Loosehead Hooker Second row Second row Tighthead Blindside Number 8 Openside Scrum half Fly half Inside centre Left wing Outside centre Right wing Fullback
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Rugby Union: Guide to the Laws
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Choose a position:
1 :  Loosehead Prop
2 :  Hooker
3 :  Tighthead Prop
4 :  Second Row
5 :  Second Row
6 :  Blindside Flanker
7 :  Openside Flanker
8 :  Number 8
9 :  Scrum Half
10 :  Fly Half
11 :  Left Wing
12 :  Inside Centre
13 :  Outside Centre
14 :  Right Wing
15 :  Fullback
Position two
Openside
Mauro Bergamasco
The flanker who binds onto the side of a scrum furthest from a touchline.

A ball winner whose role is to disrupt the opposition's backs.

Usually the quickest of the forwards, he often provides an extra man for his own backs in an attacking move.

Thrives on battering fly-halves and centres.
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