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Uncontested scrums - down to 13?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cruz_del_Sur" data-source="post: 1028337" data-attributes="member: 55747"><p>I agree it's overkill, but let me play devil's advocate for a sec. What they want to avoid with this is a team using uncontested scrums to their own advantage. Say you have a weak scrum and face a team with a strong one. Since injuries are not an exact science you can argue there could be a situation where the front-rowers from the team with the weak scrum conveniently and suddenly become more fragile and prone to injuries. That'd be against the spirit of the game.</p><p></p><p>If you have a strong scrum, forcing you to go uncontested is a HUGE disadvantage, too. They want a team, even a team with a weak scrum, given the choice, to still prefer contested scrums. In order to do that they over punish the team that causes uncontested. </p><p></p><p>There are a few caveats thou. I don't remember all the details but there is a difference if the reason for uncontested is due to injury or RC. It's in the link i posted earlier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cruz_del_Sur, post: 1028337, member: 55747"] I agree it's overkill, but let me play devil's advocate for a sec. What they want to avoid with this is a team using uncontested scrums to their own advantage. Say you have a weak scrum and face a team with a strong one. Since injuries are not an exact science you can argue there could be a situation where the front-rowers from the team with the weak scrum conveniently and suddenly become more fragile and prone to injuries. That'd be against the spirit of the game. If you have a strong scrum, forcing you to go uncontested is a HUGE disadvantage, too. They want a team, even a team with a weak scrum, given the choice, to still prefer contested scrums. In order to do that they over punish the team that causes uncontested. There are a few caveats thou. I don't remember all the details but there is a difference if the reason for uncontested is due to injury or RC. It's in the link i posted earlier. [/QUOTE]
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