Backs move with all options of movement
10 (white) - scan and run at outside shoulder of opposite player. 11 (yellow) - delay your run to arrive at the gap between opposition 10 & 12 late. 12 (red) - first few steps forward, then hold your feet and run behind the 13, look to isolate opposition 13 and put either 14 or 15 away. 13 (green) - first few steps forward to fix your opposite player, then cut hard and run at the outside shoulder of opposition 12. 14 (orange) - hold width and do not overrun, you are the option for a crossfield kick and also if we go out the back. 15 (blue) - judge your running line off our and opposition 13, run where the space is (switch or outside).
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