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SHANE RICE: The low block in modern football: Why are teams using it?

June 11, 2024

THE low block is a phrase that we are all now hearing but it has been around for the last number of years and it’s not just the Ulster teams using it. More recently, it’s Donegal that set up very defensively but does it have its place? A low block is a defensive strategy where […]

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