Re: Sweet smell of success....... : Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:04 pm
For me, as a player of both League and Union I can see why each code has the scrums it does. In Union a large portion of the team is there to win scrums. At amateur level some players only play to have scrums, the rest of the games passes them by pretty much.In league, the scrums allow the forwards who are doing all the work to get a breather. As good as the athletes in our game are, I wouldn't be expecting the likes of Peacock and Graham to do 30+ tackles and 20+ carries as well as contesting scrums. I couldn't play league if I had to take part in contested scrums. I wouldn't have the energy. They work in Union, I don't think they'd work in League. Far too much energy wasted