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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 308269"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (feicarsinn @ Mar 22 2010, 08:40 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=441848" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Scrummaging really is one of the major weak point of the Magners League. Very few teams have a top quality scrum, so our props aren't getting the beastings they deserve. If Murray was playign for Glasgow or Edinburgh, many teams in the Magners would get shown up playing against him. Adam Jones has developed into a solid tighthead, but he's not exactly one to crush an opposition scrum. Even Gethin Jenkins is an average scrummager! It's one area that both the Guiness and Top 14 are much stronger at. The fact that the Ospreys can get away with fielding Cai "the useless c*nt" Griffiths atall is due to this weak aspect of our league. The Ospreys got a few beastings against Leicester and Clermont in the HC. Leinster have resorted to an imported tight head to solve the issue.</p><p></p><p>Ireland and Wales are despirately short of good quality props. From a Welsh perspective, thank god for Gethin and Adam who are literaly propping-up our national team at the moment. This took serious work from Adam, who for a long time was an below average scrummager himself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 308269"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (feicarsinn @ Mar 22 2010, 08:40 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=441848']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Scrummaging really is one of the major weak point of the Magners League. Very few teams have a top quality scrum, so our props aren't getting the beastings they deserve. If Murray was playign for Glasgow or Edinburgh, many teams in the Magners would get shown up playing against him. Adam Jones has developed into a solid tighthead, but he's not exactly one to crush an opposition scrum. Even Gethin Jenkins is an average scrummager! It's one area that both the Guiness and Top 14 are much stronger at. The fact that the Ospreys can get away with fielding Cai "the useless c*nt" Griffiths atall is due to this weak aspect of our league. The Ospreys got a few beastings against Leicester and Clermont in the HC. Leinster have resorted to an imported tight head to solve the issue. Ireland and Wales are despirately short of good quality props. From a Welsh perspective, thank god for Gethin and Adam who are literaly propping-up our national team at the moment. This took serious work from Adam, who for a long time was an below average scrummager himself. [/QUOTE]
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