. Red players are attacking
. Blue Players are defending
. The attacking red player that doesn't start with the ball needs to run around/rap around his teammate and they need to try and beat the 1 blue defender and score a try
. The pitch is 8m by 6m. I have done this so the attackers don't have much room to move in so they will need to be thinking and working together to get passed the 1 blue defender and score a try
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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