red runs with ball into square.
blue 1 tackles
blue 2 jackals for ball
1. blue 2 needs to be fast and support blue 1 well
2. blue 2 must jackal for ball once tackle goes to ground
3. call fire when jackal on ball
4 match situation fire for on ball, ice for no ball.
5. fire tells rest of team the turn over is on.
6. ice tells them ball isnt won and the back line can be loaded instead of unnessesary bodied committed to ruck.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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