Try of the week (and ELVs)
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:26 am
Pretty impressive selection this week and well worth a watch of the video: https://www.premiershiprugby.com/watch/ ... f-the-week
I'm willing to bet that the standard of rugby in the Prem will be held up as some vindication for no relegation (and I suppose it's possible that it could be), but I have to credit the IRB for the law variations. The 50:22 has been an unmitigated success in encouraging attacking from your own half by forcing teams to keep two back for the kick. More surprisingly, the goal-line dropout, something which most of us had a shrug of the shoulders about the point of, has made a major difference by incentivising grubbers and chips into the 22 and thus forcing defences to keep players back to cover and stopping a 15 man press. Previously any kick that rolled over the tryline went for a 22 drop-out which could be kicked into the opposition half, whereas a goal-line dropout is a pretty solid attacking opportunity.
So far, I'm in favour of every one of the law changes.
Puja
I'm willing to bet that the standard of rugby in the Prem will be held up as some vindication for no relegation (and I suppose it's possible that it could be), but I have to credit the IRB for the law variations. The 50:22 has been an unmitigated success in encouraging attacking from your own half by forcing teams to keep two back for the kick. More surprisingly, the goal-line dropout, something which most of us had a shrug of the shoulders about the point of, has made a major difference by incentivising grubbers and chips into the 22 and thus forcing defences to keep players back to cover and stopping a 15 man press. Previously any kick that rolled over the tryline went for a 22 drop-out which could be kicked into the opposition half, whereas a goal-line dropout is a pretty solid attacking opportunity.
So far, I'm in favour of every one of the law changes.
Puja
