Mick Cleary puts forward his love of the scrummage following Perpignan's battle with Leicester in The Daily Telegraph.
"If you find that slow build-up of tension dull, that creation of climax as 600 kilos of beef and bone slug it out tedious, the feeling that at any moment one of the sides might crack and the slow, death-march towards the opposition line begin mind-numbing, then I suggest you watch rugby league, football or Strictly Come Dancing.
"The scrum is an integral part of rugby union, as loved by the sport’s connoisseurs as spin bowling is by cricket lovers, and it must remain so. Let us get rid of the notion that it is a mere restart, a chance to get play on the move again after an infringement.
"That’s cobblers. It is a fundamental part of the contest, a mano-a-mano contest to discover who is the more powerful, the more courageous, the more technically accomplished and, often, who wants it most."
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