Well, as planned, we played a full contact rugby game today. Beforehand drills were practised which covered passing the ball, the tackle and srummaging. But as said, we played full contact rugby today! Each time play stopped, bodies were picked up off the pitch, there were bruises, bumps, scrapes etc in abundance and even one minor blood injury. Did it put the players off? Well, the general consensus seems to be that it was fantastic fun. From a spectators point of view it is a much more interesting game to watch than a tag rugby game.
From back at the beginning of the season, we practised falling over, and today there were few, if any, instances of arms being put out to break the fall which is good, as this should avoid injuries. Some tackles were above the armpits, and so were high, this will need to be worked on. Players could also offload sooner, but this will hopefully become more natural, in the attempt to avoid being tackled and so save the pain.
Next week we are at home with Newbury visiting (so no full contact games I'm afraid)
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