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I READ with interest Paul Rees’ article fearing for the future of the scrum. I agree wholeheartedly that scrums take too long, that there is endless resetting and that players are seemingly coached to ‘win’ a penalty at scrum time rather than exert dominance.
For that, I believe professional coaches must take significant responsibility. The gaming of the system and laws of the game was always going to occur once the game became pro...