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Clarkson: "Ruck off you nancy Aussies!"
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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 186508"><p>As i said before if this was created by cambridge university not stellenbosch there wouldnt be a shout of protest by the NH nations.</p><p></p><p>I never said it did but it has made it more free flowing and attacking.I mean teams will still use negative tactics but there is less room for it.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Let's face facts, these rules were created to minimise the scrum and maul aspects of the game. Why? <strong>Because every time a Tri nation comes and plays England, Italy, Argentina or France they get merked at scrumtime.</strong> It's the one area of the game the Northern Hemisphere that we do so much better than in the south, what right have the Tri nations got to try and take that away from us? [/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>I disagree</p><p></p><p>Signed,</p><p>Mike Cron</p><p></p><p>Also liked this post on thesilverfern forum...</p><p></p><p></p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, the game as it is is perfectly OK. We've just witnessed the best world cup ever. At the top level in the Northern Hemisphere the games are high-intensity, physical and there are plenty of creative players out there. Why would you want to change it? To make the game more entertaining for spectators? Well, it's all good seeing high scoring games but a lot of the fun in rugby comes from the tight games. Fair enough it might be more exciting to see Australia's backline moving, but in a tight knockout game it's awesome seeing a team chokehold a game with a powerful scrum and a good fly half.</p><p></p><p>Why change?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 186508"] As i said before if this was created by cambridge university not stellenbosch there wouldnt be a shout of protest by the NH nations. I never said it did but it has made it more free flowing and attacking.I mean teams will still use negative tactics but there is less room for it. [/b][/quote] Let's face facts, these rules were created to minimise the scrum and maul aspects of the game. Why? [b]Because every time a Tri nation comes and plays England, Italy, Argentina or France they get merked at scrumtime.[/b] It's the one area of the game the Northern Hemisphere that we do so much better than in the south, what right have the Tri nations got to try and take that away from us? [/b][/quote] I disagree Signed, Mike Cron Also liked this post on thesilverfern forum... [/b][/quote] At the end of the day, the game as it is is perfectly OK. We've just witnessed the best world cup ever. At the top level in the Northern Hemisphere the games are high-intensity, physical and there are plenty of creative players out there. Why would you want to change it? To make the game more entertaining for spectators? Well, it's all good seeing high scoring games but a lot of the fun in rugby comes from the tight games. Fair enough it might be more exciting to see Australia's backline moving, but in a tight knockout game it's awesome seeing a team chokehold a game with a powerful scrum and a good fly half. Why change? [/QUOTE]
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