ALL power to Niki Goneva, below, for trying his little dummy touchdown for Newcastle against Saracens last week, the game will stagnate if players and coaches aren’t allowed to come up with clever and unusual plays.
To my mind there was absolutely nothing wrong and I have seen a similar ploy allowed in Sevens competition over the years. And, let’s face it, it was executed 110m from the opposition line.
Rugby has become desperately short of innovations and clever plays, witness the dearth of decent clever line-out moves and the death of the old tapped penalty setpiece. Everybody ...