Scrum penalties killing rugby
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Penalizing a prop for being popped is like a penalizing a flyhalf for missing touch says Tank Lanning in his Sport24 column this week, who deems scrum penalties to be the scourge of modern day rugby.
Imagine a flyhalf being penalized by a referee for missing touch! Or how about a wing or centre being yellow carded for coming off his defensive line and missing a tackle?Oh jeez, what has the fat man been smoking this week, I hear you ask.
That would be bloody preposterous, I hear you say.
Preposterous, abominable, ludicrous … Call it what you will, and you would be right.
Yet every single …
Imagine a flyhalf being penalized by a referee for missing touch! Or how about a wing or centre being yellow carded for coming off his defensive line and missing a tackle?Oh jeez, what has the fat man been smoking this week, I hear you ask.
That would be bloody preposterous, I hear you say.
Preposterous, abominable, ludicrous … Call it what you will, and you would be right.
Yet every single …
