Backs Moves

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Playmaker at 10
- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland RENAMED
- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales RENAMED
Playmaker at 12
Playmaker at 13
- 🇦🇷 Argentina NEW

Backs moves are grouped into 3 main categories, based on the position of the “playmaker” (the key player choosing the crucial pass):

10 - UK countries
12 - European countries
13 - Rest of the world

Playmaker at 10

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland RENAMED

(formerly “Box 1“)

12 runs an out-to-in line
Blind side winger sits behind 10 before running wide, taking the ball behind 12
10 picks the pass to put one of them through a gap

Option 1 - short to 12

Option 2 - behind to the winger

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales RENAMED

(formerly “Blocker“)

12 and 13 start off roughly level with each other outside 10
13 runs a short line with 12 running wide out the back
Blind side winger supports the ball carrier

Option 1 - short to 13

Option 2 - behind to the 12

Playmaker at 12

🇮🇹 Italy RENAMED

(formerly “Box 2“)

The same as Scotland but wider in the back line, with 12 as the playmaker

13 runs an out-to-in line; winger runs behind 12 to 13
12 picks the pass to put one of them through a gap

Option 1 - short to 13

Option 2 - behind to the winger

🇫🇷 France

10 sits deep as 12 and 13 run through, with 12 taking the ball
10 and the blind side winger track wide behind 12 and 13
12 pulls the ball back to 10 who straightens outside 13
15 runs out-to-in and 10 pulls the ball behind him to the blind side winger

Full sequence

🇪🇸 Spain NEW

10 passes to 12, with 13 running hard on his outside
10 loops around 12 to give an option behind 13
Blind side winger comes across to take the ball behind 13, with 10 now outside him

Playmaker at 13

🇦🇷 Argentina NEW

10 gives a miss pass to 13
13 pops it back inside to 12 or…
13 pulls it back inside to the approaching blind side winger cutting across