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<blockquote data-quote="SimonG" data-source="post: 687917" data-attributes="member: 71048"><p>Some good suggestions there. Increasing the try value to 8 or 9 wouldn't affect things much as you would still have forwards stuffing it up the jumper to get the try.</p><p></p><p>The size issue for me is the biggest. The XV men game was created when the players were of slimmer build...they have bulked up to such a degree the field is overcrowded. The gaps just ain't there. Wales (pre Gatland) and Australia tend to go for skills over size and opt for a more running based game...hence games between the two are almost always open and free flowing with plenty of finesse. Their problem is they get overpowered when they face the brutes. It's like Martina Hingis vs Venus Williams...sublime technique being defeated by all out brutish power. Pity.</p><p></p><p>Arguably the four best teams in Rugby NZ-Eng, Ire-SA (I include us in there as we are the 6 nations champs, just beat SA, should have beat NZ in our last meeting)...and in the two games there was barely a line break. The Jonny May try stands out like a sore thumb such was the paucity in the two brutish encounters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonG, post: 687917, member: 71048"] Some good suggestions there. Increasing the try value to 8 or 9 wouldn't affect things much as you would still have forwards stuffing it up the jumper to get the try. The size issue for me is the biggest. The XV men game was created when the players were of slimmer build...they have bulked up to such a degree the field is overcrowded. The gaps just ain't there. Wales (pre Gatland) and Australia tend to go for skills over size and opt for a more running based game...hence games between the two are almost always open and free flowing with plenty of finesse. Their problem is they get overpowered when they face the brutes. It's like Martina Hingis vs Venus Williams...sublime technique being defeated by all out brutish power. Pity. Arguably the four best teams in Rugby NZ-Eng, Ire-SA (I include us in there as we are the 6 nations champs, just beat SA, should have beat NZ in our last meeting)...and in the two games there was barely a line break. The Jonny May try stands out like a sore thumb such was the paucity in the two brutish encounters. [/QUOTE]
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