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Jase has picked up on a few new trends this season as teams find new ways to capitalise on the extra space created from an attacking scrum. Meanwhile, other clubs play out a planned set that targets specific defenders or spots on the field.
How defending teams set up from these scrums is where the tactical game of cat-and-mouse begins.
Some defensive systems prefer to split their line from a mid-field scrum, leaving three defenders on either side of the field regardless of how their opposition shapes up. It's a system that relies heavily on backrowers or halves breaking hard from the scrum and making up the numbers from the inside.
Others will match the numbers of the attacking team, mirroring their movements across the field before the scrum is fed. While this approach makes sense on paper, leaving just two defenders to cover half a field has it's own challenges.
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