Rugby wide passing drill

Set up

Full width of pitch using the halfwayline. One ball and ten players.

What you get your players to do

Organise players into an attacking line across the pitch from the 22m line to halfway. Players must move the ball from one side of the pitch to the far 15m channel without crossing the halfway line. Players can use miss passes or conventional passing. Once the outside player gets the ball they fall as though tackled. The nearest two players secure the ball and the next clears it back across the pitch where the players repeat the activity to the opposite 15m channel. This continues for four phases (see picture 1).

Look for

Good accurate passing in front of thereceiver.Players running onto the ball.A variety of different length passes.Good re-organisation andre-alignment.Players working hard.

Development

Get another 10 players to attack the half way line from the opposite direction.The teams race each other to pass the ball four widths of the pitch finishing on the halfway line (see picture 2). The teams next attack up the pitch using four widths to score from the halfway line (see picture 3).

Notes

Depending on numbers make the groups bigger or even use 15.