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2024 Guinness Six Nations
Wales vs England - 16/03/2013
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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 560285" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>Yes he could have, as could all of the coaches, which to be honest I wish they would do.</p><p>I guess <em>my </em>point is that the scrum is a farce at the moment, and I would encourage high profile people to put as much pressure on the IRB to sort it out.</p><p>So I don't really care who says anything about the scrums, if it means that the IRB is made do deal with it then I want it to happen.</p><p>Even if it means the IRB turns around and blames coaches for encouraging penalty winning tactics rather than "proper" legal scrummaging.</p><p>The issue has been around for a number of years now, and no-one seems to be that bothered by it in the higher ranks of world rugby administration (IRB and Managements).</p><p>But let's face it, it's a bit like a nuclear stand off at the moment, no one is going to adopt tactics on the grounds of fairness or aesthetics (disposing of their arsenal), it is up to the IRB to manage the return to the old (entertaining) scrummaging. And I'm not talking about the sort of scrummaging we saw in the pre-professional era, where it was akin to 8-man league scrums, but the sort we saw between 1995-2003ish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 560285, member: 67273"] Yes he could have, as could all of the coaches, which to be honest I wish they would do. I guess [I]my [/I]point is that the scrum is a farce at the moment, and I would encourage high profile people to put as much pressure on the IRB to sort it out. So I don't really care who says anything about the scrums, if it means that the IRB is made do deal with it then I want it to happen. Even if it means the IRB turns around and blames coaches for encouraging penalty winning tactics rather than "proper" legal scrummaging. The issue has been around for a number of years now, and no-one seems to be that bothered by it in the higher ranks of world rugby administration (IRB and Managements). But let's face it, it's a bit like a nuclear stand off at the moment, no one is going to adopt tactics on the grounds of fairness or aesthetics (disposing of their arsenal), it is up to the IRB to manage the return to the old (entertaining) scrummaging. And I'm not talking about the sort of scrummaging we saw in the pre-professional era, where it was akin to 8-man league scrums, but the sort we saw between 1995-2003ish. [/QUOTE]
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