Mark, Thanks for that. I was alluding to the fact that I didn't fully understand what the rules changes were rather than the subtle difference between getting your head kicked-in in a ruck/maul.
So for that I have going to have to get technical on your ass; The experiments in Oz include allowing mauls to be collapsed and hands in the ruck provided the handler is on his feet, the aim being of speeding up the free-for-all in the breakdown, both are currently penalty offences. More instances of free kicks are to be used with Penalties limited to Foul Play (describes the RU WCF), foul play or persistent infringement. Or for Rugby League types (like me), the experiments in Oz include, blah, blah, blah, crap game, blah, blah, yada yada yada, blah not a real game, blah persistent infringement. Cheers Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "John Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tim Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [LU] Rugger - comedy game! > >> rugby onion to do with penalties, rucks and mauls (I don't understand >> them >> myself so I am not going to explain them), > > A ruck is a pile-up but where the ball has touched the ground. A maul is > a pile-up where the ball hasn't (yet) touched the ground.. like what they > do sometimes after a line-out where they all attempt to trundle forwards. > I spose they could ban those kinds of mauls and therefore encourage the > ball to be passed instead, not sure what they can do wrt rucks. > > The most obvious thing they will do is change a drop goal from being 3 > points to 1 or 2. However I actually think that is a very difficult skill > and should be worth 3 points. Maybe penalties should be reduced to 2 > which might encourage teams to go for tries instead of taking every > penalty kick within kicking distance. They could also go for uncontested > scrums like in league which would also be one less mass pile-up every 3 > mins at least. > > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist 6 in a bloody row!
