Research has found that participating in sports can have a healthy developmental impact on young children. These activities can promote co-operative play, teamwork and good sportsmanship.

Play Rugby provides you with session plans, video clips on how to play fun games, additional Play Rugby certificates for all the class and the full range of Game Cards.

Play Rugby Girls contains additional information for schools and clubs who would like to set up a Girls Rugby programme.

You will also find links to our Mini Rugby programme and the IRFU Child Welfare policy which informs all of our age grade rugby initiatives.

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  • Divide players into groups of sixes with a ball
  • Put them in a grid 10 x 10m

When the coach calls:

1. The players pass and move around the grid
2. The players pick and place the ball around the grid
3. The players throw the ball into the air for another player to catch
4. The players roll the ball to each other
5. The player with the ball places the ball on the ground runs to an other grid and takes their ball
6. The player with the ball chases the other 5 players in the grid and tries to touch them with the ball on the back to catch them (when caught they must stand still)

  • Introduce each skill one at a time

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