THE scrum war instigated by a Welsh campaign to highlight French ‘illegalities’ ahead of last weekend’s clash thankfully failed to get the match officials to prosecute the visiting front row.
When the Welsh loosehead Wyn Jones said France would “hit and chase and cheat” at the scrum, it is almost certain he did so with the approval of head coach Wayne Pivac.
Fabien Galthie’s counter-attack that the Welsh lacked respect “for our scrum, our team, for French rugby, but also for our nation”, was over the top, but his frustration was because the so...