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Latch and crash

Latch and crash

Improve your players’ ruck decision-making by giving them four different situations to react to. They have to choose the best technique t...
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Stay low!

Stay low!

Help your players understand the importance of keeping low in contact and funnelling in behind the ball carrier to maintain go forward.
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Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

Use superhero memes to help your players understand their roles to create better ruck ball.
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Rucking good fun

Rucking good fun

Get serious about winning games by working on active and successul rucks to recycle good ball to attack with - but use fun activites to p...
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Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A clearer at a ruck must look to go beyond the ball. This not only drives back defenders, it frees up the ball for your scrum half to gra...
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Ruck circle

Ruck circle

Improve your players’ ruck decision-making by giving them four different situations to react to. They have to choose the best technique t...
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Pick and go basics

Pick and go basics

Add effective pick and go plays to your tactics. Give your players the skills and decision-making to use this ploy accurately.
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Post-tackle space

Post-tackle space

Work on the first clearing out defender getting to the tackle situation as soon as the ball carrier is down. Make sure they make the most...
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Rugby Coach Weekly Issue 270

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  • Turnover: 1-2-3 try!
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    Super rucks: edge, knife and focus

    Super rucks: edge, knife and focus

    Aim for super accurate outcomes at the collision contest, with the ball carrier winning the contact edge, then knifing, while the supporter ...
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    Simplest ruck defence

    Simplest ruck defence

    Make sure your ruck defenders make gain line tackles to stop an attack making easy ground. It requires good body positions, plus the ...
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    Up and at 'em

    Up and at 'em

    This is a tough, physical session that works on players going forward in narrow spaces. The emphasis should be on ball retention in contact,...
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    Rough diamonds

    Rough diamonds

    A rough diamond shape with the ball carrier at the front means that
they can offload or go into contact with confidence. Get your players ...
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    King of the threes

    King of the threes

    Develop a cohesive defence by encouraging the players to work in threes.
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    Adapting tag sessions into full rugby sessions

    Adapting tag sessions into full rugby sessions

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    Second player in

    Second player in

    The second player in support of the ball carrier needs to work out how to support the tackle contest.
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    Ruck session builder

    Ruck session builder

    Session builders take you from one player to a unit to work on their skills piece by piece.
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    Not on the ball, but still working

    Not on the ball, but still working

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    Open field kicks super training

    Open field kicks super training

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    Natural footwork v drilled footwork

    Natural footwork v drilled footwork

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    Time to put your best passing foot forward

    Time to put your best passing foot forward

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    Support: the hardest principle

    Support: the hardest principle

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    Train 'no-look' passing

    Train 'no-look' passing

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    Fitting in the fight

    Fitting in the fight

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to two sessions.
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    What? No defenders?

    What? No defenders?

    Editor Dan Cottrell adds further context to a session and an article.

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