Assess breakdown status. If won, don't be ineffective by joining. Offer check lines for 9 and 10 or get into carry pod if call is Heads.
Set up as per drawing and let 3rd arriving player assess progress and act accordingly. Add 9 and 10 and more arriving players to near and far side of ruck with varying roles.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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