two different colours that clearly define the teams.
• Keep ...

Maul Touch

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a...

Mistakes Cost – Touch Variation

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group o...

Multi Support Touch

category: Off-Loads

Once the coach has kicked the ball in to start players play a normal rules game of touch rugby.

The only difference is with the scoring:

...

Multi Support Touch

category: Tag-Rugby

Once the coach has kicked the ball in to start players play a normal rules game of touch rugby.

The only difference is with the scoring:

...

Set up an area of about 15 x 15m. Have 2 teams of 5+ players, with 1 one ball.

The players can run anywhere in the area but can't run with th...

Netball With A Rugby Ball

category: Warm-Up

Set up an area of about 15 x 15m. Have 2 teams of 5+ players, with 1 one ball.

The players can run anywhere in the area but can't run with th...

Non-Stop Rugby

category: Tag-Rugby

Play 5 v 3.

The aim of the game is for teams with unequal number of players to defend and attack. Possesion is changed if one of the follo...

One On One Race

category: Agility-Running-Skills

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 ...

One On One Race

category: Sevens

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 ...

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 ...

One Touch Off-Load

category: Warm-Up

• Keep your player briefing; brief, and get them working as soon as possible.I can't stress this enough, it's not a debating society - players ...

One Touch Ruck

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a contact game.
...

Passing In Traffic

category: Passing

• Tell the players the following......

1. Runners move forward towards the cone opposite to their location.
...

Path Of Least Resistance

category: Warm-Up

In this example we will play one touch offload, but remember you can change the version of touch to suit your training goals, applying the same mis...

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...

Presenting The Ball

category: Tackling

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...

Presenting The Ball Using Tackle Bags

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...

Progression Drift Defence

category: Defensive-Patterns

• groups of 8 +.
• Cones
• Balls.
• Bibs

1. 1v1 in 5mx5m Grid.

Play...

Rugby 5 Pin Bowling

category: Sevens

Using cones and tackle bags, mark out your training area as shown in the diagram. The tackle bags should be stood up, and at a distance away from...

Rugby Ball Overhead

category: Catching

• The aim of the drill is to develop a high ball over head catch

Rugby Ball Underarm

category: Catching

• The aim of the drill is to develop basic high ball catching skills.

Rugby Baseball

category: Passing

Split your team into two teams. One team will be up to bat/kick and the other team will field. The fielding team should take up positions that they...

Rugby Baseball

category: Sevens

Split your team into two teams. One team will be up to bat/kick and the other team will field. The fielding team should take up positions that they...

Rugby Blank

category: Coaching-tool

Rugby Cricket Fielding

category: Passing

Coach stands in the middle of a semi circle of 6-10 players, holding a ball.

One player throws a ball at the coach, who bats it away using th...

Rugby Gaelic Football

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following laws.......

1. One team will be attacking, the ball carrying team. The other will be a defending team.

Rugby League - Touch Rugby Variation

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players ...

Rugby Netball

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Drill to practice skills and creating space.

Set up a pitch (roughly 25m x 20m depending on age and number of players) with two scoring zones...

Rugby Netball

category: Warm-Up

Break your players into two teams.

• One team goes to attack, and one to defence.
• There is no kicking in this game.
• No...

Rugby Octopus

category: Tag-Rugby

The aim of this game is to increase player defence and decision making.

• Set up a field about 15m long by 10m wide. Keep it narrow to g...

Rugby Pinball

category: Tackling

This game is designed to teach the players about body height in tackling and ruck clean out.

Set up a field about 15m long by 10m wide. Keep...

Rugby Rounders

category: Tag-Rugby

Split group into 2 - Batters and fielders.

Setup as shown above.

Each batsman will either pass or throw the ball into the fielding ...

Rugby Tennis

category: Passing

• Tell you players the following......

1. There will be two players on one side of the middle line of cones, and another group...

Scoring Zones

category: Warm-Up

• Be brief when telling the players the laws of this game, it's important to get them moving quickly.
• This is not a contact game.
...

Seven In Touch

category: Sevens

The following are the laws for this game:

1. Equal number of defenders and attackers.
2. Normal laws of sevens rugby apply; a knock...

Single Tag Rugby

category: Tackling

Start the session with a game of single Tag rugby.

Single Tag Rugby.

category: Contact-Skills

Start the session with a game of single Tag rugby.

Snap, Crackle, And Pop - Touch Variation

category: Warm-Up

Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players the followin...

Stuck In The Mud - Rugby Style

category: Warm-Up

The 'Hunters' run after the 'Runners', trying to touch them with the rugby ball. If a 'Runner' is touched, then they are 'Stuck in the mud!' and ca...

Support Touch

category: Match-Related

The normal rules of touch rugby, however variation of:

-When there is a touch the player must pass the ball over his head within 2 mete...

Switch Into Space

category: Match-Related

Set your players up so they are in groups of 6, with 3 forwards and 3 backs.

Line up the 3 backs to protect 2 try lines (marked by red cones)...

Tag Maul Game

category: Maul

Groups of 10.

5 v 5 Match.

Players start the game and after each touch the touched player must simulate a MAUL by turning and setti...

Touch Rugby With Mini-Maul

category: Match-Related

Touch rugby in teams of 5. Once a team has been touched three times change possession.

When a player is touched, the tackler stays in passiv...

Touch The Runner

category: Sevens

• 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...

Touch The Runner

category: Warm-Up

• 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...

Warm-Up Tag

category: Match-Related

Start your session by splitting the players into two teams, one with bibs and the other without.

Once the teams have been decided begin the ...

Rugby coaching drills - 'duck and clean' rucking technique

A look at various exercises from Rassie Erasmus on improving rucking technique. The 'duck and clean' is about getting under the opposition player to g...

How to ruck in rugby

The ruck in rugby is a bound huddle of players opposing another huddle on the opposing team after a tackle occurs. Learn how to play rugby, including ...

Biggest rugby hits- brutal rugby hits

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Hsbc world rugby women's sevens 2019/20 - glendale day 2

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Sam's travels #2 | rugby (rug) to wolverton (wol) onboard a class 350. (02/10/19)

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Scotland magic at rugby world cup sevens?

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Johnny vegas: "18 stone of idiot"....... rug-bee

Johnny Vegas, on a RUG, dressed dressed as a BEE, enduring Rugby tackles from London Broncos' Francis Stephenson, Wigan Warriors' Martin Offiah, and ....

Using the Overlap

Make sure your players support their team-mates with this session, by using the overlap in attack

Confidence in Contact: part 2

Continue to improve your player's confidence when using contact, with the second of our Confidence in Contact sessions

Confidence in Contact: part 1

Help your players get over their fears and watch them gain confidence in contact!

Forwards and Backs Skills

Make sure your forwards and backs have the skills needed in Rugby with this session, improving areas such as the punt kick and scrum!

Guard the Ruck - Organisation in Defence

High tempo defending and handling plan. Improve your rugby players' communication, organisation and line speed for a more solid backline

Handling and Support Play for More Effective Attacks

Burst through defensive lines with this attacking passing and handling plan - designed to sharpen your players' support running in the attack

Rugby Fitness Drills and Games

Fitness is a vital part of getting to the line for the full 80. Work on your teams skills and technique whilst putting them under fatigue with a gruel...

Improving your Passing Skills

Get your players passing accurately and with variety in this session

Phase Play and Continuity

Continue to build the phases in your play and get your team working as an unit to offer support with this session!

Developing Handling Skills

Get your players handling skills super sharp so that no loose balls are given up. Gradually build up pressure to test their handling ability when conf...

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Tips on breaking through a defence line?

Can you set up a maul directly from the penalty?

What Rugby 7s pathways are open for 18yr+ players?

Advice on playing flyhalf

Rugby Laws - Touch, quick throw and lineout

Is there a U7s rugby union coaching plan for week by week

Quick Hands and Handling

. The use of chalkboard

Help - what are the rules of tag rugby?

Number rugby 4 x 4 grid

sprint estafette

Eenvoudige sprint-estafette.start over een hekjeplaats bal op/bij eerste pionsprint naar einde kanaal, spring over hekjevolgende speler gaat als vorig...

Touch rugby

Each team have to pass the ball a minimum of 3 times before they score a try

Big Kicks

Just a simple game that all the aim of the game is to give your biggest kick that you can do for your team. The furthest gets a point most points win....

Pass tussen de palen

Spelers lopen op en passen de bal tussen de palen door naar de overkant. Als de speler aan het eind is, rent hij snel terug naar het begin om weer kla...

Autosave rugby drill attack vs defense

Bullet Pass

1 student at a cone , one with a ball on each side and no ball on the other side.Shoulders should be squire and stay like that.Ball on the side with b...

Pass, Catch & Run - 30 mins

Do a variety of basic passing and handling drills. El Paso, Triangle pass, Truck and Trailer.Progress to some 2 on 1s and then 3 on 2s as diagram show...

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to get familiar with rugby ball

Tag Rugby Offside

An example of the common situation in tag rugby. A tackle is made and there's a player (or players) offside leading to an illegal intercept of th...