Playbook

AMPTHILL
ACADEMY
PLAYBOOK

20/21

MAIN
PRINCIPLE:

The Ampthill way:
Same way attack, get

round the corner.

PUNCH

PLAYS OFF 9

NEGATIVE RUCK
CONCRETE
LATCH
HAMMER
GREGAN

NEGATIVE RUCK

Mistake/Going backwards
Latch/Punch
In order to restart momentum

CONCRETE

Dead slow ball.

9 from base of breakdown pass
ball to pod of three in arrow
formation. Pod carries over the
gain line.

AIM. To increase momentum.

LATCH

To get ball carrier through
contact with support from
latching player to stay on
feet and get over gain line.

HAMMER

PICK AND GO!

GREGAN

When opposition is under
fatigue

9 Runs to outside 2nd defender
and flips ball inside to
supporting player.

SMALL
TALK

BROKEN FIELD
CONTINUITY

Keeping the pace on our
ball in broken field with
clear, precise
communication

SKILL
CARRY
DRIVE ON
LOOK
FLOOR

SKILL

Significant overlap or mis-
match.

CARRY

Ball carrier to run straight and
hard.

DRIVE ON

Isolated player.

Stay on feet and wait for
support, ideally in a good
driving position.

LOOK

Offload.

Ball carrier to off load ball once
collision is won.

Tackled ball carrier can offload
from floor.

FLOOR

Ball presentation.
Ball carrier to go to ground and
present ball.
If you call it, you clear it.

EXITS

TO EXIT OUR 22 AS EFFECTIVELY
AS POSSIBLE.

8:12

From a scrum in our 22.

Eight picks and goes hard,
twelve clears, setting up a
catterpillar ruck for nine to box
kick, allowing us to compete.