WATCH: The Falcons take a play out of the Highlanders playbook against Toulon

WATCH: The Falcons take a play out of the Highlanders playbook against Toulon

Newcastle Falcons took a play right out of the Highlanders playbook to score against Toulon in the Champions Cup tonight.

The Highlanders used this move to great effect during the 2018 Super Rugby season. The set move occurs a phase or two after a lineout,

A forward (generally a front rower) Gets the ball in midfield before turning and offloading to speedster on pace and on an angle. 

The strike move is extremely difficult to defend and lead to numerous tries for the Dunedin based side in 2018 and did the same for Newcastle. 


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