Hartland Community SchoolFlag Rugby

The Modified Rugby Program Developed for Young Athletes

What does Flag Rugby Look Like?

• It is designed to minimize contact between players• It is designed to allow a variety of ages and

genders to play together• It uses simplified and modified rules of Rugby• It promotes fitness, teamwork, leadership and that

all players have valuable roles• It is fun and allows for camaradarie across teams• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWN_GPzjG7I

Features of Flag Rugby

What Athletes Learn• Sportsmanship• Teamwork• Having fun

Physical Fitness & Rugby Skills• Running as a team• Kicking• Jumping• Passing • Catching• Ball handling

Components of the Game

• Attacking• Defending

• Positional Play

Games

• 7 Players on each team take the pitch• 10 minute halves• Open substitutions at all breaks• Passes are lateral or backwards not forwards• Tackle equals removing the flag from the waist• Tag and 2 second rule• Tackler can’t interfere with the pass• Flags are returned to players

Continued

• Forward Pass and Scrums (6 man variation) and are uncontested

• Lineouts (uncontested)• Offsides (penalty and turnover)• 2 Second Rule (penalty and turnover)• Guarding (penalty and turnover)• Delaying the return or accepting of the flag

(penalty and turnover)

Continued

• Spaces not Faces (penalty and turnover)• Barging (penalty and turnover)

That’s Flag in a Nutshell

• Questions• Comments • Concerns• smithjas@nbed.nb.ca• Office Phone 375-3000• Home Phone 375-1117• Letter to Come• Schedule to Come

Me

• Certified Rugby Coach, Level I• Coached Rugby for 10 years at the middle and

high school levels• Initiated a boys, girls, and mixed team at previous

schools where programs were non existent• Coached Soccer and Badminton for more than 10

years• Soccer Referee, Province of NB• Still Active Athlete

The Team and Information

• I need 20 Youth to make the program viable• The cost will be as minimal as possible• Practices will be from 3:00-4:30• Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are the

days I’m looking at and will choose two of the three.

• We will play against 3 other schools in this area