Comments on: Clermont players attacked with machetes and swords http://www.therugbyblog.com/clermont-players-attacked-with-machetes-and-swords Rugby Union opinion and discussion, for the fans, by the fans. Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: david Mckenziehttp://www.therugbyblog.com/clermont-players-attacked-with-machetes-and-swords#comment-369340 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 06:50:20 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33988#comment-369340 The stats dont lie. In World Cups otherwise attacking sides and running rugby
is abandoned in favour of ‘no mistakes’ defence. Let the other side take the chances
we’ll just tackle them until we win. So great sides like the 2011 ABs become ordinary
and barely able to beat a poor French side and the rugby becomes more like Gridiron
….all scrumdowns and blocking.

So rather than pay all that money to watch a RWC full of boring defence maybe its time
to change the scoring to ensure sides dont abandon attacking Rugby inthe last game
of the competition.

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