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A flanker is a position in the forwards that binds on to the 2nd row in a scrum and when the oppent 8 trys picking the ball up from the scrum and trys to run it is 90% of the time the flankers job to makme sure he doesn't go any further

main job though aot of others e.g rucking, malling, tackling, passing, ect

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he has to get to the first five befor he passes the ball so you are cuting down the running pase

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