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Rucking & Mauling

Rucking drills help develop the most effective and safest ruck techniques. Mauling drills achieve the same.

In this range of activities, you will see ruck drills and maul drills mixed in with ruck and maul scenarios.

 

Also, we have rucking games where players can be put into more dynamic, ruck decision making situations.

In addition, look out for our ruck and maul warm ups too.

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U15
U16
U17+
U5
U6
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Ruck defence reload

Ruck defence reload

Make sure your defence is in place quickly so they can come forward to make snare tackles and poach the ball. Use this activity to learn ...
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Let's have a ball

Let's have a ball

This great fun way to introduce the right body positions to drive in rucks encourages the correct use of shoulders and best placement of ...
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Hot or not?

Hot or not?

Pull togther all the tackling elements of the snare tackle, rolling out, poaching, ruck reloading and deciding on whether to go for the b...
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Help! We can’t ruck!

Help! We can’t ruck!

Take any bunch of nine-year-old players and you’ll maybe find, like any other contact situation, that about a third of them happily smash...
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Make life easier for young 9s at rucks

Make life easier for young 9s at rucks

Ensure you commit the right numbers to the ruck by helping them to learn what the right cues are to join it in the first place.
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Go forward to find space

Go forward to find space

Work on the players finding/creating space and going forward at the same time by attacking the gaps between defenders.
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Alternate rucks

Alternate rucks

Stop your forwards running to and from every ruck, making sure they choose every other ruck to work to. It can create a ruck specialist, ...
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Better ruck decision making

Better ruck decision making

Ensure you commit the right numbers to the ruck by helping them to learn what the right cues are to join it in the first place.
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    Narrow and wide breakdown scenarios

    Narrow and wide breakdown scenarios

    Use this scenario to create decision-making opportunities around attacking the edge of a defence. The edge is where the end of the line of ...
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    Ruck, ruck and ruck again

    Step up from rucking hard-to-ruck decision-making in this three-channel exercise that works on go forward and continuity while developing ...
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    Take passes at full speed

    Players should be able to take a pass at pace without breaking stride.
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    Put pressure on attackers to increase skill levels

    You should incorporate passing under pressure into every training session, even if just part of a warm-up.
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    Ruck under pressure

    Create a match-like environment at the ruck situation and help players become accurate in their clearance skills under real pressure.
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    Pukka rucker

    Pukka rucker

    You need to make sure that players arrive at the right angle, height and speed at rucks. This activity will concentrate on getting the ...
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    Latch and crash

    Latch and crash

    Improve your players’ ruck decision-making by giving them four different situations to react to. They have to choose the best technique to ...
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    Stay low!

    Stay low!

    Help your players understand the importance of keeping low in contact and funnelling in behind the ball carrier to maintain go forward.
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    Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

    Create Superheroes at the ruck to win quicker, cleaner ball

    Use superhero memes to help your players understand their roles to create better ruck ball.
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    Rucking good fun

    Rucking good fun

    Get serious about winning games by working on active and successul rucks to recycle good ball to attack with - but use fun activites to ...
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    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    A clearer at a ruck must look to go beyond the ball. This not only drives back defenders, it frees up the ball for your scrum half to grab ...
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    Ruck circle

    Ruck circle

    Improve your players’ ruck decision-making by giving them four different situations to react to. They have to choose the best technique to ...
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    Speed rucking: Wrap and recycle

    Speed rucking: Wrap and recycle

    When you have slow ball from the ruck, create quick ball by setting up a “wrap and recycle” play. Use three players to attack the defence ...
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    Better ruck placement

    Better ruck placement

    Get your players used to stretching and placing the ball as far back as possible after a tackle to make it more difficult for the defence ...
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    Pick and go basics

    Pick and go basics

    Add effective pick and go plays to your tactics. Give your players the skills and decision-making to use this ploy accurately.
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    Post-tackle space

    Post-tackle space

    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 ...

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