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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 979318" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>See, I don't agree here. Rugby has always been about the inclusion of every shape and size person. We have the fatties at prop, the tall ones at lock, the shorties at scrumhalf and wing, and so on.</p><p></p><p>Plus you are forgetting that a couple of years ago, we went through a period where the scrums weren't deemed so important, and that teams started to play slimmer, more agile guys at prop to speed up the game. Then there was an outrage because most fans said that it was starting to look like rugby league, and the rugby union is losing it's identity by not keeping their core fundamentals such as lineouts and scrums in tact.</p><p></p><p>It's not about losing weight. Pieter-Steph Du Toit was probably one of the fittest players at the tournament, and in the playoffs he played every single minute of the springboks campaign. Yet he weighs +-117kgs.</p><p></p><p>Plus to win a scrum isn't about the mass of the players, but rather the technique and timing and strength of the players. Some guys weigh around 110kg's and then they overpower a 130kg guy because they have the better technique.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 979318, member: 40658"] See, I don't agree here. Rugby has always been about the inclusion of every shape and size person. We have the fatties at prop, the tall ones at lock, the shorties at scrumhalf and wing, and so on. Plus you are forgetting that a couple of years ago, we went through a period where the scrums weren't deemed so important, and that teams started to play slimmer, more agile guys at prop to speed up the game. Then there was an outrage because most fans said that it was starting to look like rugby league, and the rugby union is losing it's identity by not keeping their core fundamentals such as lineouts and scrums in tact. It's not about losing weight. Pieter-Steph Du Toit was probably one of the fittest players at the tournament, and in the playoffs he played every single minute of the springboks campaign. Yet he weighs +-117kgs. Plus to win a scrum isn't about the mass of the players, but rather the technique and timing and strength of the players. Some guys weigh around 110kg's and then they overpower a 130kg guy because they have the better technique. [/QUOTE]
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