Attacking the seams in a defensive alignment....run at the weak points!
In every defensive alignment there are always weaknesses and this months tips are on how to exploit those.
At lineout time there is a seam between the opposition 7 off the tail of the lineout/10 meters ahead of his 10 , and the opposition10 who is usually marking our 12 if they work the usual 1 out defense from lineouts.
This is because the 7 has 2 assignments..the lineout then defense of his 10' s inside shoulder
These two players , 7 and 10 , have to come together on the run and as such are vunerable.
Keep and run if 7 slides across
Give to 11 if 7 plays our 10's outside shoulder
Give to12 if 7 plays our 10' s inside shoulder
Our 7 is there to be the link manThreats ...9/6 in cover..throw to 6 takes care of their 6....
The 7 has to play the scrum defense first and then the backline defense.
The principle is to get an outside player..12 ...to run at the inside sholder/gap/hole of the defense and for the 10 to put the ball in the hole and let the 12 run to the ball.
If you are running to a hole you require a flat pass received close to the opening.....
Pass flat or short and late to a hole
You can also make this seam wider, or create seams from phase play, by doing a dummy switch to pause a drifting defender and then passing the ball to the strike runner.