Same Look, Score Right

Starting position

The sequel to [Block Right, Score Left], later in the same match. A five-metre penalty, tapped and played by hand, and exactly the same picture as the first one: the pack binds and drives hard right, three or four metres of shift, everybody goes. Except this time Northampton remembers. They shipped the try out wide last time, so they hesitate to follow the block all the way — half a step late, a glance inside, a curtain that no longer slides with conviction. That was all it took. This time Leinster reverses nothing: the ball really does go right, with the big boys, exactly where the defence no longer dares commit. They punch through and score on that side. Same setup, opposite finish. That is how you build a playbook: the first one sells the second.