scrum blog
ESPNscrum Home ESPNscrum Home
Fan Zone
Rumour Mill
Latest News

RSS feed
Paper Round

All the latest from the world of rugby

FeedbackFeedback

« Tight five? How about back-three? | | Praise rings out for Wallabies »

November 9, 2008

Posted on 11/09/2008

Scrum-time still a deciding factor

Paul Ackford previews England's clash with Australia in the Daily Telegraph and singles out the scrum as once again being a key point of contact.

"England screwed them at Twickenham in 2005 when Baxter was yellow-carded for deliberately collapsing the scrum, and the England forwards pulverised the Australian pack again in the World Cup quarter-final in Marseille when Andrew Sheridan delivered a performance of staggering cruelty.

"In my experience, no other side of Australia's stature and quality has existed at the sharp end of international rugby for so long with such a fundamental flaw to their game, begging the questions: how and why have they got away with it for so long? "

FeedbackFeedback

Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
© ESPN EMEA Ltd
espn