Rough diamonds

CHALLENGE

Retain possession from slow rucks to create quick ball.

SET UP

Ruck pads, a ball.

how to do it

Activity

• Put three ruck pad holders in a 10m gap beside a ruck pad.
• Get four attackers
  to come around the corner and set up in a rough diamond shape.
• They then take the ball from the feeder and drive into or through the pad holders or they can take contact and set the ball up for a ruck.
• Keep repeating the exercise with a different player taking up the head of the diamond each time.

Developments

• Make one of the defenders “live” so they can go for the ball.
• Start the attackers from different points so they have to organize themselves as they arrive.

Game situation

• Put three defenders in both halves of a 20m x 15m box. Put a feeder in the middle. Put four attackers in one half and three in the other.
• The feeder gives the ball to the first four attackers in a diamond formation.
• If they don’t score in that corridor or form a ruck, the feeder passes the ball back into the other half (even if the ruck is on the far side).
• One of the attackers from the first four has to see if they can recover to help the other group. Repeat until there is an error or a try is scored.

ACTIVITY