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So did Tony Daly from memory.

Closer to Umaga.

Definitely the distance is an issue. That is what the touch was supposed to solve. I find the weaker scrums look for a larger gap to het a hit on. The temple to temple distance seems to be the way to go.

It may not change things, but as it stands now only those who have PTV get to watch it at home. Surely that isn't helping, when other codes are on screen. You only have to look at the WC coverage which I believe was purchased by Nine to control the competition while the League finals were on...

What I meant was that club games are played from 3pm sat arvo. People are either at sport or work. S15 is played Fri nights, Sat, and Sun. When it can be watched and there would be an audience. Not a bad idea with the ARU controlling the broadcast, however, there is a lot to go into that, with...

League scrums were always a mess and too upright. It was more of a wrestle than a scrum, and contributed to the injuries. Not to mention by the end of the Alfie Langer era the ball was going straight to the lock any way and from then scrums were just a formality. This is what seperates the...

I'm sure the IRB Boffins think there's nothing broken, and besides we'd have to try and get them between lunches.

No, by all means rant away. Totally agree. I love our sport, but cannot afford/justify spending money to watch a sport which should be available to everyone. Every weekend in winter you can watch up to three live games of AFL and many delayed games on FTA. Where's the rugby? Well you can watch...

Couldn't agree more. The law hasn't changed, the refs are too busy looking at binds, early engage, etc. But are forgetting that both scrums aren't supposed to push until the ball is fed. The hit 'n run scrums are a big part of the issue. Perhaps a delay on the feed until the momentum of the hit...

And that may be the problem. All of the SANZAR nations would have to agree to take a cut in TV revenue to aid FTA exposure. I'm not sure that would be an easy sell at board level.

I agree Dan54 this is a great thread. Where else can you talk scrums before work. Awsome. On the engage, however, the point I was trying to make earlier was that the calls are too slow, and it is probably drawing penalties. Your point was a good one, if there is a hand on the ground before...

The early engage has increased since the refs started mixing up the calls. It's almost like they trying to penalise Simone at scrum time. Crouch, touch, pause................engage. If there was some consistency in this area, both scrums could time the hit, and get better purchase on the bind.

I'm starting to get the shits with the continual awarding of full arm penalties at scrum time. So what if it goes down, repack it. One ton of force smacking into three sets of shoulders on a slippery surface will go down. I believe the only time full arms should be awarded is for attacking...

Spoiler of Grand Final result in title and in wrong forum anyway. Cracking game. Well done!

Well this just tops it off...apparently last Sunday, Gus Gould, with all his sporting knowledge and wisdom, went on a tirade about how the wallabies/Ireland match ruined a great night of footy. As they the free to air host, shouldn't the staff of the network be positively promoting upcoming...

3. Sharpe - strong game as always. Should be in the top xv. 2. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 1. Genia

Bigger knobs at play there. Just lookin at the $$$$$.

Sorry bout that, first timer. Thanks for the tip. About to watch my live delayed telecast.

Is anyone else tired of channel nine's refusal to play wc matches live? Don't know if a thread has already been started on this, but I must say, that I'm a little disapponted that channel nine has refused to play wc matches live. If they couldn't commit to showing live matches then they...