Wigan Warriors - wiganrugbyfans.com • Did Covid kill Rugby League?
Charlie Sheen wrote:
Yes, 2008.
I remember one of the main excuses banded about at the time of England's world cup performance was the ruck in SL was too quick and there was too much 'scooting' which meant they struggled to create anything when they came up against the slower rucks generated by Aus/NZ (although the standard of backs we had available at the time was pretty awful). We saw an almost immediate shift in what refs would all defenses to get away with at the play the ball, and it's been getting messier ever since.
Yeah I think you are probably right there. No coincidence it was the year after James Roby won MOS pretty much by being an impact scooting sub.
Also there were a lot of big clubs in transition. We were really not that great and still weren't far off beating Leeds in the SF. But all the decent players we had were Aussies/Kiwis. Bradford were already a shadow of their former selves. Hull had one of their worst seasons ever. Warrington were still crap and sacked Cullen.
Statistics: Posted by Wigg'n — Mon Apr 06, 2020 6:45 pm — Replies 51 — Views 3082