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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hanley!" data-source="post: 962068" data-attributes="member: 77015">Spot on. I feel like referees are constantly under pressure to call the games in a way that leads to more "free flowing" rugby, but it makes a mockery of the rules. And in the long run it does the game more harm than good. The best way to create more free flowing rugby in the long run isn't to ignore the offside rule; if it were enforced strictly and consistently teams would adapt their play style so that they wouldn't be offside so often, which would be a much better result. I'd happily go through some short term pains in an attempt to fix something that's been a consistent issue in the game for a long time now.</blockquote>