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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 400770" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>I think the idea that Tialata is a poor scrummager is a common misconception, largely brought about by the fact he was yellow carded against Italy in 2009 after the AB's scrum collapsed 4-5 times in a row on their own line.  However the yellow card was later annulled by the IRB, and the ref (Dickinson) was stood down from the IRB referees panel and sent for remedial scrum training. All this suggested that Tialata wasn't really at fault!  Interestingly, a week later the AB's scrum (featuring Tialata) dominated the French scrum in Marseille, at one stage driving the French off their own ball 5m out from their line, leading to a try by Jerome Kaino....</p></blockquote><p></p>