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Basic Rugby Skills

Use the game situation to practise thinking about passing, support, space and fair play. This worksheet focuses on non-contact rugby. In a school game, follow your teacher’s safety rules and do not tackle unless specifically taught and permitted.

Read the game

Imagine your team is attacking in a non-contact game. You have the ball, defenders are ahead, and teammates are moving into support positions. Your aim is to keep possession, make a safe pass and move into space.

1.Which pass is legal in rugby?

A pass forwards towards the try line
A pass sideways or backwards to a teammate
A pass in any direction, if it reaches a teammate

2.The ball carrier has defenders ahead. Name one useful position for a support player and explain how that position helps.

3.The right side of the field is open. What could the attacking team do to use that space?

Skills and decisions

Good rugby combines ball skills with awareness, communication and safe choices.

4.At training, Maia wants to improve her passing accuracy. Which practice is most useful?

Pass to a partner at a manageable distance, aiming at their hands, then gradually increase the distance
Throw the ball as hard as possible without looking
Practise only when defenders are tackling

5.Choose two useful actions for a player without the ball when a teammate is carrying it.

Move into a clear support position and call for the ball
Stand directly behind a defender and stay silent
Watch the ball and adjust position to offer a safe passing option
Crowd around the ball carrier so nobody else can move

6.Match each rugby term to its meaning.

Try
Support player
Offside

A teammate who moves into a position to help the ball carrier
A player grounds the ball in the opposing in-goal area
Being ahead of a teammate who last played the ball, in a position where the rules do not allow you to take part

7.Your team loses the ball after a forward pass. What should the players do next to show good teamwork and fair play?

Safe play and reflection

In many school lessons, rugby is played as touch or tag rugby. Follow the rules for your activity and keep play controlled.

8.During a non-contact game, a defender reaches out to grab an opponent’s clothing. What is the safest response?

Keep playing and pull away sharply
Stop or pause play as required, tell the teacher, and restart according to the agreed rules
Push the defender away

9.Write two short calls a player could use to help teammates during an attack. Explain what each call helps the team do.

Draw a small rugby field. Add a ball carrier, two support players and defenders. Use arrows to show a sideways or backwards pass and a run into open space. Add one short call a teammate might use.

10.Set one specific goal for your next rugby practice. Include a skill you will practise and how you will know you are improving.