The role of the Fly Half

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC Under 15’s

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC Under 15’s

Basic Roles

• Leader of the backs• Excellent all round kicking skills• Able to make split decisions• Excellent communication skills• Excellent distribution• Varied ideas to stop team becoming

predictable

Secondary Roles

The extra roles that inside centres may be asked to perform, enhancing their role in the team

Evasive running

Second scrum half

Crewe & Nantwich RUFC Under 15’s

The General

Fly-halves tend to be more elusive, skillful, quick thinking, tactically aware players.

You will strive to get the ball over the advantage line by:

• running hard and straight • by running elusively, being able to

side step • with long kicks to gain ground • with chip kicks to avoid opposition

tacklers • with high "up-and-unders" for backs

to charge on to • with grubber kicks to get in behind

opponents • with passes to faster players in better

positions • with cut out passes to create

overlaps • with moves to confuse the opposition • with dummies to supporting players • with passes back inside to

rampaging loose forwards • by looping round after passing, to

create an "extra player"

You are constantly working to drive forward, "make ground" and move the ball to the weakest area of the opposing defensive line so you can carry the ball through to score.

The greatest Fly Half…

Dan Carter