Just way better than today. No gym monsters. Space, skill, handling. Ref letting the game flow. Minimal hands in the ruck. Jackals getting battered, legitimately.
Interesting how the few ruck infringments were pinged compare to how they would be now. E.g. Blanco's run early on, England tackler on the wrong side but England had stolen it. Nowadays they penalise players on the wrong side even when the ball is available. I prefer the 90s refereeing.
Just incredible how fast play was, no reset scrums etc. Lessons to be learnt today I think!
The scrum setting needs to change to crouch, bind.
No set/engage etc until the ball goes in. And the clock should be off until the ball goes in too.
Just way better than today. No gym monsters. Space, skill, handling. Ref letting the game flow. Minimal hands in the ruck. Jackals getting battered, legitimately.
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Interesting how the few ruck infringments were pinged compare to how they would be now. E.g. Blanco's run early on, England tackler on the wrong side but England had stolen it. Nowadays they penalise players on the wrong side even when the ball is available. I prefer the 90s refereeing.
The referee was pretty ineffectual wasn't he.