From set piece, defenders are often sluggish to react as they don't know where we are going. more so for front 5 forwards from scrums as they have just been working very hard. this will often lead to a scramble defence and potential poor shape or miss matches.
In this diagram the defence has moved to far across chasing the ball and the opportunitis are in Zone 1 & 2. Quick ball before the defence is set will benefit our attack.
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