Periodized rugby union coaching from under 6 mini rugby to senior, sevens and touch rugby: season plan, practices written by AURA AI from a drill library with pitch diagrams, progressive tackle technique and a per-player contact ceiling by age. Live match scouting included.
AURA Rugby Coach — Season Plans, Safe Tackle Progressions and a Contact Ceiling from Mini Rugby to Senior
AURA Coach for Rugby is a season planner and practice generator for rugby union coaches, from under 6 and under 8 mini rugby through the youth grades to senior, sevens and touch rugby. You enter the team once — union (FIR, World Rugby, RFU, FFR, IRFU and others), age grade, roster with nicknames, numbers and positions from prop to full-back, training days, match days and season dates — and AURA Coach lays out the whole season with phases, mesocycles and deload weeks, and for every practice a load, a focus (line attack, line defence, ruck, lineout, scrum, kicking game, evasion) and a ceiling of contacts and sprints per player. AURA AI writes each practice by choosing only from the drill library, each drill with a pitch diagram, age bands and its contact cost, and a deterministic validator refuses any session that breaks the block order, the duration or the contact ceiling. Contact load is the safety metric: under 6 and under 8 teams get no tackling, rucking, mauling or set-piece contact at all and play tag and touch games instead; from under 10 tackle technique is taught progressively (kneeling, then walking, always on pads first), while full-contact drills and contested set pieces start only from the under 14 category; and touch rugby teams never receive a contact drill whatever their age. The plan stays the coach's and can be replaced or imported from a PDF or a photo. On match day the coach codes the game live, one tap per action, and gets a PDF match report.
Why use AURA Coach for Rugby
Each age band has a maximum number of contacts and sprints per player per practice. Contact drill families are excluded for the youngest age bands and for touch rugby, and the validator refuses any session over the ceiling.
Tackle drills progress from kneeling to walking pace on bags and shields, with the head always behind the ball carrier, before any live contact is offered to older teams.
Drills are drawn on a 70 x 100 m pitch with try lines, 22 m, 10 m, 5 m and 15 m lines, with setup, execution and coaching points ready for the side of the pitch.
Attendance register with CSV export, assistants invited to the team, ratings of passing, evasion, tackling and breakdown, and field tests such as the 20 m sprint and the Yo-Yo test. No body weight is ever stored.
How to plan a rugby season with AURA Coach
- 1
Create the team
Pick rugby, the union and the age grade (under 6 to senior, sevens or touch), add the roster with positions, and the equipment you own: shields, tackle bags, tag belts.
- 2
Set the week and the season
Add training days and pitch space, match days and season dates: phases, mesocycles and the contact ceiling of every practice follow.
- 3
Generate the practice
Open a practice, untick who is missing and generate: AURA AI picks drills for the focus of the day inside the time and the contact ceiling.
- 4
Close the practice
Mark attendance and write a short review: the next practice reads it as an observation that can steer drill choice but never the contact load.
Frequently asked questions
Is AURA Coach safe for mini rugby players?
Under 6 and under 8 teams receive no tackling, rucking, mauling or set-piece contact drills at all: their practices are built from passing, evasion and tag or touch games. Tackle technique enters from under 10, progressively and on pads, and full-contact drills and contested set pieces only from under 14.
Which rugby formats are supported?
Under 6, under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16, under 18, senior fifteens, sevens and touch rugby. The grade sets the format, the pitch size, the ball size, the length of the halves and the contact and sprint ceilings. Exact laws per grade vary by union and the coach can adapt the plan.
Can I write my own season plan?
Yes. Phases, mesocycle length, weekly load and focus and single practices can all be replaced, every generated practice can be edited drill by drill, and a plan can be imported from a PDF or a photo. AURA AI writes each practice inside it.
Does AURA Coach for Rugby include match scouting?
Yes. One tap per action for either side: tries, conversions, penalty goals, drop goals and missed kicks score themselves, and lineouts and scrums won or lost, turnovers, penalties conceded and cards are counted, optionally with the player. You get the score by half, lineout, scrum and goal-kicking percentages, a player table and a printable PDF report. In touch rugby a touchdown counts one point. The first match of every team is free, then 1 USD in AuraCoins per match or included in the Coach Pass. The game clock, the lineup and substitutions give minutes played, plus-minus and the minute of every score, and match day also prints the team sheet for the referee.
How much does AURA Rugby Coach cost?
The first generated practice of a new team is free. After that a practice costs AuraCoins at about USD 1, or a one-time EUR 19.99 Coach Pass covers unlimited practices for up to three rugby teams for 365 days with no automatic renewal. Clubs can buy one licence for 5, 12 or 25 coaches.
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