STEVE COLLINS

THE SEDGLEY PARK FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND

1. Scrums
One of the many things I love about old-school rugby games like the 70s Lions tours is the fact that scrums were over in a matter of seconds. As soon as the whistle blew for a knock on, the front row would all run over and engage with each other, then the second rows would bind up and then the back row. The ball would be in and out, the whole thing took 30 seconds at the most. Nowadays there’s so much emphasis on “the hit” it feels like most of the game is s...