Rugby Union - Gym Monkey's Watch Out
Discussion
Went to the game yesterday and ended up discussing the issues and future of the game with some very well known aficionado's.
Plans are afoot to follow a similar code to that adopted , and being adopted in League. The main concerns are as follows:
1) Actual time ball is in play
2) Injuries
3) Appeal to the broader public
The ball is in play for a whole 24 minutes on average, in premiership and international rugby......24 minutes. Thats it. Unbelievable.
in League it's 59 minutes.
The main reason for this is the ridiculous time it takes to set scrums and line-outs, something they call 'Committee time'. They want to reduce it, and now.
They are proposing to implement strict time limits on all areas of the game to reduce this 'Committee Time', and encouraging rapid turnarounds at set pieces.
This massive shift would place far more emphasis on the aerobic capacity of the players, rather than the bulk as the forwards currently, simply could not maintain the stamina to reach and set each set piece within the time limits being proposed.
Scrums would still be 'scrums' and not League chicken scratches, but with far less weight and pressure due to the lighter players, leading to less injuries combined with more ball time in play.....appealing to a wider audience.
Personally, I think its an inspired idea, and the sooner this is implemented the better.
Burgess was also touched on....looking back at Aus and not surprising.
Plans are afoot to follow a similar code to that adopted , and being adopted in League. The main concerns are as follows:
1) Actual time ball is in play
2) Injuries
3) Appeal to the broader public
The ball is in play for a whole 24 minutes on average, in premiership and international rugby......24 minutes. Thats it. Unbelievable.
in League it's 59 minutes.
The main reason for this is the ridiculous time it takes to set scrums and line-outs, something they call 'Committee time'. They want to reduce it, and now.
They are proposing to implement strict time limits on all areas of the game to reduce this 'Committee Time', and encouraging rapid turnarounds at set pieces.
This massive shift would place far more emphasis on the aerobic capacity of the players, rather than the bulk as the forwards currently, simply could not maintain the stamina to reach and set each set piece within the time limits being proposed.
Scrums would still be 'scrums' and not League chicken scratches, but with far less weight and pressure due to the lighter players, leading to less injuries combined with more ball time in play.....appealing to a wider audience.
Personally, I think its an inspired idea, and the sooner this is implemented the better.
Burgess was also touched on....looking back at Aus and not surprising.
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