KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Beating opponents and try scoring
Non-examined assessment: rugby league practical
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Your learning goal
I can create try scoring opportunities by moving at pace and supporting the ball carrier from an onside position
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What you’ll learn
I can create try scoring opportunities by moving at pace and supporting the ball carrier from an onside position
Key learning points
- Move: using a change in direction helps to wrong foot the opposition.
- Move: attackers supporting the ball carrier should run on to the ball at pace from deep.
- Think: timing your support run keeps you onside, prevents forward passes and ensures the best position to attack.
- Feel: individuals need to show determination to get back onside at all times.
- Connect: leadership at the breakdown helps capitalise on opportunities to attack or to deny the opposition's attack.
Words to know
- ‘unders’ line
- a running angle where a player cuts back toward the ball carrier’s inside, aiming to exploit gaps
- ‘overs’ line
- a running angle where a player curves away from the ball carrier, aiming to hit the outside space of the defender
- dummy
- pretending to pass or kick to deceive the defenders
Common mistakes
Just running a hard straight line is the only way to evade defenders and break the line.
While running a hard straight line can be effective, varying angles like overs and unders lines, footwork, and deception through dummying, are also crucial for evading defenders and breaking the line.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The more experienced players may want to take a lead supporting other students with running the set plays such as switch, bow and dummy switch. Remember, contact versions of the game should only be managed by suitably experienced and qualified staff (inc. concussion training).