welshexile1963
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Take no notice of the people on this board who disparage the RU scrum; they've never packed down in one and don't understand the value of wearing the opposition down, wearying both sets of forwards to allow the backs to flourish and the raising of morale that a strong pack can engender.
Ah yes happy days eh? I used to love the scrum and rucks in the middle of winter getting stuck in, it's one of the main things I miss as an old git!! I follow Moseley RFC and get quite worked up watching a pack of forwards doing it's stuff to set up the glory boys in the backs to do their bit!
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Give it time.
Why do I pick up so much negativity towards RU by RL fans? There's no need for it there's room in the world for both codes!
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Thanks for all the replies and most have been very useful and many very funny, I will always love RU but I am growing to love RL with each game, and at least we dont watch that stupid game played with a round ball
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The point of a scrum is to simply restart play, nothing else, Union made the scrum into a sacred institution, but are now slowly following League.
League style scrums will change Union big style, no place left for the fat lads to hide anymore. just sort out how to restart after a tackle and your almost there.
What about us fat lads!!!!!
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1 there aren't many scrums in a rugy league game
they are a way of restarting the game whilst at the same time taking 12 players out of the game.
2 I supose you differentiate by observing the tactical stuation, or observing what a player is doing at any one time. Notionally for instance the hooker will go to acting half back, but not necessarily so by any means, props will drive the ball forward, but not necessarily so.
these days wingers have a much more to do defensively with the greater number and wider variety of attacking kicks.
Tactical situations in rugby league are much more fluid than in union.
Don't worry about it mate, just enjoy it.
and yes come on the drusaders
Thanks that clarifies things a lot, and I do enjoy watching, I played Union for many years and would have loved having a go at League however my build is for a front row forward in Union and dont think i would have been any good in League.
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The rugby league scrum is no different from the union scrum. The side that feeds it wins it 99% of the time, except in RL we don't waste half an hour of every game packing and re-packing pointless scrums and spending hundreds of hours training just so a team can nullify the other side's equally pointless scrum push.
As for backs being the same as forwards, it's just not true. The roles in RL are pretty clearly defined for the most part and the forwards and backs have their own roles.
A few points here, firstly most if not all RU fans enjoy watching the physical battle between forwards at a scrum, but I do take your point, but you state "As for backs being the same as forwards, it's just not true. The roles in RL are pretty clearly defined for the most part and the forwards and backs have their own roles" please clarify.
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Hi all, I am a South West Walian born and bred on Rugby Union, but over the past few years I have been watching Rugby League more and more on TV and enjoying it, I just want a few questions answered,
1. What is the point of the scrum? There's no actual physical competition involved anymore so why not scrap it?
2. The forwards in RL? They dont seem to do much different than the backs, how do you life long supporters differentiate between both?
Anyway thanks in advance and I will continue to watch, come on you Crusaders!
A Question from a RU Fan.
in The General Rugby League Forum
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I understand that but lets move on!!! God knows us Welsh could be really cheesed off with the northern clubs for coming down and taking our best players but that was a different era times move on yes?