Rugby: Team Defence 1

Description

• Set out 10 cones 1m apart in a line

• Have 6 players lie face down 5m back from this line

• Place the ball in between 2 of the of the cones

• On the whistle, the players jump up and form a defensive line on either side of the ball

• The players should set up “A” then “B” on the blindside then  “A” then “B” open side and then look to fill in where required.

• Have the players call out what position they have taken up

• Once the line is formed, have the players call hold, hold.......until the coach picks up the ball

• At which point the As calls BREAK and the defensive line move up together led by the “C” on the side the ball is move to.

Coaching points

• The “A”s should be looking in towards the ruck watching for pick and go’s tight to the ruck, they should leave the scrum-half to the “B”s

• The “B”s should be going for the scrum-half, leaving the “A” to watch for a switch back inside.

• The “C” should be looking out in front towards the fly half.

• The rest should be looking out marking the next player in the line.