Pile of balls on the 25, attacking team start from the 25 and attacks for 5 minutes trying to get an outcome each play (scoring system?)
have a break then swap the team that is attacking over.
Encourages use of quick restarts while the opposite team is still setting up
also encourages good man to man marking
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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