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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 743259" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Shaggy.</p><p></p><p>I have posted about this before.</p><p></p><p>The cornerstone of Rugby Union is the contest for possession; the fact that the ball is contestable at every stage of the game; tackle, ruck, maul, scrum, line-out and when the ball is loose. Those contests are dynamic, and are a key part of what makes the game attractive, but they also, in a large part, contribute to the game's biggest disadvantage, the complexity of the Laws. This is because those contests have to be fair. If they are too much in favour of the team in possession then there is a risk of ending up with a "procession of possession"; it becomes impossible to get the ball off them, and you end up with teams not in possession not bothering to contest, and instead, manning the trenches. On the other hand, if those Laws are too much in favour of the team not having the ball, you get frequent turnovers, and the team with the ball becomes unwilling to take the ball into contact. Instead, teams will kick the ball away, preferring to turn over possession at the other team's end of the field rather then risk losing possession at their own end.</p><p></p><p>If you try to make the Laws too simple, you may have to remove the contest for the ball too... then you have Rugby League.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 743259, member: 20605"] Shaggy. I have posted about this before. The cornerstone of Rugby Union is the contest for possession; the fact that the ball is contestable at every stage of the game; tackle, ruck, maul, scrum, line-out and when the ball is loose. Those contests are dynamic, and are a key part of what makes the game attractive, but they also, in a large part, contribute to the game's biggest disadvantage, the complexity of the Laws. This is because those contests have to be fair. If they are too much in favour of the team in possession then there is a risk of ending up with a "procession of possession"; it becomes impossible to get the ball off them, and you end up with teams not in possession not bothering to contest, and instead, manning the trenches. On the other hand, if those Laws are too much in favour of the team not having the ball, you get frequent turnovers, and the team with the ball becomes unwilling to take the ball into contact. Instead, teams will kick the ball away, preferring to turn over possession at the other team's end of the field rather then risk losing possession at their own end. If you try to make the Laws too simple, you may have to remove the contest for the ball too... then you have Rugby League. [/QUOTE]
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