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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwiwomble" data-source="post: 624014" data-attributes="member: 45355"><p>i also found i was a lot more mobile after i moved to Hooker, i was a bit smaller than my props (think jason rutledge and jamie mac) so developed open play as a fourth loosie.</p><p></p><p>just to explain my thoughts re the front row, my last year playing club rugby we had two hookers, each of us better at something than other so re rotated. he was a bit bigger and so started against the bigger packs, i was better at the actual hooking as i could strike with both feet and so got more tightheads against the smaller packs. </p><p></p><p>We came up against a team (pirates in Dunedin) that had come up with "technique" to give them the upper hand in the scrum. after the crouch they would all take half a step back in unison (not just leaning back) to get a bigger hit on us. the problem being that half the time they ended up too far from us and it collapsed. we got sick of this and started refusing to pack down when they did it as it was getting dangerous. one of these times we stood up to get it reset but because they're technique left them in no control of the hit they couldn't stop and they're hooker proceed to land his head squarely on Dan's torso...and he ended up getting bent over our locks and broke his back....in a wheelchair for the rest of of life. </p><p></p><p>They didn't plan on hurting him but they did choose to sacrifice stability and control for an advantage, scrums can be dangerous, be confident in what you are doing</p><p></p><p>ps. not saying cymro's technique is anything like what those guys did by the way</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwiwomble, post: 624014, member: 45355"] i also found i was a lot more mobile after i moved to Hooker, i was a bit smaller than my props (think jason rutledge and jamie mac) so developed open play as a fourth loosie. just to explain my thoughts re the front row, my last year playing club rugby we had two hookers, each of us better at something than other so re rotated. he was a bit bigger and so started against the bigger packs, i was better at the actual hooking as i could strike with both feet and so got more tightheads against the smaller packs. We came up against a team (pirates in Dunedin) that had come up with "technique" to give them the upper hand in the scrum. after the crouch they would all take half a step back in unison (not just leaning back) to get a bigger hit on us. the problem being that half the time they ended up too far from us and it collapsed. we got sick of this and started refusing to pack down when they did it as it was getting dangerous. one of these times we stood up to get it reset but because they're technique left them in no control of the hit they couldn't stop and they're hooker proceed to land his head squarely on Dan's torso...and he ended up getting bent over our locks and broke his back....in a wheelchair for the rest of of life. They didn't plan on hurting him but they did choose to sacrifice stability and control for an advantage, scrums can be dangerous, be confident in what you are doing ps. not saying cymro's technique is anything like what those guys did by the way [/QUOTE]
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