Why I hear you ask?
Hear are a few thoughts.
One of the fundamentals of Union they contest for the ball whether it is the scrum, line out or ruck - at each of these points the defensive team has the opportunity to fight for the ball. As such both teams are attacking for the ball.
League is not like this at all there is no contest at the scrum, tap or play of the ball. However, in League it is more like the pawns in chess in that the target for the attacking team is to get the ball over the touch line (or in chess get to the other side of the board). While the opposition tries to stop the efforts of the attacking team or piece.
This is a simplification of both games and the analogies where not meant to insult
(just in case people take it that way).
I think NRL should just get rid of scrums. They serve no real purpose.
ReplyDeleteLiked the analogies. :) took great delight in ribbing Jako this morning :)
ReplyDeleteOne thing I do hate about the scrums/ lines outs etc is the inconsistency of the refs (aka just looking to justify their existence) I mostly hate that it slows the game and gives a person an excuse to claim they were robbed. Nothing worse than a person who blames the ref :)
btw everytime i go onto your blog it asks me for a twitter password- are you able to get rid of that?
ReplyDeleteThat is what I love about union. League there is no point of a scrum.
ReplyDeleteDon't know what is happening with twitter but I have closed the app