JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Last week I wrote about the first of our back-toback Grand Slams and that it was a result of the disappointment of 1990, when Scotland won with a try that wasn’t. That influenced a change in the style of game we played, from an experimental open, expanded game to playing to our strengths up front.
We took the upfront style into the ‘91 RWC and made our way to England’s first final but because of some media comments, a decision was made by a small group to revert to the open style game.
Unfortunately, as we hadn’t spe...