Health and safety had nothing to do with the hit being removed the scrum was a complete mess and a lottery.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...th-about-the-scrum-it-is-a-complete-mess.html
The real question is have the new laws decreased or increased completed scrums....from my perspective they have but I can't find a single statistic to verify that, if someone can point in the right direction beyond watching every scrum in the latest 6 nations I'll happily do so.
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According to this article the change didn't make much difference
http://www.sportal.co.nz/rugby/six-nations/six-nations-statistics-reveal-scrum-still-an-issue/166kzfxn1jtnu198sryc04aigv
however it doesn't give much on the actual numbers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ru...th-about-the-scrum-it-is-a-complete-mess.html
The real question is have the new laws decreased or increased completed scrums....from my perspective they have but I can't find a single statistic to verify that, if someone can point in the right direction beyond watching every scrum in the latest 6 nations I'll happily do so.
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According to this article the change didn't make much difference
http://www.sportal.co.nz/rugby/six-nations/six-nations-statistics-reveal-scrum-still-an-issue/166kzfxn1jtnu198sryc04aigv
however it doesn't give much on the actual numbers.