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How does pitch size effect game?

If the forward packs keeps getting fatter then they'd better shorten the pitch to 50m so no one keels over from running too much.



das
 
off topic but on the subject of conditions of the playing area being changed.
about 15 years ago i went to stadio flaminio in rome to see scotland play italy.
not sure but i think it was scotlands first match against italy in the 6 nations.
the italians painted the goal posts in black and white hoops and against the crowd you could barely see them.
maybe the italian kicker had practiced these conditions but i doubt it was the same for the scottish kicker and certainly not with the crowd in position.
it was the first time that italy beat the scots and the game is famous for a hastings brother crying in the post match interview.
i seem to remember that kicking decided the outcome.
 

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