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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 664566" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Its no different from the Cambridge Law Labs in England or the Stellenbosch Law labs in South Africa. Even the ITM Cup was used to test some of the new scrum engagement Laws a couple of years back. Its all being done with the approval of the iRB </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I disagree. The idea of the three point conversion is to avoid reducing the value of a having goalkicker. This is no different than having two point conversions when a try was only worth three points. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This exact same scoring system has been used in South Africa's Varsity Cup for two years now and the statistics make interesting reading. They show that the number of penalties awarded has stayed around the same (slightly up in the first year, slightly down in the following year) from before the scoring system was introduced, while the number of tries has increased in both years.</p><p></p><p>Another thing the NRC is doing is that a scrum penalty cannot be kicked for goal. It can be kicked for touch with a gain in ground while retaining the throw in to the lineout. This is something I really like the idea of. Too many teams use the scrum as a means of getting kickable penalties either by using illegal scrummaging techniques to force opponents to give one away, or by conning the referee into awarding one. By reducing that incentive, we could see <strong><u>real</u></strong> scrummaging return, that is, for the scrum to be used for what it is really for, a way to restart the game after a stoppage, in such a way that it involves a contest for possession.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 664566, member: 20605"] Its no different from the Cambridge Law Labs in England or the Stellenbosch Law labs in South Africa. Even the ITM Cup was used to test some of the new scrum engagement Laws a couple of years back. Its all being done with the approval of the iRB I disagree. The idea of the three point conversion is to avoid reducing the value of a having goalkicker. This is no different than having two point conversions when a try was only worth three points. This exact same scoring system has been used in South Africa's Varsity Cup for two years now and the statistics make interesting reading. They show that the number of penalties awarded has stayed around the same (slightly up in the first year, slightly down in the following year) from before the scoring system was introduced, while the number of tries has increased in both years. Another thing the NRC is doing is that a scrum penalty cannot be kicked for goal. It can be kicked for touch with a gain in ground while retaining the throw in to the lineout. This is something I really like the idea of. Too many teams use the scrum as a means of getting kickable penalties either by using illegal scrummaging techniques to force opponents to give one away, or by conning the referee into awarding one. By reducing that incentive, we could see [B][U]real[/U][/B] scrummaging return, that is, for the scrum to be used for what it is really for, a way to restart the game after a stoppage, in such a way that it involves a contest for possession. [/QUOTE]
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