Bones7 says...

Interesting piece on Nathan Sharpe. If we assume SBW is never returning to union after he goes to Japan will his brief career, where he has won a boatload of trophies, be regarded as better or more successful than Sharpe's? As a second row he performed very well all the way through so the lack of trophies it irrelevant, the 100+ caps is more of a testament to his abilities.

The five second rule and the new scrum rules are well-meant but are ultimately going to prove fairly useless I think. Referees will still make the scrum calls glacially slow so the lack of a pause won't matter, its the delivery that is more important. Criticizing refs for having no propping experience is ridiculous as well as it is just unfeasible that any large proportion of refs either would or should. I've been playing hooker for years and I still don't know what props are doing half the time, as they don't know what I'm doing!

Posted 12:21 13th August 2012