Nigel Owens cautions the scrum will be 'long gone' after World Rugby's possibly 'harming' alteration
Nigel Owens cautions the scrum will be 'long gone' after World Rugby's possibly 'harming' alteration
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Previous Test ref Nigel Owens has uncovered his concerns around World Rugby's choice to correct the scrum regulation.
From July 1, groups won't be permitted to call a scrum when a free-kick has been granted, starting worries that it could depower that set-piece.Critics contend that it will prompt additional gamesmanship from sides that have more vulnerable scrums and will not really accomplish what it is intended to do, and Owens concurs.
'Prone to make further issues'
"I dread that presenting this new regulation is basically covering up the faults of the game's issues and is bound to make further issues than address the current ones," the massively regarded previous match official wrote in his WalesOnline segment.
"We should continuously recollect that rugby has forever been an extremely exceptional game since it is a game for all shapes and sizes. That is one of the primary attractions, individuals play the game since there's a spot for them in it.
"For the folks in the first column, any semblance of your Adam Joneses and your Ben Tameifunas, their meat and potatoes is being in the scrum. It's an opportunity for them to utilize their solidarity and actual capacity to help their group.
"That is no different for every single first column, including the youths coming through.
"We just need to guarantee that the scrum stays an indispensable piece of the game. In the event that it's not, then, at that point, we will lose these players - and harm the actual game."
World Rugby contend that lessening the quantity of scrums will open up going after valuable open doors, however Owens especially conflicts.
"At the point when you have a scrum arrangement, you have 16 players bound in the scrum, so what you have behind you is space. It's essential to have the option to save those 16 players in the scrum however long you can, on the grounds that when the ball emerges, there's space for them to assault," he composed.
"In the event that we don't have those players in the scrum, we're about to have constant pick-and-go ball."
The set-piece offers an opportunity to utilize a strike move, however it likewise offers groups a chance to win punishments and in this manner set up better going after stages.
"With this new regulation, World Rugby isn't getting something which won't manage the issues that are impacting everything, except it is going to depower the scrum and remove a significant piece of the game," the ex-ref composed.
"If we don't watch out, inside several years we will resemble rugby association, with even less space on the field that what we have now.
"Envision you're a feeble scrummaging side and a scrum is granted. With this new regulation, you're about to offer a free-kick by making a purposeful blunder as the more grounded resistance will not have the option to take the scrum, where they enjoy the benefit.
"Also, what will you have then? A mass of safeguard before you or more up-and-under box kicking."
Giving fans what they need
While allies frequently become disappointed about the scrums, it can likewise make immense fervor, particularly when a group is obliterating the resistance, and Owens contends the set-piece can give one of the greatest cheers during a match.
"It will eliminate a portion of the scene as well. Envision Ridges were playing Britain in Cardiff and the Welsh scrum pushed the English pack back two or three meters for an attempt. The rooftop would be brushed off the arena and that is the manner by which it ought to be," he added.
"The game is there for your going after backs, your Shane Williams types. It's there for your rampaging number eights. But at the same time it's there for your huge, actual first lines - and we should recollect that.
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