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<blockquote data-quote="polonius" data-source="post: 323695" data-attributes="member: 28526"><p>While this might appear to have been a dour encounter, the shocking conditions dictated the tactics; teeming rain throughout the match meant it was never going to be a feast of sparkling back play. I suspect even the wonderful backs of the other major Southern hemisphere sides would have struggled to make a decent fist of things.</p><p> </p><p>This was one for the purest and required a referee who not only had a detailed grasp of the intricacies of the scrumming laws and rucks and mauls but was also sympathetic to the problems the conditions caused the players ... and in Christophe Berdos they had one. He was my Man-of-the-Match as he kept the balance between trying to allow the game to flow and yet ensuring that infringements and errors were not ignored.</p><p> </p><p>My conclusions are ... rugby in Scotland is definately on the up. Victories over Australia, Ireland and Argentina x2 along with a draw against England and a very close encounter at Cardiff make this one of the best seasons in years (decades) and with 3 of the 5 Six Nations games at home next year it is possible they might break out of the bottom two positions in the final table.</p><p> </p><p>As for Argentina ... a better understanding of the laws governing rucks and mauls would help as again they gave away too many penalties. I fear for them in the enlarged Tri Nations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="polonius, post: 323695, member: 28526"] While this might appear to have been a dour encounter, the shocking conditions dictated the tactics; teeming rain throughout the match meant it was never going to be a feast of sparkling back play. I suspect even the wonderful backs of the other major Southern hemisphere sides would have struggled to make a decent fist of things. This was one for the purest and required a referee who not only had a detailed grasp of the intricacies of the scrumming laws and rucks and mauls but was also sympathetic to the problems the conditions caused the players ... and in Christophe Berdos they had one. He was my Man-of-the-Match as he kept the balance between trying to allow the game to flow and yet ensuring that infringements and errors were not ignored. My conclusions are ... rugby in Scotland is definately on the up. Victories over Australia, Ireland and Argentina x2 along with a draw against England and a very close encounter at Cardiff make this one of the best seasons in years (decades) and with 3 of the 5 Six Nations games at home next year it is possible they might break out of the bottom two positions in the final table. As for Argentina ... a better understanding of the laws governing rucks and mauls would help as again they gave away too many penalties. I fear for them in the enlarged Tri Nations. [/QUOTE]
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