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LOGINReal rugby speed
Develop players who are used to running on to - and delivering - passes at pace. This will leave defenders behind and allow you to make the best use of your line breaks.
CHALLENGE
Win the race to the try line.
SET UP
Various sized boxes, cones, ball.
how to do it
Activity
- Put a ball carrier and support player about 5m apart, 5m away from the edge of a 10m square. Put a defender at the side of the box, up to 5m away.
- Get the ball carrier to run at full pace into the box, passing the ball when they are inside the pass zone. The support player takes the pass and aims to run over the try line at the end of the box.
- In the meantime, when the first ball carrier reaches the pass zone, the defender sets off. They aim to touch the second ball carrier before he reaches the try line.
Development
- Start the attackers as before but the ball carrier can pass at any time. The defender now starts at the far corner of the box, only coming forward once the ball carrier comes into the box. The ball carrier can choose to dummy if they want.
Game situation
- Put three attackers at one end of a box with a defender 5m to the side of them, a defender in the middle and a defender near the far end.
- When the attackers move forward, the defender to the side runs around and into the box to chase, the defender in the middle comes forward and the far defender runs back to the end and then forward.
- Using touch tackling, the defenders aim to catch the ball carrier in possession before they reach the far end.
TECHNIQUE
- Support player: keep telling the ball carrier where you are.
ACTIVITY
- The defender starts from one of the cones at the side and aims to intercept the support player
- Have a ball carrier race towards a pass zone, and pass to the support player
- The support player receives the pass and aims to reach the end of the box before being touched
Development
Related Files
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A defender races forward to touch either the ball carrier or support player
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The ball carrier is only allowed to pass once they are in the box
game situation
- The attackers aim to get to the far end of the box, with three defenders entering from the side, back and from behind them
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