As Red ball carrier is tackled he must turn to face his team and poresent the ball at arms length (spear or jack knife). The two defender with the bags will then get there first and get over the takled player so that the ball is behind them. First two red players must hit the bags, wrap and drive them back to so that the ball is back behind their feet so that the scrum half can leagally pick the ball up
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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