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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Manx" data-source="post: 712919" data-attributes="member: 50236"><p>Steve Hansen the All Blacks coach says in an interview in Wales (Daily Telegraph) that he is concerned that the lack of tries in current rugby is going to turn Fans off rugby.</p><p></p><p>Certainly with the introduction of Rugby League defensive lines, and coaches use of scrums as penalty making machines, he has a point in my way of thinking!!</p><p></p><p>Instead of gifted centers like Guscott, Bod, Greenwood, we instead get the bish bash bosh centers like Tuilagi, Roberts, Bastereaud. The art of looking for space, in the main, has been left the wrong side of the whitewash in the hope that defenses will keep their line and tire the opposition out which is more difficult due to the prolific use of substitutes. Surely the day of a sub getting to a century of caps is not that far away belittling the achievements of Sella, McCaw and their ilk!!</p><p></p><p>Is modern rugby becoming a bore fest! Can we do anything to make it more attack orientated? Is Hansen right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Manx, post: 712919, member: 50236"] Steve Hansen the All Blacks coach says in an interview in Wales (Daily Telegraph) that he is concerned that the lack of tries in current rugby is going to turn Fans off rugby. Certainly with the introduction of Rugby League defensive lines, and coaches use of scrums as penalty making machines, he has a point in my way of thinking!! Instead of gifted centers like Guscott, Bod, Greenwood, we instead get the bish bash bosh centers like Tuilagi, Roberts, Bastereaud. The art of looking for space, in the main, has been left the wrong side of the whitewash in the hope that defenses will keep their line and tire the opposition out which is more difficult due to the prolific use of substitutes. Surely the day of a sub getting to a century of caps is not that far away belittling the achievements of Sella, McCaw and their ilk!! Is modern rugby becoming a bore fest! Can we do anything to make it more attack orientated? Is Hansen right? [/QUOTE]
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