thw game is getting too slow

[SG59_]

I feel something will have to change in the game due to the potential injuries they could get. I don't have the data, but I imagine it's driving a lot young players away due to the risk.

 

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using ESPN scrum archive I went through the 1999 World Cup and the 2019 rugby World Cup. Penalties are down from 26 a game in 1999 to 16 in 2019. Cards per game in 1999 was .88 and in 2019 it was .8. I must hand it to whoever is pushing this narrative that there are too many penalties in the game and not enough ball in play time. They've convinced a lot of people that reality isn't real.

People get nostalgic and just remember the free flowing parts of the game from years gone by.

 

[Brigantine]

People get nostalgic and just remember the free flowing parts of the game from years gone by.

Good point. That's a real thing with a name and everything.

 

[loosehead3]

injuries are going to happen in any contact sport. here in the sates kids have gone away from football to soccer , because the parents don`t want them getting hurt.