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Graded Intro to Contact

3 May 2024/in Coaching,Junior Rugby,Latest News/by Alanna Fittes

Tackle & Ruck Procedure for Age Grade Rugby: U11, U13 & U15

The graded introduction to contact procedure is required for all U11s as well as for the FIRST game and/or first series of games of week one for U13/U15 age grade competitions.

Key Considerations & Coaching Guidelines

  • Contact Confidence – we are allowing all players the opportunity to increase their confidence and competence!
  • Coaches are to be on field and active in managing contact areas – be vocal!
  • Coaches are actively teaching the players to be safe and confident in the ruck and tackle.
  • Coaches are encouraged to slow the game down and provide teaching moments in the contact area
  • Graded intro to Contact Procedure

    U11, U13, & U15 intro to contact document

  • Age Grade Law Variations

    U7, U9, U11, U13, & U15 ERU Law Variations

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The Edmonton Rugby Union is located within the territories of Treaty 6, 7, and 8 as well as the Métis settlements and six regions of the Métis nation of Alberta within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We acknowledge and are grateful that rugby throughout all of the Edmonton Rugby Union happens on the traditional meeting grounds, gathering places, and travelling routes of the Nehiyawak, Dene, Nakota Sioux, Saulteaux, Niitsitapi, Tsuu Tina, and Iyarhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda). We honour and thank all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit who have lived, played, gathered, and whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries past and will forever more.

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