Impact and Influence Gary Townsend, RFU Player Development Manager

U9 Tackle Scrum Lineout Ruck Maul 9v9 U9 Tackle Scrum Lineout Ruck Maul 9v9 Continuum Pilot

How might this look like? Pre U7sU7U8U9U10U11U12 Multi- Directional Tag Tag 4-a-side Tag 6 - a-side Transitional Rugby 7-a-side Contact Transition 8- a-side Contact Transition 9 a-side Contact Transition 10 a-side S a m p l i n g Y e a r s Less Structure, More involvement in the game by the individual Fundamentals Evasion Handling Spatial awareness + Evasion (1 v 1) Decision making No Knock-on encourage passing & catching without fear of failure Limitless tags + Evasion (2 v 1) Team work Support + SAFE TACKLE Tactical awareness Spatial awareness Basic defence + Introduce Contest for the Ball (Mini-Ruck/Maul) Introduce Scrum 3 player uncontested scrum (nearest 3) No line-out + Kick to regain possession Build ruck/maul 3 player uncontested scrum No line-out + Transition from Primary Tag to contact 3 player contested scrum No line-out 20 minutes single game 50 minutes festival 20 minutes single game 50 minutes festival 30 minutes single game 60 minutes festival 30 minutes single game 60 minutes festival 40 minutes single game 70 minute festival 40 minutes single game 70 minute festival No Leagues – Festivals, NO knock-out, final or overall winners

Introduction and Development of the Game for Children/Youth AGECURRENTPILOT U7 U8 U9 U10 U11 7-a-side, coaches on pitch, knock-on penalised 7-a-side, coaches on pitch, no going to ground 9-a-side, introduce tackle, ruck, maul, line-out, scrum (Technical) 10-a-side, introduce contested scrum (Specialisation) 12-a-side, introduce 5 player scrum (Technical and Early Specialisation), Kicking (Technical and Tactical 4-a-side, no coaches on pitch, play on from knock on 6-a-side, referee as facilitator, ground to score (if needs be) 7-a-side introduce tackle 8-a-side introduce scrum, nearest 3 (tactical and late specialisation – mini ruck & maul 9-a-side, introduce tactical kicking, midi ruck/maul (2 v 2) RFU Player Development Model Impact and Influence

Averages per player (26 Pilot and 15 Current analysed) AGEPILOT v CURRENT U7 Tries Runs Passes Tags 185% more per player 107% more per player 69% more per player 22% more per player RFU Player Development Model Impact and Influence

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Average per Game - 33 Pilot and 21 Current filmed AGEPILOT v CURRENT U9 Tries Runs Passes Tackles Ball in Play 85% more per game 37% more per game 126% more per game 16% more per game 22% more per game RFU Player Development Model Impact and Influence

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QUESTIONS? RFU Player Development Model DMSP Impact and Influence