NSW RUGBY UNION

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NSW RUGBY UNION

• Pre-Game and Post-Game
• Ian Smith

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Introduction

• We are discussing pre-game preparation, and
  post-game analysis
• Remember the 7 Ps
• Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor
  Performance

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Pre-Match

• Who are the teams? (Any history? Previous
  experiences?)
• What is the style of play? (Tight and close or
  open?)
• What is at stake? (Pos on table, Home semi)
• What are the teams strengths and weaknesses
• Who are the captains? Are they respected leaders?
• Who is in the front row? Who is in the backrow?

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When does preparation begin?

• Notification of appointment
• How do you prepare?
• Physical training
• Mental preparation
• Review video
• Talk to other referees re problems they had
• Mental rehearsal / visualisation
• What if? / wargaming / role play
• Practice your communication

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Match goals

• What are you currently working on?
• Identify three areas you want to focus on(eg
  advantage, comms _at_ tackle)
• If being coached, then ask coach to watch these
  areas

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Post-Match

• How do you think you went?
• If video, then
• Review for specific items / events
• Statistical / positional analysis
• Discussion with your coach, other referees
• What would you do differently next time? How
  would you deal with the same team if you saw them
  again?
• Highlight three areas to work on generally

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Remember

• You are only one week away from your best
  performance!
• QUESTIONS?

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NSW RUGBY UNION

• Tackle Ruck

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INTRODUCTION

• Rugby both standard and ELV games can be
  attractive to watch with continuity and contest.
• However, when it is at its ugliest, it is often a
  game being played by players off their feet
  stifling continuity and killing contest.
• Tonights session will be a short presentation
  followed by a workshop where you decide what it
  is you want to do in relation to players of their
  feet at the tackle/ruck

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TACKLE/RUCK

• Players off their feet, a referee coach
  observation
• Why are players off their feet?
• Tackler, his role in the problem
• Tackled player, his role in the problem
• Arriving players, what they do when there is
  clutter around the tackle.
• Players off their feet, a Premier coach/Waratah
  coach observation
• Video

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Legal Requirements

• Tackler
• Tackled player
• New category of miscreant, the latch or hammer
• Arriving players (Law 15.7.(b)) Forbidden
  Practices No player may prevent the tackled
  player from releasing the ball or getting up and
  moving away from it.
• When there is a ruck formed, what must the
  joining players do according to law?

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Joining a Ruck 16.2

• (a) All players forming, joining or taking part
  in a ruck must have their head and shoulders no
  lower than their hips.
• (b) A player joining a ruck must bind onto the
  ruck with at least one arm around the body of a
  team mate using the whole arm.
• (c) Placing a hand on another player in the ruck
  does not constitute binding.
• (d) All players forming, joining or taking part
  in a ruck must be on their feet.

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Joining a Ruck 16.5 (c)

• All players joining a ruck must do so from behind
  the foot of the hindmost team mate in the ruck. A
  player may join alongside the hindmost player. If
  a player joins ..... In front of the hindmost
  team mate, the player is offside.

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What are the implications of these laws?

• Joining legally means there is no foul play (star
  wars)
• Binding makes the ruck more stable with less
  players going to ground and therefore less
  clutter at the ruck.
• Correct body height means fewer collapses
• Does this translate into more continuity?

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Syndicate discussion

• Are we going to apply these laws to our matches
  from now on?
• If not, why not?
• Can we apply some and not others?
• What are the implications if we apply them?

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