Get Into Rugby

Promote attacking and defending alignment and realignment during fast transitions and under fatigue

This focuses on the attacker’s agility and making a quick decision to run the optimum line, hitting the space while protecting the ball

This activity promotes good leg drive while attacking through defenders

This activity focuses on offloading decisions while going through contact and supporting

This activity is an introduction to a pop pass focusing on continuity, depth and support play

2v1 promotes alignment and catch/pass skills while under defensive pressure

Players are introduced to unstructured attack kick return and navigating fragmented defence

A further extension activity to test players with differing attacking and defensive scenarios

This activity focuses on decision making in attack and defence while introducing participants to real game scenarios, thinking under fatigue and the importance of continuity

This fun game highlights the importance of space and accurate, consistent passing

Alignment, drawing and passing and identifying and running into space is practiced in this activity

This activity focuses on passing technique, speed, alignment and realignment

This extension activity adds in cut out passes and inside pass options while maintaining alignment

Further catching and passing skills by adding in game play situations and running lines while under defensive pressure

This promotes attacking decision making from differing positions on the field

This activity highlights the importance of width and alignment while passing quickly and accurately from both sides of the body

This activity focuses on passing over multiple varying distances from both sides of the body.

This activity promotes quick thinking, fast transitions and straight running lines

Practice hand eye coordination and optimal body position with unpredictable ball bounces and pick ups

Work in pairs to regather possession and communicate with a focus on depth in attack and timing

This extension activity adds in a defender to simulate defensive pressure to promote decision making in game play

This activity is a variation to add focus on protecting the ball, body and hand preparation, support depth, quick decision making and timing

Learn to identify space and move to space while in differing defensive/attacking situations

This introduces unstructured attack and provides players with decision making scenarios

This activity focuses on passing technique, accuracy and speed

This activity promotes players angled running, identifying space and moving into space while at pace

This is a fun way to teach evasion, special awareness and movement while under pressure. This activity also introduces tracking and defence skills.

This action packed activity focuses on alignment and realignment in both attack and defence

This activity highlights the importance of running lines, creating space and communication in both attack and defence

This activity practices attack and defence from a kick return while highlighting the importance of support players