North’s early dominance in Sunday’s game was the result of a great structural understanding from the players, as this week’s NMFC Playbook illustrates.

With the Kangaroos five goals up late in the first term, Lindsay Thomas has the ball across half-forward. While North’s forward 50 is extremely congested with 23 players inside the arc, Thomas and his team-mates combine to set up Jack Ziebell in the forward pocket for a shot on goal.

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