Hi GP,gpartin wrote: One recent example where they did was during the cup I think when Kevin Brown took everyone by surprise by kicking on the first tackle straight from a scrum, If my memoy serves me correctly it resulted in, or very nearly resulted in a try.
Wire did something very similar last year or the year previous when Lee Briers kicked from the base of a scrum cross field to Kevin Penny and he caught it on the hop to score a scorching try.
I think RL scrums still have some nominal value in the sense that they should tie up the forwards and open up back play somewhat. The examples above however do seem to be the exception because teams seem to often swop players around in the back line for defensive reasons. I think there would be some merit in defining who eactly can and can't form a scrum from the play sheet, so that if a scrum is formed with distinct positonal advantage, centres and second rows can't swop about.
Just a thought :eusa16: