Players support ball carrier
Scrum half plays to first player balls need to get passed to 3rd player. 3rd player makes contact players 1 and 2 must support player 3. Scrum half feeds ball to player 4 where the whole group of 3 creates pod an supports ball. Then scrum half resets play from that position.
The key here is support running and continuity.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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