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Rugby Maul

Know and understand the rugby maul in rugby games. What you must do and how you use a maul to gain ground.

When the ball carrier is held but not brought to the ground a maul may form.

For a maul to form...

  • There must be a least three players
     The three players must include
  • The ball carrier
  • An opponent, holding the ball carrier
  • A team mate of the ball carrier, bound to the ball carrier
  • Players must be on their feet and attempt to stay on their feet
  • The players must be in the field of play
  • The group of players must be moving towards a goal-line

When a maul has formed...

  • The maul must keep moving towards a goal-line
  • The players must attempt to stay on their feet
  • Players must avoid collapsing the maul
  • Players in it must have head/shoulders at/above height of hips
  • An offside line comes into force for each team
  • The offside line for each team is parallel to the goal-line and right behind the foot of the hindmost player in the maul
  • Other players may only join the maul by coming from behind the offside line and binding onto the hindmost player in the maul
  • All other players must be behind or go behind their offside line

Reason for a maul...

Using the skill, strength and bulk of the more powereful players, the maul is one of the rugby techniques for moving the ball towards the opposition in-goal area.

The ball can be moved from player to player within the maul as long as the maul keeps moving and the players stay bound together.

The maul is like a small swarm of bees with the ball tucked inside.  Coordinate the pushing,  move the ball forward.

Weak points
are found and progress made. If no progress is being made the team holding the ball must move it to players outside the maul or risk losing possession.

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