Blue: O Red: D -1 D and O start on knees-D knee tackles O-Other D is the "hunter" and supports by poaching the ball or clearing the ruck-Tackler gets to feet as quickly as possible and gets back on the line
-This is good for working on poaching and rucking skills while also challenging decision making abilities of the support player-It also works on tacklers getting out of the ruck and getting to the line as quickly as possible
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