We have now had two games in 2016. The results so far suggest that the reduced interchange is not producing the results said of it. In the Eels v Broncos game there were only four tries scored all of them in the first half. In the Manly v Canterbury game only two tries were scored in the second half one to each team. Canterbury scored four or five tries in the first half. It is only two games played so far things have the opportunity to change--we will see.
Greenburge knows nothing about Rugby League. He is seeking the CEO`s position. He will do any stupid thing thrown up by the likes of Bennett, Gould,and the bored media types to get the CEO`s position. Andrew Voss is advocating the abolition of scrums!! What next?
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What he said. All teams are rusty in rnd 1
I agree with most of what you say bar the 2nd man play. Bennett used it till the cows came home with the 2nd man play to Boyd out the back at St George.
Hi Robert, I actually agree with abolishing the scrum. IMO it is now a useless exercise. If the NRL enabled the scrum to become a fair contest to win the ball then that would be the only valid reason for retaining it, otherwise it should go. The scrum has now degenerated into a complete farce. The skill sets for scrummaging no longer apply.
I'd love to see a contested scrum again Michael.Why the scrum is still there instead of a tap,as far as I can see ,is to provide the players and officials with a respite,so everyone gets a breather.It is ridiculous the amount of time that is wasted setting and re-setting the modern scrum.
But the big one i think should be if the team takes a quick tap and there players are offside, like what happened with the Dogs last night, then the defending side gets a scrum feed like it used to be.
Michael Pickum: Sorry for the late reply. I have just got home from the hospital where I have had three operations in three weeks for my pacemaker. I have had three operations; two pacemakers and one pissed- off patient! They now say all is well! They said that about the other two operations also ! My advice is, if you are going to have a pacemaker operation, watch your P`s and your Q`s My other advice, is don`t take my advice!
Can`t go with you on scrums Michael.If you don`t have scums you don`t have Rugby League. What do you do with the forwards if there is no scrum ? I suggest a sort of bastardised NFL--mine aching back!! Anything but that.
The fallacy of all these changes is the assumption that a faster match is a better match. There is no evidence to support that.In fact, the crowds are continuing to decline as these changes for a faster match appear. If you want to see a fast Rugby League match go watch a touch football game along with all the tens of thousands of fans who don`t turn up to watch that abomination.The NFL is the major sport in America. NFL is a 60 minute game that takes anywhere between three to four hours to complete! How fast can you get? Yet it draws the most spectators in the US of A. Fast is fallacious. Ruby League is best when there is a guanine contest between the two teams. It does not need to be fast or slow, it needs to be contestable. I see the end of Rugby League in Australia as the the likes of Greenburge and all the bored, out of their faces, TV comentators continue to cut off their noses to spite their faces.
The scrum is still there because it takes a bunch of players out of the defensive line, creating space out wide. Of course, teams usually play it safe and just hit it up one or two off the scrum, but even that hit up is more likely to get a quick play-the-ball than if it were from a tap. Plus an attacking scrum inside the 20 is a good chance of scoring on a wide shift. The Bulldogs scored from it last night.
A scrum is a good way to start a set. I'm sure the defending team would prefer to start against a tap than a scrum.
Still too small a sample to say much about reduced interchange, but the reversal in pattern suggests don't speak too soon (Robert...).
Pro Daz: It won't do at all you using my facts against against me. Completely redundant. I said that one swallow never did make a summer and you then parroting exactly that. Tell me something new. In any event one could say the case you mentioned ( which I did not see as I was hospitalised) could equally indicate the cause as being one match played at night and the other played in daylight.A case of apples compared to oranges.
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