U10 rugby ruck drills
11 ruck and maul drills a U10 squad is allowed to do, each with the set up, the coaching points and what it looks like from the touchline when it is going wrong.
Free to read with no account. They work at a pitch with no signal too.
What U10 is allowed here
U10 is the first grade the RFU allows ruck work at, so this is where it starts. Nothing below that grade sees any of these, in the app or on this site. What U10 rugby allows is the rest of it.
The drills
Under each one is what it looks like when that drill is going wrong.
- Wrestle for the ball 6 min · 6 to 20 players · 10 x 10 m Elbows out wide where they can be pulled
- Body position ladder 6 min · 6+ players · 15 m channel Bending at the waist with a rounded back
- Three phase game 12 min · 12 to 24 players · 40 x 30 m Every player piling into the first ruck
- Tackle then compete 12 min · 8 to 18 players · 15 x 15 m Both of them lying on the floor watching the ball
- Two second ruck 12 min · 8 to 18 players · 15 x 15 m The first arriver going straight to ground on top of the ball
- Step over and stay 9 min · 6 to 18 players · 10 x 10 m Standing over the ball with a rounded back and the head down
- Clear the threat 11 min · 8 to 18 players · 12 x 12 m Standing up into the shield so it stops them dead
- Five second count 10 min · 9 to 21 players · 20 x 15 m Nobody counting, so nobody knows they are slow
- Who goes in 11 min · 10 to 21 players · 25 x 20 m Everybody following the ball, so nothing is left outside
- Pick and go 9 min · 6 to 18 players · 20 x 10 m Picking up one handed on the run so the ball spills
- Turn the turtle 8 min · 6 to 20 players · 10 x 10 m The worker pulling at a shirt from above with straight arms
What else U10 can work on
- U10 rugby passing drills
- U10 rugby evasion drills
- U10 rugby tackling drills
- U10 rugby scrum drills
- U10 rugby game sense drills
The same at other grades
Every U10 drill is the whole grade rather than one theme. Rugby drills by age group is all six grades.