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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Ruck - Full

category: Ruck

Rugby Ruck - Full Ruck Take contact on own terms If no close support, go to ground and present the ball Protect head (especially younger players) Arr...

Ruck Clear Out

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Rugby Ruck Clear Out Ruck Clear Out 4 players (2 players in Tackle Suits, one ball carrier and one support player) and one ball. Ball carrier attacks...

Mini Ruck

category: Ruck

Rugby Mini Ruck Ruck Groups of five Three attackers try and score against one defender If touched must ruck clear out, introduction, ruck, running, s...

Going To Ground And Rucking

category: Ruck

Rugby Going to ground and rucking Ruck Two players from the same side run with the ball towards a single defender. When the ball carrier is in front ...

Ruck Over, Pickup

category: Ruck

Rugby Ruck Over, Pickup Ruck Ball carrier goes to ground and places ball Support player drives into defender but cannot drive him off ??RUCK FORMED?...

Rucking

category: Ruck

Rugby Rucking 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 pre...

Ruck, Setup

category: Ruck

Rugby Ruck, Setup Ruck Contact Go to ground Present ball clear out, present, ruck, running, support, technique.

Ruck Defence

category: Ruck

Rugby Ruck Defence Ruck Coach controls defence with calls up and back between cones placed 1 - 2 metres apart. On the call of "LIVE" the defence stay...

Rapid Rucking

category: Ruck

Rugby Rapid Rucking Ruck In this exercise position 3 pad holding units, or 1 or 2 players, five meters in front of 3 rucking units, 1 unit facing eac...

One Touch Ruck

category: Warm-Up

Rugby One Touch Ruck 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 contac...

1St Man At The Ruck

category: Contact-Skills

• Ball.
• Groups of 3+

• 2 attackers line up infront of a defender.
• The 1st attackers takes the ball into con...

1St Man At The Ruck

category: Ruck

• Ball.
• Groups of 3+

• 2 attackers line up infront of a defender.
• The 1st attackers takes the ball into con...

1St Man At The Ruck

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• Ball.
• Groups of 3+

• 2 attackers line up infront of a defender.
• The 1st attackers takes the ball into con...

Building The Ruck - One Step At A Time

category: Ruck

Have 3 or more pad holders, this depends on how many rucking units you wish to have and how many players you have at training - but work hard to ke...

Contesting The Ruck

category: Ruck

• This is a two person exercise, designed to improve ability at the ruck
• Stand up a tackle tube
• One player tackles the tube to t...

Continuous Passing Off The Floor 1

category: Passing

Set up a square with cones, making one side of the square with two gates of cones.

Get the players to line up evenly behind the two ind...

Counter Ruck

category: Ruck

Condition the drill in favour of 1 team, in this case the blue team.

All players lay on their fronts behind the tackle bags. On the coaches...

Croc Roll

• The aim of the drill is to develop good techniques to remove a low threat over the ball.

Fast Up - Play

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following......

1. This game is to be played at pace.
2. It is contact and normal rules of 7's apply, only di...

Flip It

category: Warm-Up

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

Hit And Drive Ruck Clearout

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• A drill to be completed in pairs.
• One player holding a tackle bag stands in a low, strong position with knees bent.
• The player...

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 ...

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...

Pod-Ruck

category: Ruck

On the shout of "GO" the scrum half passes to the player on the first cone, who attacks the 1st bag. Once the bag is attacked and cleared...

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 holder...

Quick Removal - Beyond The Ruck

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

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 holder...

Ruck Clearing Exercises

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• Progressive exercises to improve clearing out at the ruck
• Lay a tackle tube on the floor with another tube on top, angled into the air...

Ruck N Roller

category: Sevens

Tell the players the following......

1. The first group of 3 go first.
2. The first player, the ball carrier, hits in on the pad an...

Ruck Organisation And Press

category: Ruck

5-7 players run around in a rectangle shaped grid. They must move very fast within it awaiting the whistle, but they are not allowed to touch the...

Ruck Organisation And Press

category: Ruck

5-7 players run around in a rectangle shaped grid. They must move very fast within it awaiting the whistle, but they are not allowed to touch the...

Ruck, Ruck, And Ruck Again

category: Sevens

Tell your players the following.....

1. Both the pad and attacking units will jog within the grid, the players in the attacking units don...

Rucking Body Position

category: Ruck

• Players split into pairs and line up in as many lines as you require

Rucking Body Position

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• Players split into pairs and line up in as many lines as you require

Rucking Rectangle

category: Ruck

Set up a rectangle (roughly 5m x 2m) with three attackers (blue) and three defenders (red) on opposite sides.

The attacker in the middle has ...

Rucking Square

category: Ruck

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 ...

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.
...

Second Man Ruck Clear Out

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• Repetitive drill aimed at improving the clear out of a defender at the ruck
• Players are split into groups of three, two attackers and ...

Tackle And Bounce Conditioning

category: Contact-Skills

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

1. Tackle Bag conditioning.

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Tackle And Bounce Conditioning

category: Tackling

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

1. Tackle Bag conditioning.

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Target Kicking Long Game

category: Kicking

• The aim of the drill is to develop reactive long kicking game.

Technical Work At The Breakdown

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

Players start face down, on the coach's whistle players get to their feet to contest the contact area.

Red player 1 and the blue player shou...

The Saddle Roll Technique

category: Ruck-Clear-Out

• This clearing technique is used to remove defenders who have latched onto the ball and are in a low body position.
• One player is bridg...

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 ...

Rugby : basics of ruck

The 3 elements of the ruck are explained : releasing, supports and half scrum. L.Girardi.

How to ruck | rugby 7s

So what is a "Ruck" and how do you do it? As we all endulge in 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens and prepare for 2018 USA Club Rugby 7s National ...

Pitch demo: sam warburton breakdown masterclass | rugby tonight

Wales flanker and captain Sam Warburton delivers a breakdown masterclass during a visit to Rugby Tonight. Subscribe: ... Twitter: ...

Pitch demo: brian o'driscoll breakdown masterclass | rugby tonight

Our latest team member Brian O'Driscoll talks us though defending the breakdown from the midfield with Austin Healey. Subscribe: ... Twitter: ...

Rugby essentials: what the ruck

... Learn the ins and outs of a Rugby Ruck, and be sure to watch the 2015 IRB RUGBY World Cup on Universal Sports and at ...

Ruck through the Gate

Teach your team to ruck safely, effectively and quickly. By going 'through the gate' you'll avoid giving away penalties and encourage better binding

Welcome back session - Pre-season build up

Blow away the cobwebs. Use these conditioned games in your pre-season build up to prepare players for contact and refresh their long-distance passing

Improving Rucking Technique

React the quicker and get on the front foot in attack with this session, by improving their rucking technique!

Developing decision making skills to improve support play!

Make the right decision. Get players to offer support when it’s most needed and keep your attacks alive.

Ruck Development!

Rucking isn’t just about the breakdown itself, get your players thinking ahead towards the next play and make your rucks twice as effective.

Dominating the Ruck

Create sustained attacks by understanding how to dominate the ruck by developing an understanding of positioning and technique amongst your players.

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

Defensive Line Speed, Organisation and Ruck Defence

Improve your team's understanding and performance when defending at the ruck - teaching them to defend as an aggressive, loud and confident unit

Development of Rucking

Use this session to introduce juniors to the ruck and improve older players' rucking ability - Starting slowly and use the progressions to increase th...

Rocking the Ruck

You've only got 5 seconds in the ruck to free the ball and win back possession for your team - Make those 5 seconds count!

Jackel at breakdown and ruck

How can I get players (U15s) to take the initiative).

Sealing not bridging the ruck

U10s mini rugby small sided game variations

when do i pick and go?

How to stop U12s forwards picking the ball up?

Trouble gettng the ball to our winger from first phase ball

Drills for staying onside

(U11 Rugby) - How to referee the 'big lad'

Refereeeing an U10 ruck

RESTART FROM CENTRE ----GREEN--- PHASE 2---

FROM THE RESTART WE HAVE CALLED GREEN BALL.AIM OF THIS CALL IS TO GET THE BALL OUT TO THE WING OR AS CLOSE TO THE WING AS POSSIBLE.IF CONTACT IS MADE ...

SCRUM SET UP CENTRE

BOTH CENTERS WILL BE SET UP BEHIND THE SCRUM IN SINGLE FILE. AIM OF THIS IS TO STOP THE DEFENCE WORKING OUT WHICH WAY WE WILL ATTACKWHICH EVER WAY WE ...

SCRUM----- RED----- PHASE 2

ONCE THE CENTERS AND WINGERS HAVE SECURED THE 1ST PHASE BALL, THE 2ND PHASE WILL BE A RED BALL.FROM THE RUCK 9 WILL PASS TO 5 WHO WILL PASS TO THE RED...

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Game- Add it all together. Continuity, move the ball before contact, backs to use the wide pass- Teams of 8-12 Contact game, encourage the ruck, maxi...

2. Speed to the Ruck - 30 mins

Area is set up with 3 bags simulating a tackle area, each with a ball (these are numbered 1, 2 & 3), 5 defenders with pads in between 2 cones, 5m from...

3 on 3 rucking

the coach pases the ball to a random player from the attacking side.the player runs forward and makes contact with the pad man and goes to ground and ...

Hulk

-9 will pick ball and run to either side of the ruck-5 and 6 will run on both sides of the ruck at the same time, regardless of who is getting the bal...

Autosave 87982010

- The ball carrier can run in and present the ball efficiently- A following player can secure the ball- A player can clear over the ruck against a def...

isolated/conditioned

- The ball carrier can run in and present the ball efficiently- A following player can secure the ball- A player can clear over the ruck against a def...

Shape (spears) Autosave 72036659

There will be three possible rucks that the players will play off. the different rucks will be colour coded E.G. Red, Yellow, BlueIf I call a wide ruc...