- The ball carrier can run in and present the ball efficiently
- A following player can secure the ball
- A player can clear over the ruck against a defender
- scrum half can ship it out to backs
-'backs' ship it out until another ruck is set up
-in game a touch is a tackle drop and set up ruck as in isolated
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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