COLIN BOAG

With the new Aviva Premiership just five days away, it’s good to hear directors of rugby fighting back against the game’s ‘enemy within’, the voices that denigrate the scrum at every opportunity.
At the season’s launch, Rob Baxter of the champions, Exeter Chiefs, and Nick Kennedy of newly promoted London Irish, both spoke eloquently about the importance of the set-piece.
Those who perpetually bang on about how boring scrums are, argue that getting the ball in and quickly out will lead to more open play and more tries being scored – I sometime...