MAUL AND RUCK WORK
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get in groups of 4-5. each with a ball at end of field. 
jog ~40 yards out and back to start point . first time turn and present
second time ball off hip presentation, third ruck, etc.
beginnning practice warm-up. mix in taking off hip and running and 
rolling maul and short quick tight area passes. 

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5 point drill, 1. short pass  2. fake pass  3. roll out  4. stiff arm 
               5. ruck or maul
at point 1, 2, 3, 4 have one defender. at point 5 have 3 or more. 


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another the 5 station drill 1. short pass  2. on hip  3. on hip maul
                               4. turn and maul  5. ruck
point 1, 2 have one defender. at other points have 3 or so. 


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50 meter race. teams of 6. maul every 10 meters then sprint back to 
start. repeat 3-5 times. losing team runs lap or does pushups. 


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maul/ruck game. 20 x 30 meter field. two teams 6+. coach runs back
and forth ACROSS mid-field with ball. the two opposing teams are also
jogging back and forth ACROSS each half of field. coach tosses ball to
someone
on either team. that player then turns upfield attempting to score
thru other team. after maul or ruck is formed ball out quick and
offense attempts top get ball into end zone with close quarters
ball handling i.e. rollingmaull, off hip, short passes, close area
switching. if offense losses ball they do pushups or ?. if they dont
score they do ? if defense gives up score then they do pushups or ?
the players all all spread out. everyone doesnt need to be right on
midfield line. you want all possible variations of timing, angles etc. 
try to toss ball to each player on each time thru drill.


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walking rugby. 10 x 10 meter field. 2 teams 5+ players. everyone
must walk. running is turnover. have lineouts. to start ball in
middle of field just toss up like jump ball or toss on ground
for ruck. good to use when getting dark and dont have enough light
to toss ball around. i guess you could do this in a gym on mats. 
maybe everyone playing on their knees. there really isnt a scrumhalf
or flyhalf exactly. you'll be rucking and mauling and the related
type ball handling 90% of time. 


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play a full speed scrimmage with no scrums or lineouts. anytime a 
stoppage in play start with team that normally gets posession taking 
ball into a maul. good for working on open play and also good
if ya dont have enough for 2 full scrums. oyu can do this with 14 folks
ideally. 8 on each team