Nigel,

I'm no expert, however the basic steps are:

• The padding material is positioned a few inches above the knee
• then the stripping tape is wound round the leg and padding to secure and lock the padding in.
• Electrical tape is use to unsure that the strapping doesn't come undone.

Basics material requirements for taping legs for lineout lifting are:

• Wide strapping (example given here: https://www.physique.co.uk/dolc_product.asp?PCId=37 )

• Electrical tape

• Strip of padding material approx 6-8” in length (must be able to compress to at least 5mm)

Various items are/can be used for the strip of padding material, examples below:

• Strip of decent carpet underlay

• Womens tampon - wrapped in medical tape to strengthen it

• Strip of Foam

• Cotton pads rolled into a 'sausage' shape then wrapped in medical tape to strengthen it

Alternatively there are lineout lifting supports available Kooga/CCC and a few other kit providers make them and are available from various other webstes such as eggcatcher.com and prodirectrugby.com.

Hope this helps a bit....

Darren