Use 2 coaches to deliver this drill Use a 20m wide by 15m long grid Score as many tries as you can with 10 mins As soon as pad is touched then long present with ruck simulation Use 3 blocker runners for the Hammer 2 dummy The blocker runners then become 10's next arrow Have 10 dictating the distance of passing from 9 and distance of Arrow Head.
Explain why we are needing to attack wider (Caerphilly so strong around fringes of rucks and not really breaking the gain line) Coaches to use a coloured pad for 10 to aim at. Simulating a gap in defence. 9 to instruct blocker runners 10 to pull next available group into position. Put emphasis on the key skills of taking the ball at pace. Put emphasis on sympathetic hands
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