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Develop a long passing counter-attack game, including accurate kicking, fielding and moving the ball into space from your 22. By EAMONN HOGAN.
In a territorial kicking game, your back-field cover needs to be confident enough to field kicks and then pass long, kick long or run back.
A pitch, some cones, a ball.
EXERCISE
Put a player in each third of the 22m area at either end of the pitch. Have players at the side ready to rotate in. A player in one of the end channels kicks the ball down the channel they are in.
Once fielded, the catcher moves the ball in-field immediately, taking no forward steps. The middle player catches the pass and is allowed to take three or four steps before passing the ball to the player in the other end channel. This player then makes a kick parallel to the touchline to their direct opposite player. Once the ball is kicked, the kicker leaves the field and each player moves across one box – the others rotate in from the side when a space appears.
GAME SITUATION
Place four more players on the halfway line, two for each team. Repeat the exercise but the three players attack when the ball is caught. The attackers can now leave their boxes to attack and must try to score a try on the 10m line. Whether successful or not, the ball is kicked to an opposition winger from the 22m and the game begins again with the new attackers and defenders.
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