ANY sport that allows a non-event like the forming of a scrum to last for a minute and a half - or more - before the front rows are even ready to engage, as is now a regular occurrence, is going to lose players and fans.
This rank failing in modern professional Rugby Union has been brought home over the last week, both by comments from Sale DoR Steve Diamond, and by the emergence of a new hybrid game called ‘Rugby Rules’, which has been developed by David Moffett, the former WRU chief executive, and Topo Rodriguez, the renowned former Pumas and Wallaby tight-head.
Diamond, himse...