[zanderevison]

Yesterday I was watching the 6 nations, when it seemed no scrum was actually "completed" in the scotland game and in the Irish game they kept on collapsing also resulting in penalties and kicks. Scrums are meant to be a quick way of restarting play and a way of creating space for the backs but just now their taking minutes to be set then just collapse after a few seconds...hardly good to watch is it?! What's everyone's views on this?


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[Soul of Mischief]

Yeah I agree. I've never followed rugby seriously, but I played it at a club when I was younger and always try and watch England matches (more of a football person.) I have no idea what's happened at the scrum. Compared to matches even five years ago, they always seem to collapse. Whenever there was a scrum during the 6 nations it just used to p*** me off as I knew it was just wasted game time. I think it's partly a result of all rugby players just becoming so much stronger and fitter with the recent advances in sports science and the increasing length of time the game has been professional. Would love it if someone with more rugby knowledge can enlighten,