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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...

Kicking Drills

Use the kicking drills and videos below to develop your players' accuracy, technique, tactical awareness and skills so they know the right kick to use...

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 Clear Out Drills

A ruck clear out involves players removing their opposition from the ruck to allow a quick pass to be made and avoid turnovers. The ruck and clear out...

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, ...

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. ...

zTag Rugby Drills

Ball Tag

category: Warm-Up

Rugby Ball Tag 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 righ...

5 Vs 5

category: Tag-Rugby

Rugby 5 vs 5 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 Attacki...

Double Tag Rugby

category: Tackling

Rugby Double Tag Rugby Tackling Tackler must remove both tags simultaneously.

Catch Me If You Can

category: Tag-Rugby

Rugby Catch me if you can Tag Rugby Up to 10 in a group. Each player should have a tag belt. Each player partners up with someone and then stand side...

Single Tag Rugby.

category: Contact-Skills

Rugby Single Tag rugby. Contact Skills Start the session with a game of single Tag rugby.

Rugby Octopus

category: Tag-Rugby

Rugby Rugby Octopus 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...

Single Tag Rugby

category: Tackling

Rugby Single Tag rugby Tackling Start the session with a game of single Tag rugby.

Double Tag Rugby

category: Contact-skills

Rugby League Double Tag Rugby Contact skills Tackler must remove both tags simultaneously.

Warm-Up Tag

category: Tag-rugby

Rugby League Warm-up tag Tag rugby Start your session by splitting the players into two teams, one with bibs and the other without. Once the teams ha...

Evasion Drill

category: Tag-Rugby

Rugby Evasion Drill Tag Rugby Drill to practice/teach evasion skills. Set up two lines of cones (green and red) with two lines of players (blue and r...

2 Vs 2 Linebreak Scenario

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Here we are re-creating a 2 vs 2 scenario which we might find on the field. The aim is to put players under the same conditions which they would po...

3 Man Pass

category: Practices-for-Juniors

4 cones in a square area.

7 players.

2 players on cone A & B with 1 player (the worker) in between the cones, and 1 player each o...

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...

4 Vs 1

category: Tag-Rugby

Groups of 5

Combine grids to make 2 channels each 10m x 20m

1 Ball per group

Ball carrier tries to score a try by running past...

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 ...

8 Vs 3 Game

category: Match-Related

8 players are lined up just outside the 22 metre line, with 3 defenders starting under the posts with the ball.

One of the defenders kicks ...

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...

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 Footwork And Tackling

category: School

Grid size is around 5x5m. You can keep changing the size of the grid.

The defender must shadow the attacker as they run towards a con...

Avoid The Tackler In A Line

category: Practices-for-Juniors

5 players and 1 ball.

4 players in a staggered line in a coned area with 1 player in the middle as the tackler.

Ball Tag

category: Practices-for-Juniors

Within a set playing area split your players into two groups - catchers and runners.

It's the catcher's job to tag as many runners as possib...

Bank Robbers

category: Warm-Up

• Keep your player briefing, brief! Tell the players the following laws for this exercise.....

1. Players must start the game ...

Bull Dog

category: Tag-Rugby

Large Grid 30m x 30m. Start with 5 defenders in the middle, everybody else stands at one end of the grid wearing tags.

On the coach's call a...

Bunch

category: Decision-making

Groups of 6

1 ball per group

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

Capture And Escape - Evasion And Tackling Game

category: Match-Related

Set up a wide pitch, with cones on the half way line plus an extra box on two opposite corners. These corner boxes are the prisons for tackled/tagg...

Capture And Escape - Evasion And Tackling Game

category: Tackling

Set up a wide pitch, with cones on the half way line plus an extra box on two opposite corners. These corner boxes are the prisons for tackled/tagg...

Cat And Mouse

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Players stand back to back and await the coach's call. Whichever colour the coach shouts out are the mice (in the animation the coach shouts 'Blue'...

Catch And Pass Channel

category: Catching

• 8+ players
• Ball

• Players stand at equal distance away at differnt points along the grid.
• One working p...

Catch And Pass Channel

category: Handling

• 8+ players
• Ball

• Players stand at equal distance away at differnt points along the grid.
• One working p...

Catch And Pass Channel

category: Passing

• 8+ players
• Ball

• Players stand at equal distance away at differnt points along the grid.
• One working p...

Chain Reaction - Progression

category: Tag-Rugby

2 x Adjacent 20m x 10m channels

In the first channel, players pass the ball across the line in a chain. After the first pass, the player t...

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

Corner Line Tag

category: Tag-Rugby

The aim is that when the coach signals the start the defending players will spread across to the other side of the field quickly and defend the ent...

Counter Attack

category: Sevens

Tell your players to do the following.......

1. The two passing players keep passing the ball until the coach shouts GO.
2. On GO, ...

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.
...

Dont Get Tagged

category: Tackling

Teams of 3 against 1 Defender.

The team of 3 start running and have to try and get to the other side. If the defender tags them they have t...

Escape To Victory

category: Warm-Up

• Within each group of 10, there should be 4 attackers and 6 defenders.
• The defenders should be in the outer grid and the attackers wi...

Fend Off The Challenge

category: Off-Loads

Set Up

Line of defenders - 5m apart in staggered formation tackle shield.

Individual players move down the line – fend off each ta...

Fending Off - Strong Hands

category: Off-Loads

Line of defenders - 5m apart in staggered formation tackle shield.
Individual players move down the line, fend off each tackle in turn - righ...

Game - 6 Vs 4

category: Tag-Rugby

Pitch is 20m x 20m. All players wearing Tag Belts

Start the game with a free pass, defenders must start behind the half way line

Atta...

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 ...

Keep Ball

category: Tag-Rugby

Players work in groups of 5 in a grid 10m x 10m, with 1 Ball per group.

4 Players work as a team to make 10 passes.

The defender trie...

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 ...

Pass Along The Line

category: Practices-for-Juniors

6 players in a coned area.

All players start off behind the cone in a line.

As player 1 starts to run each player staggers their run ...

Pass And Run

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Tell the players the following....

1. Player 1 starts with the ball.
2. Player 1 passes the ball to player 2 and then quickly moves...

Pass And Run

category: Passing

Tell the players the following....

1. Player 1 starts with the ball.
2. Player 1 passes the ball to player 2 and then quickly moves...

Passing & Evasion

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. Trackers will pass the ball and tag the evades.
2. Evade simply avoid getting tagged with t...

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...

Ruck Clear Out Between Two Tackle Bags

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

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 ...

Ruck Clear Out Between Two Tackle Bags

category: Tackling

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 ...

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...

Scarecrow Tag

category: Tag-Rugby

Groups of 5

Grids 5 m x 5 m

All players wear Tags

Nominated player attempts to tag other players.

T...

Score A Try

category: Tag-Rugby

Grids 10m x 10m. 1 Ball per group. Groups of 5

Players take it in turns to be the defender in the middle (4 tackles then change). The atta...

Scrum Profile Stage 1

category: Scrum

• The aim of the drill is to develop strong positive profiling with resistance from coach to check for stability and strength.

Scrum Profile Stage 2

category: Scrum

• The aim of the drill is to develop strong positive profiling and to develop core-stability.

Simple Passing Grid

category: Passing

• Brief your players one what you would like them to do.
• Start the activity by having all players pass the ball around the grid in any...

Space Invaders

category: Warm-Up

Keep your playing briefing, brief and tell the players the following laws.

• Both teams are in attack and both teams are in defence, at ...

Speed Pass

category: Agility-Running-Skills

8 in each group.

6 in the playing area and 2 outside it.

The six in the playing area play a 4 v 2 against each other trying to pass...

Speed Pass

category: Tag-Rugby

8 in each group.

6 in the playing area and 2 outside it.

The six in the playing area play a 4 v 2 against each other trying to pass...

Stuck In The Mud

category: Practices-for-Juniors

Within a set playing area split your players into two groups - catchers and runners.

It's the catcher's job to tag as many runners as possib...

Stuck In The Mud

category: Warm-Up

• Groups of 6+
• Balls
• Bibs
• Cones

One player with a ball must run around trying to tou...

Tackle And Bounce Conditioning

category: Contact-Skills

• Groups of 3/4
• 1 Tackle Sausage.
• 1 Tackle bag.

1. Tackle Bag conditioning.

<...

Tackle And Bounce Conditioning

category: Tackling

• Groups of 3/4
• 1 Tackle Sausage.
• 1 Tackle bag.

1. Tackle Bag conditioning.

<...

Tackle Technique 4/5 -Boxer Hands

category: Tackling

• Groups of 2
• Ball

Hands and arms are introduced.

The attacker holds hands behind his back with the ...

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...

Tag: Hounds And Hairs

category: Warm-Up

• The attackers need to get from one end of the grid, a safe zone, to the other end of the grid, another safe zone, without getting touched.

Team - Stuck In The Mud

category: Warm-Up

• Groups of 10+
• Balls
• Bibs
• Cones

4 player with a 1 ball must run around trying to to...

Team Of 5 V 1 V 1 V 1 V 1 V 1

category: Tag-Rugby

2 x 20m x 10m Channels

5 Defenders in each channel, spaced 5m apar

The attacking team of 5 players must beat each defender in tur...

Team Of 5 V 1 V 3 V 1

category: Tag-Rugby

Change the shape of the defenders. Instead of a single line, one behind the other, try 1 then 3 then 1 or 1 2 2.

The Next Pass

category: Passing

• Keep your player briefing, brief! Tell the players the following or have a demonstration group.....

1. We have 8 static pass...

The Three S Drill (Speed, Swerve And Sidestep)

category: Agility-Running-Skills

Coach calls a number, that player acts as a defender. Attacker tries to score without being tagged using one of the three S (Speed, Swerve, and Sid...

They Just Keep Coming

category: Passing

1. We have 8 static passers and two runners.
2. There should be a static passer on each cone, eight in total.
3. The 9th player will...

They Just Keep Coming

category: Sevens

1. We have 8 static passers and two runners.
2. There should be a static passer on each cone, eight in total.
3. The 9th player will...

Three Blind Mice - Tag Warm-Up

category: Warm-Up

• Tell the players that one group is the Mice and that mice have tails, their tags. The other group is not happy with the Mice, they are the Fa...

Touch Ruck Game 4 V 4

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Defenders must use two hands to tag the ball carrier and have the body position as if performing a tackle

Once tagged the ball carrier goes ...

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...

Union Jack

category: Passing

Tell your players the following...

1. On GO Player A passes to B who in turn passes to Player C. At the same time Player E passes F.
...

Warm Up - Bulldog Touch

category: Tag-Rugby

• 2 Catchers.
• Everyone else Runners.

This is a warm up game that is used to raise the heart rates of the children.&nbs...

Warm Up - Bulldog Touch

category: Warm-Up

• 2 Catchers.
• Everyone else Runners.

This is a warm up game that is used to raise the heart rates of the children.&nbs...

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 ...

Tag rugby - an introduction

Ireland coach Les Kiss gives an introduction to tag rugby - a fun way to stay fit, enjoy a great social scene and develop your skills.

Tag rugby mixed super league final, second leg (winter 2014) - dsc v southfields sharks

Second leg of the Mixed Super League tag rugby final at Bacon's College Sports Centre, London. Southfields Sharks lead Double Scrum & Coke 15-7 from t...

Confidence in Contact: part 1

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

Attacking Flair - Kicking and Catching

Attack with flair! Improve your player's kicking with this kicking and catching session

Developing the Maul

Work on your team's maul technique with this session, improving their current ability to create, secure and defend the maul

Developing Invasive Attacking Skills!

Improve your players decision making to help them recognise where the space will develop and how they can maximise their success when they create the ...

Ruck to Success: Improving speed at the breakdown

Improve your players' speed and drive at the breakdown to help them win the contest with this powerful ruck skills session

Attacking Principle: Improving Decision Making and Support Play

Develop an understanding between players of where the support is and what the benefits are of providing it.

Handling and Passing - working under pressure

Fast hands and a cool head will be needed in this physically testing pressure passing session - are your players up to the challenge?

Fun Tag Session! - Passing, Evasion and Running

Refresh your players' basics with this fun selection of core skill drills and mini-games

Tag Rugby: Learning to Evade Contact through Tag Games

Improve your junior players' attacking footwork with this fun and simple to set-up evasion games session

Backline Scanning - Reacting to the unknown!

Don't let your team succumb to static rugby - instead teach them to look up and play against what's in front of them

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

Help - what are the rules of tag rugby?

U8s standing offside

Try Conversions training

U8s staying on side and use of space

U8 tag rugby team selection

U8 session plan for 2 hours

struggle with the tackle during games

Under 6's rugby warm ups and drills.

U7 and u8s tag rugby with low numbers

Run around tag rugby

2 teams align next to coach.Coach passes ball to one team, all players must "run-around" their marker to enter the playing grid.3 v 3 tag ru...

2vs 1

2 players have to try to score in the ingoal.They can get touch max 3 timesEverytime they get touch they need to pass the ballRun forwardPass after ge...

Autosave 62397868

Play matches max. 5vs 5learning to run forwarsupport each other and pass when tag.

Tag Team

Players each have a ball and start in the inner square. BOTH HANDS hold the ball.2 chasers outside of the inner square, stand on the line of the outer...

Jeu dans la Défense 2vs1 Passe Après Contact

L'attaquant va au contact du défenseurLe défenseur plaque sous la tailleLe porteur de balle fait la passe aprés contact au soutien sui arriv...

Catch me if you can

The first player runs and picks up the ball on the coaches whistle. The 2nd player then goes as soon as the ball has been picked up and tries to tag t...

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...

Wheel Tag

Wheel Tag - One tagger has to run round the circle to tag the nominated player.Team work and communication is needed to prevent the tagger from catchi...

Chain Tag

Scoop Tag