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With strong goal-line defence comes the need for absolute clarity in the system, particularly the role of the tackler and tackle assist.
WHY USE IT
Helps players understand the role of the tackler and the tackle assist in a close-quarter situation.
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Use cones to represent the breakdown/ruck.
HOW TO PLAY
ACTIVITY: The ball carrier, set at the back of the ruck, lifts the ball. They then come around the corner of the ruck, where the tackler will make a low tackle that stops momentum.
DEVELOPMENT: Add another defender next to the tackler, and another attacker. When the ball carrier comes around the corner, the tackler will again make a low tackle that stops momentum. The second defender/tackle assist will either help finish the tackle or get under the ball carrier and wrap or rip the ball, while the other attacker aims to drive them away.
GAME SITUATION: Set up three breakdown shapes across the goal line, with two attackers and two defenders. The attackers attack one side of the first breakdown. Once a phase is played, they get around to the next breakdown, play a phase, and so on.
COACHING POINTS
- The urgency to fold around the breakdown
- Set low to make first-up tackle.
- Tackle assist to make decision on whether to jackal (steal the ball) or get under the ball.
- Set up cones to act as a ruck/breakdown
- The defender aims to make a low tackle
- An attacker picks up the ball and comes forward
Related Files
- Add in an attacker and defender (tackle assist)
- The second tackler aims to either jackle the ball or grab and rip after the tackle contact
- The play moves across the field after each contact
- The defenders aim to be set and ready before the attackers
Gavin Blackburn
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