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Rugby: Hit and Drive Ruck Clearout

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A drill to be completed in pairs.
One player holding a tackle bag stands in a low, strong position with knees bent.
The player is standing with one foot either side of a tackle tube on the floor, with their weight forward.
The other player starts lying on the floor in a half press-up position ready to go.
The tackler needs to get to their feet quickly, sidestep past the cone on the floor and tackle the player holding the tackle bag.
Once the player with the tackle bag has been hit, the tackler drives through to clear the opponent out of a ruck.

COACHING POINTS

It is essential for the tackler, once they are on their feet, to maintain a strong, low body position to make the tackle.
The tackler should tackle the opponent with legs either side of the tackle tube on the floor.
Make sure the tacklers are driving through, forcing the opponent away from the tackle tube on the floor.
Once the player has been cleared out, the tackler should take up the rucking position to emulate a real match scenario.

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Hit And Roll Ruck Clear Out:

A tackling exercise to be completed in pairs.
One player stands over a tackle tube, while holding a tackle bag themself against their chest.
The tackler begins lying down with chest on the floor ready to go.
The tackler gets to their feet quickly, and gets low before tackling the opponent/tackle bag with force.
The aim is for the tackler to rip the tackle bag away from the opponent, and roll away.

Ruck Clear Out

Breakdown Technical Work:

tackle sausage

Place 2 sausages perpendicular from eachother in a T shape.

Have one player line up a couple meters away from the bag.

Conditioning drill, the player does reps of clearing the bag, running back to the line, doing a down up and going again.

Ruck Clear Out

Ruck Clear Out Between Two Tackle Bags:

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 two defenders with one or two attackers. Ball carrier runs into defender/s and places the ball, the supporting player/s must clear away the defenders. Each attacker must have a go at hitting the defender and placing the ball.

Tackling