1st Phase: Backdoor from 1st Pod Straight to second pod from 10 2nd Phase: Ideally, fast and clean ball to backline to attack space in the channels 3rd Phase: Set a pod of forwards within the two tramlines to reset the structure.
Main goal is to suck in the tight five as much as possible before using the back door to 10 and then hit the mid field fast and hard, to further draw in loose forwards and a centre or both.
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