Corridor wars communication game
A great game to get your rugby players thinking space, mobility and communication, whilst practising core rugby skills.
This is a great rugby coaching game to get all your players thinking about the significance of space, mobility and communication, whilst practising passing, tackling and support play skills. It should prevent sideways running, make players hold their positions, and keep defenders spread.
Split a pitch equally length ways to form four channels - the "corridors". Play two teams of six rugby players against each other in one half of the pitch, with the two "try lines" the actual try line and the 10m line. Separate each rugby team into three pairs: A, B and C. Use bibs or tags to indicate which players are which. You probably won't need the teams to have separate colours.
In attack, the "A" rugby players can only operate in the first two left hand corridors, "B" players in the middle two corridors and "C" players in the right hand section. The players can pass and kick the ball between the corridors. In defence, the players can operate across the corridors.
Restart the rugby coaching game if the defence wins the ball or following a score, a dead ball, or a player moving outside their corridor, or for the usual offences (offside, knock-on, forward pass). Don't allow scrums or lineouts. Attackers will soon learn to avoid rucks.
Except for foul play, always restart with a change of possession, including after scores, by getting the defence to retire 10 metres (or behind their try line). Remember to make sure that the (new) attackers have aligned themselves into their proper corridors before the restart.
If you have extra players, or an odd number of teams, restarts are an ideal time to make quick substitutions and replace teams.
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