Another great video from RugbyIQ: Agility Pick n Place Drill Aim: Used for a warm up drill or general SAQ and ball skills. Description: Mark out a channel as shown in the video. Six players divide into two groups of 3 and start at the top of the channel on either side of the channel. Players work in pairs. Drill starts with a pass being made at the top of the channel. Players then run down the side of channel stepping off the cones placed ... Read More

Another great video from RugbyIQ: Clean Out Technique Aim: To develop cleaning out technique at the break down / ruck and ball skills under pressure. Description: Lie a tackle bag down on the side of the channel with a ball behind it. 5 players start 5m behind the tackle bag on the one side and 3 players 5m behind on the other side. The drill starts with one of the 3 players running to steal the ball behind the bag, at the same time one ... Read More

Another great video from RugbyIQ: Fitness and Ball Skills Drill Aim: To develop rugby specific fitness and ball skills. Description: Place 1 tackle bag on each corner of the channel and a contact shield 10m down the channel in the middle. Place a ball at the top of the channel in the middle. 4 players working in pairs start at the top of channel. The rest of the players are split into 2 groups on either side of the channel 10m down. Drill starts with ... Read More

I was scanning through youtube to see if I could find any new rugby coaching videos to publish on this site and I came across a fantastic Scrum Tutorial by Rugbyiq: Read More

Every rugby fan in New Zealand must be thrilled at the endevour, application and considerable passion of the majority of the NPC teams, not to mention the supporters, in the first two weeks of this year's Air New Zealand Cup. Some of the early pace-setters are the so called also rans. Question for Mr Tew and his cohorts: What if, come late October, teams who have been 'ear-marked' for the dreaded drop are in or near the top four? Surely this prospect ... Read More

The 2009 British and Irish Lions Tour is scheduled to take place from May to July 2009, with seven provincial games being played alongside the three-match Test series. It has been confirmed that the Test matches will be played in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg. Read More

The new rugby season is only three weeks away and while I am outwardly expressing excitement to impress on those around me my love of the game, inwardly I have a feeling of…Oh God here we go again. Super 14 has become little more than a cash cow for the SANZA unions and worse, a predictable competition where we can say with a fair deal of certainty that the Crusaders will win, the Highlanders will lose the Hurricanes will provide much of ... Read More