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I don’t see a problem with the scrum here but rather the officiating of the scrum, from the point it is awarded to the point it is complete.
Work smarter, not harder. When time wasting is obvious, reverse the ‘penalty’ call, punish it. That simple. This is a case of careful what you wish for. We the need the game to allow for different strategies and approaches, application of the mind, not just the body.
Using scrums and lineouts to whittle away time is a very valid part of the game, adds great tension. But, at the same time, teams shouldn’t be allowed to go crazy on how far they push it.
Before we get on the ‘stop the clock’ bandwagon, please go have a look at NFL. Its horrible. You do not want to open that can of worms. A 48minute game takes over 3hours!!! Rugby union is reaching a point where the ball is in play for almost 50% of the game. That’s a heck of a lot and is way up from the bygone years.
Be careful what you wish for… Just cause you don’t like certain options, doesn’t mean those options are bad, if we did that for every option everybody doesn’t like, we’d be left with no game at all. Its that the game has so many ways to approach it that makes it so good.
Apply things smarter, not harder…. and seriously, carefull what you wish for.
Too right Richie! World Rugby need to get a grip on time-sucking scrums
While the intention may be about safety, its only a short-term solution which, quite likely, may lead to greater longterm issues for the game.
How does this approach actually prepare the kids for reality? Wanting to protect children is great, but coddling them in cottonball is quite another thing and much more often than not has lasting negative affects on the children concerned as they grow up.
Rugby is constantly promoted as a game for people of all shapes and sizes, but you’re sending a very different msg if you enforce different ‘rules’ for different shapes and sizes now aren’t you?
What happens once these kids hit the senior lvls, last 2 or 3 years of highschool and varsity. What happens to the guys outside the previously stringent ‘acceptable’ body shape and size? They suddenly hit a brick wall they’ve had no preparation for in all the years of their development?
Yeah, while perhaps a good intention, it seems to do nothing more than sow division and send a message that the game is for a select few of the optimal size and shape rather than what is ‘advertised’ as game for everybody.
Size for age: Is it fair to have an 11-year-old playing in an older league?
Consequence…. have a look at NFL… who wants to open that can of worms, put us on that slippery slope? A 48minute game lasts over 3hrs!!! Hell no.
Too right Richie! World Rugby need to get a grip on time-sucking scrums