Rugby | Rugby Drills

2 on 2 tackling and clear out game. Players line up in two lines, adjacent to the coned gameplay area. The coach stands opposite the two lines with the ball and passes to the front player of either team. The front two players of each team run round the back of their cones and the ball carrier takes the ball into contact. The two secondary players then ruck over and attempt to clear each other out. One team comes away with the ball.

10m wide channel, 2 attackers start with the ball while 2 defenders atart at the other end. when instructed the attackers attempt to score agaisnt them. Defenders must work together to try stop them. Attackers can throw dummies and switches. Do continuous reps. 

1. Tracking  Create a V shaoped conned area.  Defender at one end, attacker at the other end.  Attacker attempts to score using footwork, defender has to track them and try stop them by gettign a shoulder on contact to there hips. (50% intensity) 2. 1v1 Track and Tackle In a grid an attacker is positioned on one end and a defender at the other end.  Defender passes to the attacker who attempts to score against the defender within the grid.  3. 1v1 Tackle Channel  Players line up in two lines adjacent to the coned area. Coach shouts go and the front two players run round their end to end up facing each other. The coach passes the ball to the attacker who runs at the defender, and the defender tries to take them down. 4. 2v2 Track and Tackle  10m wide channel, 2 attackers start with the ball while 2 defenders atart at the other end. when instructed the attackers attempt to score agaisnt them. Do continuous reps. 

*AUDIO DESCRIPTION ON* Players hop around on one foot and gently bump off one another. The focus is on a getting a slight nudge between players and landing properly on one foot.

This game is designed to teach the players about body height in tackling and ruck clean out. Set up a field about 15m long by 10m wide. Keep it narrow to give the defenders a better chance at catching the runners. Tell all the players to line up at one end facing back down the playing field. Choose 2 players to stand in the middle and tell them they are the defenders who have to tackle any runners before they reach the other side. Explain to the runners they have to run from one end to the other without getting tackled by the defenders. If a runner gets tackled they must stop exactly where they were tackled and stand on that spot. They are called bashers and cannot move their feet until the game is finished. The bashers can, however, push runners over if they come close enough to reach (bashers cannot move their feet so a good strong stance is necessary). If a runner is pushed over by a basher he/she becomes a basher too. Once the runners have made it through to the other end the bashers and tacklers turn around to face the runners and on the coaches call the run through again. This continues until there are no more runners and the last runner wins.

Groups of 10+  3 Bags  balls  Cones   1. With bags  3 Attckers with bags are given a number, 5 defenders line up opposite within the grid.  When coach says so he shouts a number (this is the attacker that the defenders will tackle and adjust too)  when the number is shouted both attackers and defenders shoot off the line to meet in the middle (green cones)  Here a tackle is performed on the given number and players will adjuest and stay connected accrodingly.  2. With a ball not bags.  This progression makes it more realistic, and means the 5 defenders have to adjust to the differnt moves the attackers throw at them. 

Groups of three, the aim of the exercise is for the second defender to contest the tackle. One player starts with the ball, standing still. A defender is on one or both knees preparing to tackle the attacker. A second defender is stood ready behind the first defender. The first defender wraps their arms round the attacker and tackles them to the floor. The attacker presents the ball as if to the scrum half. The second defender rucks over (contesting the tackle) and should steal the ball.

Groups of 3. Progression. 1. Wrestling  Players link up, one arm under & one arm over each shoulder.  Players then pick a side to wrestle to, then give a count down and fight to force opposition on the side they chose to wrestle to. 2. Tackle on Knees   Each player takes turns to complete tackles on there knees.  3. You can make this fun and competitive by counting how many tackles a player completes in a certain amount of time.

Set up 5 cones around in a circle. The tackler works out from the first cone to make the tackle. The tackler then backtracks around the next and then comes forward to make the tackle again. Two tackles off the right shoulder, one front on and two off the left shoulder.

Groups of 2. Everyone find some space. Stand opposite your partner. One of the players (attacker) use footwork and move arround. The other (defender), try to keep as close as they can to the moving player. The attackers claps at a point of his choice, this is when the defender makes a shoulders on contact. Low Impact. Shoulders on. 

6x6m Grid  Ball  Players line up in 3s opposite sides of the grid.  Simply pass the ball along the line.  1 defender is in the middle of the grid putting pressure on all ball carriers. Once hand completed the next line starts immediately.  Defender swaps out when there is a mistake or when he touches someone with the ball.  Progression: add another defender, make the passes wider. 

Ball  Groups of 3+    2 attackers line up opposite a defender. The defender makes a low leg tackle on the atttacker.  The attacker being tackled tries to get arms free and perfom an offload to the supporting runner.

Split your players into two teams in an approx 20mx15m for 12 players. Change this according to numbers. Give every play a ball, they have to hold this in one hand the entire time whilst moving about the grid Work as a team to complete as many passes as possible without dropping the ball Catch and pass the ball in one hand without using the chest as support

2 players, 1 ball. The player with the ball throws the ball up and both player jump up to compete for the ball winner scores the point and throws up the next ball.

4 + groups  Balls  All players have a ball, start by passing the ball once left then twice right, then 3 times left etc.  if the ball goes down you start again.  Winning team is the team who competes the most amount of passes without the ball going down. 

Set up a 8 channels of cones 5 metres apart A group of 4 players start on the side line, and all players need to work around the nearest/corner cone. The first player with the ball will run into the nearest channel of cones (lane 1) and all the other players will work around the corner cone and filter into the proceeding channels The 1st player passes the ball as soon as the 2nd player gets into the 2nd channel. The ball is passed down the line of 4 players until the 4th players receives the ball. Once the 4th player receives the ball, the ball is placed down and all the players work around to get into their respective channel to repeat the process.