How to play at second row.

Typically locks are very tall for jumping in the line outs, they're also generally strong for in the scrums.
Lots of people say its essential to be tall if you're going to play at second row but in less your playing at a very high level of rugby you really shouldn't worry about it.

Scrums:

The binding of a second row.

The Second row in the scrums are located behind the prop and hooker, you put your head between them, you first bind with one arm in between the props legs grabbing the props shirt or the top of his shorts.
You bind with your other arm on the other second row, its important to get a strong bind and to get pull yourself tight together as it helps creates a strong and stable scrum.
You want to have your shoulders on the props and hookers ass, also have your legs shoulder width apart and place them as far back so your hips are below your shoulders, meaning your driving upwards, but not to far back otherwise your legs will be to straight and you'll have no power coming from them.
Another thing to do to make sure you drive upwards is to have your eye's looking forward.


Line outs:

Like i said before most the time the locks are the one's jumping in the line out because of their height so learn how (this information comes straight from my guide on lifting and beings lifted in line outs) -
There's lots of ways people like to get into the jump, for example you could have one foot back and bring it forward just as your about to jump or you could simply have both legs together at the start so there's no need to move them untill you actually jump, its down to you to work out your routine as long as the people lifting you know it.
First of all you want to make your actual jump as high as possible so you get to your maximum height as quick as possible, this is very important to winning the line out, you want to elongate your body so your legs are straight and together and your arms are out stretched in the air; during the jump your need to keep your legs straight, move them as little as possible by tensing your legs and core- you may want to work out your core so you can keep rigid and balanced in the air- if your able to stay relatively still in the air it then allows you to completely concentrate on catching the ball, another tip is to always lean towards the center of the line out during your throw as if your hooker doesn't throw the ball straight down the middle then it can make it seem like he did and will occasionally save you from free kicks against you.
When you catch the ball then there will be two options, you should already know which one your going to do based on the hookers or scrumhalf's call.
The first option is to give the ball to the scrumhalf now when doing this take your time to give your scrumhalf a good pass right to his hands, you should have at least a second or two from catching the ball to do this which may not sound like much but its plenty, otherwise your scrumy could be crushed by there flanker or one of the other quick forwards.
The second option is to take the ball into a maul, now once again this will be communicated before hand and all you need to do is turn so your back is to the opposition and your lifters should bind either side of you and then you should hold the ball out for the next player into the maul to take.

Open play:

In open play you should be making lots of crash ball runs (scum half or other back passing ball to you to run at the enemy's defense) or pick and go's,  run hard and use your power to break through the line, learn more about this from my guide here.
You should also know how to ruck.

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how to play at number 8

Often the number 8 is the tall powerful one of the pack, as a number 8 you should be making a lot of runs, run straight hard and low! you will often be making runs from the back of your scrum but you should also look to be making runs in open play either by supporting your team mate who off loads to you or doing crash ball.
You should train to get stronger and faster.

Pierre spies is the South African number 8, as you can see he make lots of powerful runs and breaks the line on numerous occasions, he is also extremely fast despite weighing 108 kg's!

scrums:
In the scrum the number 8 is located at the back pushing behind both of the seconds rows, your job in the scrum is to support the seconds rows by pushing them forward and keeping them tight by using your arms to pull them together.
If you win the ball in the scrum then when the ball comes back to your feet you need to use your feet to keep the ball in the scrum and relatively still for your scrumhalf.
If your near the oppositions try line then you have the option to take the ball, go blindside and run your self, when doing this its best to do it as soon as the ball comes to the back of the scrum as to surprise the flanker who if any good will be expecting you to do it, you also want to explode out of the blocks as fast and powerful as possible, if your not able to get to the try line then you can always draw there player, either the flanker or scrumhalf, and pass it to the player outside you.

Open play:
Similar to a flanker you should be trying to be one of the first to most of the rucks and securing the ball for your team, as well as that though if there's no need for you to go into a ruck either because the balls already won or lost then get the backs line!
Having an extra man in defense is also helpful and when your attacking there's a couple things you can do depending on you and your backs, you can firstly just join the backs line and act as a back, this is mostly fine because you should be strong runner with alright ball handling skills but if your backs like to run lots of moves then you can get in the way and then they get annoyed at you; you can also run lines of your backs so stand behind your player slightly on his inside, this can work well is your running  fast and straight and attacking a gap, people find harder to tackle on there inside shoulder, if you do this well it can be a great way to break the line; finally you can simply stand behind the line again and just support the player with the ball so when they get tackled your the first to the break down and securing the ball.
Read my guide on rucking here.

Line outs:
Often you'll be lifting or occasionally be lifted in the lineout, you can see my guide for that here.

how to play at prop

Props are usually the beef of the pack, they're very important at the scrums and located at the front of the scrum on either side of the hooker.
The most important thing about prop is there technique at a scrum so having great technique will really give you the advantage on your opposition because it will win you scrums!

scrums.



The binding:
At the scrum the tight head prop binds with the hooker first, the tight head is on the right side of the hooker and will put his head on the inside between there hooker and there loose head.
The loose head prop does the exact opposite (funnily enough), which mean he binds on the left hand side of the hooker and has his head on the outside.
When you bind you want to get a tight bind with your hooker because it stabilizes the scrum, The hooker will lift his arms up in the air reach round his back and grab a piece of shirt at around about the side of his ribs and pull it back so with both props doing it, his shirt will be tight around his belly.


positioning

straight back, eye's looking forward and feet wider than shoulder width.

Now to your positioning technique in the scrum.
You need to squat your with your legs while having your body leaning forwards. its important to keep a straight back by sticking your backside out.
Another thing you should be doing is looking forward with your eyes, don't put your head to far up though as its unnatural and you'll want need to lower it when engaging, have it so your eyes are at the top of your head like you would do when looking over the top of sunglasses (you can even practice with sunglasses if have a pair).
For the positioning of your feat, if your tight head it should be a bit wider than your shoulder width to get in a very strong and balanced position, if your open side though you should have them still slightly wider than your shoulders but less so because you need an empty channel where the ball can get hooked through.
Also you want your weight on the balls of your feet (the front)  without taking your heels off the ground.
If you can remember to do all this then you'll be doing great!

Scrummaging
Now when every one is bound up tight and ready the ref will shout crouch, touch, pause and ENGAGE!
Crouch is where you squat into the position i have just talked about above.
Touch is were you touch the opposite props shoulder quickly and then let go and bring your arm back.
The pause.. well i think you can guess that one and then ENGAGE! engage is where both scrums hit together in a brutal clash (its not as bad as i make it sound but you may want to consider buying some shoulder pads).
Now this part is the most important, what all the preparation was for, now the position you got in wasn't for no reason this is the best and most powerful position for pushing, so while pushing try and stay in the position i taught you.
The best and most effective way to drive with your legs is with quick and short steps, another thing is be pushing upwards, by keeping your eye looking forward you should be doing this automatically.


Open play:

Chances are as a prop your not going to be as agile and fast around the pitch as the back rows (flankers and number 8) but fitness is still key for any position on the pitch, and if you're able to get around the pitch, be in the action and get to lots of rucks it'll improve your performance ten fold.
Also prop are generally quite strong so taking crash ball will also be a good part of your game, read my guide on crash ball here to learn how to do it effectively and without annoying your scrum half.
Now if you can't get to the break down, its usually best to stay out of the line as to not annoy the backs, so if your team has the ball, what you want to do is stand behind the line so your right there when your team mate gets tackled to ruck over, you can also read my guide to rucking here, you can also stand on the inside of your flyhalf and center and when they get the ball call for it and they may pop it to for you to do crash ball

Lifting:
If you currently in a age group which does lifting, often you'll be the one lifting so its good to learn how, you can look at my guide for lifting and being lifted here (the being lifted section most likely isn't for you).