Here’s a classic 10 loop play which allows the Ireland fly half, Johnny Sexton, to score against Argentina. It uses the principles of setting up a killer backs move.
The 10 (Johnny Sexton) is the strike runner.
The 12 (Luke Marshall) is the ball supplier.
The 13 (Darren Cave) is the decoy runner, running a hard line towards the 12.
The play operates right on the gain line.
This is a try-scoring move.
The blind-side wing (11, Simon Zebo) and 15 (Felix Jones) should be in position to take an offload.
This play works best off second-phase ball. In this case, it followed a line break from flanker Jordi Murphy.
10 takes a pass from 9 and passes quickly to 12 before looping around.
11 tracks behind 10 to support.
13 runs a “hard” line towards 12.
15 and 14 run wide to open up the space for 10.
10 takes a pass from 12 which is behind 13 and goes for the gap.
Note that all the other players work hard to continue their runs.
Here’s the article on how to set up a killer move.
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