forwards make contact, next set of forwards set up a pod, call is made from 10 or first reciever, brumbie, ball is passed behind the back of the pod, to the first receiver, play down the line.
POD MUST NOT RUN INTO DEFENCE, it will be obstruction and a penalty against us we will lose our field position, we must make sure we run straight, to creat space on the outside.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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