In the New Zealand Herald, Peter Bills bemoans what he thinks will be the inevitable flaunting of the scrum feeding laws.
"Shane Warne is a much missed spin bowler on the cricketing scene. But it's still mystifying why every halfback in world rugby has aped the Aussie with scrum feeds about as straight as a Warnie leg-break.
"From Dunedin to Dublin, Brisbane to Buenos Aires, cheating with the scrum feed has become endemic. Pathetically tolerated by the game's authorities for 25 years or more now, this small act which creates such intense anger and frustration is set to infect another Rugby World Cup.
"Revealingly, the IRB named five key areas for referees to focus on at this tournament and the scrum feed wasn't in there."
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