1. After the tap all attacking players except one (the centre who will loop) take a step in one direction (in this case, to the right) to draw defence initially in that direction.
2. The looping centre begins to move behind his wing while the flyhalf turns to pass.
3. After the pass to the centre, the centre aggressively attacks the inside shoulder of the wing defender while the attacking wing paces up on his outside.
4. If the pass is on and space is there he makes the pass, if not he takes contact, the wing ensures clean ball and then plays it out to the flyhalf for the next play.
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