From a source of possession this is a line of players across the field who are in a position to threaten the defence and pass the ball to where they have an advantage so that they can go forward and, at least, get to the gain lin.

The side of the field from scrum ruck and maul nearest to the touchline.

The ELV’s have included all rucks and mauls under the category of breakdown. Their function is to create a contest for possession and offside lines so that the team winning the ball has some linear space ahead so that the attack had time to attack.

A short, high kick, usually over the head of a nearby defender. It is similar to the box kick but made with the kicker on the run hoping to get past the defense line and re-gather the ball.

The clean out occurs when players drive the opposition players away from the ball at the contest after the tackle is completed.

This is a word used to mean many different things but to be consistent in analysis; the definition needs to be more specific. As a result continuity is a principle of attack that refers to the post tackle/ contact, ruck and maul.

Upon receiving the ball the team uses the hesitation in the transition in the opposition to immediately attack.

These are actions by the opposition that players can react to, to gain an advantage in attack or defence.

An attacking player who is distracting the defence as to who they should be defending. Depending on the situation the decoy role can change to penetrator should the defence move away.

A distributor is a player who passes to where the team is to attempt to penetrate while at the same time taking running lines to keep his defender honest. If the defender moves away the distributor becomes the penetrator.