. Cones mark the boundaries
. Red people are attacking
. Blue people are defending
. Arrows demonstrate boundaries and where the certain payer can move to either score a try, or defend the try
. Red team needs to get passed both defenders to score a try on the other side of the pitch
. The first blue defender cant move off his line
. The second blue defender can come off his line once the attckers have passed the line of the first defender
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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