<ul><li>Have a ball carrier on the red cone closest the white cone facing off against 2 defender with rucking sheilds on the second red cone, have the same on the blue cones.</li><li>Have 3 support players on the white.</li><li>When a colour is called the ball carrier on that cone will drill into the defensive players opposite them.</li><li>The support players will run to support the ball carrier and clear out the ruck or form a ruck.</li></ul>
<ul><li>The ball carrier needs to stay on there feet as long as possible, until the support players arrive.</li><li>The ball carrier need to sucure the ball and present in back as far as possible as quickly as possible, needs to continue working on the ground.</li><li>Support Players need to react as fast, and get to the ball carrier.</li><li>Support players need to communicate with the ball carrier to let him know what to do.</li><li>Make sure the counter rucking players comes in low and drives up and over the ruck, body possition beats size every time.</li></ul>
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