We just ran a white, with our #16carrying.He gets minimal yards but retains the ball. The ruck is cleared fast and 9 is ready to pick. We have orange left set and ready.
Defense is now very fractured.
Notice how our #13 has this time identified a counter ruck threat. The defense is getting desperate and #13 has jumped in here.
Notice the fractured defense at this point. Too many have flocked to the far side and the mid field is not linked.
The orange traffic cone is our first ruck, the blue cone is our previos ruck
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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