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<blockquote data-quote="Teh Mite" data-source="post: 532572" data-attributes="member: 12332">That&#039;s a matter of opinion. While skill levels may be higher in the modern game and athleticism is far superior, the sport was far better back in the 1990s then now due to of fewer, less complicated laws (not so dependant on interpritation) strangling the game. Safety in scrummaging was not prevalent when the whole thing was built 1 row at a time (front-locks-back) rather then the modern pre-form and hit. Hitting had its excitement in early profesionalism, but its&nbsp; now the bane of the game due to repeated resets instead of being a decent and quick restart. I roll my eyes in some matches when sir has no control then there&#039;s a likely 3-5 minutes repeated reset after a knockon is called.Back then also, the referee wasn&#039;t a celebrity who dictated the ways and falls of a match. I thinking specifically of Wayne Barnes, Nigel Owens and Steve Walsh in that instance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Teh Mite, post: 532572, member: 12332"] That's a matter of opinion. While skill levels may be higher in the modern game and athleticism is far superior, the sport was far better back in the 1990s then now due to of fewer, less complicated laws (not so dependant on interpritation) strangling the game. Safety in scrummaging was not prevalent when the whole thing was built 1 row at a time (front-locks-back) rather then the modern pre-form and hit. Hitting had its excitement in early profesionalism, but its now the bane of the game due to repeated resets instead of being a decent and quick restart. I roll my eyes in some matches when sir has no control then there's a likely 3-5 minutes repeated reset after a knockon is called. Back then also, the referee wasn't a celebrity who dictated the ways and falls of a match. I thinking specifically of Wayne Barnes, Nigel Owens and Steve Walsh in that instance. [/QUOTE]

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