ROOM 101
THE NOTTINGHAM FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND

1. Scrums
As a fly-half I like to have my hands on the ball as much as possible and scrums take up so much time that could be better used to entertain the fans. I find scrums very boring and most of them end up in penalties anyway. Hardly any front rows make it into refereeing and it appears to me that the decisions are not that well-informed and based mainly on guesswork.

TRP VERDICT: We take your point but we’re more in the ‘scrum all ye faithful’ camp.
2. Christmas come early
People put...