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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 difference to winning back the ball. By Sean Holley
CHALLENGE
Get in the habit of clearing out the first arriving support attack player.
SET UP
A 5m square (then a 2m square), a ball, four cones and a ruck pad.
HOW TO DO IT
- Inside the 5m square, have a ball carrier (BC) run forward 2m at a tackler (T) who makes a low tackle. At the same time, from the corners, a ruck pad holding support attacker (S) and defender (D) come forward. D aims to win the space beyond the ball, pushing back S (see picture 1). Develop this by adding another defender.
- Then, put this into a close ruck scenario. An attacker (A1) takes a short pass close to a dummy ruck (see picture 2). They go to ground as they impact on the ruck-pad holder (S). The guard (G) and defender (D) either side of the ruck pad holder aim to win the space or stop the supporting attacker (A2) protecting the ball (see picture 3).
TECHNIQUE
- The first clearing out player wins the space before the first arriving attacker.
- Make contact low, staying low with real leg drive to either clear out a threat already there or an arriving threat.
- A ball carrier (BC) is tackled low by a tackler (T)
- A defender (D) aims to win the space over and beyond the ball against the pad holder (S)
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- Develop into a close ruck situation
- Have a 9 pass the ball out to an attacker (A1) who runs into S
- Put a guard (G), ruck pad holder (S) and another defender (D) alongside a dummy ruck
- G and D aim to win the space over the ball
- A1 goes to ground and A2 aims to protect the ball
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