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Put your half backs in control of the running plays. Work on the 10 organising his players around them. Both they and the support runners should read the defence and aim to either attack space or take contact on the best terms.
how to do it
Activity
- Spread out four ruck-pad holders as in the top picture, with two directly in front of 10.
- Have two support players either side of 10.
- When 9 passes to 10, they attack the ruck pads, passing to either of the support players.
- When the ball carrier touches a pad, they go to ground, with the other support player clearing over.
- 9 and 10 realign, with two more support players.
- Depending on your signal, 10 passes wide to the support players or goes again. The remaining ruck-pad holders offer a line of defence to work against.
- 9 and 10 reset on the other side to work with the next four players.
Game situation
- Set up a 9 and 10 and four support players as in the bottom picture. They face two ruck pad holders and three non-ruck pad holders.
- Get the attack to run down the first channel, going to ground on the first contact. The ball carrier does not need a support player to clear out. Count down how long before 9 can pass the ball.
- The attack then aims to score in the wide channel, with full contact, against the three defenders without ruck pads.
TECHNIQUE
- 10: Bring in your support players early with good communication but pass late to bring on the defence.
- 9: Bring the 10 on to the ball with your pass, so look where they want to be, not where they are now.
- A 10 attacks two ruck-pad holders, feeding one of the inside or outside support players
- The next ball carrier goes to ground with the nearest support player clearing out
- Two support players wait for the next phase
- Four support players wait to attack when the play goes back towards them
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- The next two support players realign according to your signal and then receive a pass from 10 via 9
- Indicate whether to attack wide or close (so the players look up and realign)
Game situation
- The attack works down the narrow channel until a support player touches a pad
- On contact, they go down, you indicate when they can release the ball and the attack aims to score in the wide channel against three defenders, using full contact
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