NB Rule Change In this video one of the coaches mentions that the ball must be trapped dead before anything else can be done. This information is obsolete, as with rule changes, the ball no longer needs to be stopped dead, it needs only to exit the D. - thanks to Aidan from Australia for pointing this out - ED
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