Elite rugby needs to be assessed as is it becoming in jeopardy of being considered a non spectator sport unless the current rules are not sorted out.
Some people hold the view that it’s not how you win, at the end of the day a win is a win. Some people do not view the game of rugby as a main entertainment provider.
But the current game, is well, kind of boring. In the Guinness Premiership and international level, teams are forced to senselessly kick away possession, and initiate an extreme game of ‘rugby tennis.’ After about five or six kicks, everybody in the stands switches off.
The game should encourage attack to result in tries. It should be an entertaining sport, a fast paced game that is exciting for any spectator. But somehow the balance has switched, and the defending teams have the upper hand.
The breakdown has become, let’s face it a mess. The penalty counts for ill discipline come ruck time have soared through the stadium roofs.
Teams are scared to take the ball into contact, the ball is played back to the fly-half who puts an up an under for his team-mates to chase. The opposition do the same after they recycle possession.
I’m looking forward to seeing the Barbarians run out at Twickenham against the All-Blacks this weekend.
I love the way the barbarians play, because they experiment well with possession, they have nothing to loose so they play what’s in front of them with a minimal game plan.
I don’t think they will beat New Zealand, but they certainly will give them a run for their money. I was at Twickenham this time two years ago to see the World champions, South Africa being defeated by the baa-baa’s. So it shows that sometimes the ‘barbarians’ style of rugby can be the best.
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