A Blast From The Past: The Old Boys Show How It Should Be Done

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Published: April 13, 2010

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While on a recent return to the country of my birth, South Africa, I managed to fill the hours that I wasn’t on the beach or in the sun by watching ESPN classics of the Currie Cup finals from around the 1990’s. I found a few things surprising.

 

But the thing that caught my eye the most wasn’t the unexpected fleet footedness of Gary Teichman, in a decade that I assumed churned out forwards that only knew how to run straight, and not very fast.

 

Nor was it the messy scramble for the ball that was line out time, with luck often determining which side came out with the ball.

 

It wasn’t even watching the ref physically hitting the players until they removed themselves from their offside position. Or even the Afrikaans tongue lashing that they received from him after conceding a penalty.

 

The thing that surprised me the most was the fluid movement of the scrum, when the engage call by the Ref and the second rows, flankers and number eight packing down was almost simultaneous, and how the scrum managed to stay upright almost all the time. It lead to me ponder two things.

 

Firstly how come every scrum seemingly has to be reset three times before these professionals get it right? Lets not forget they are professionals, its what they are paid to do, its what they train almost every day to do.

 

Secondly that the scrum actually looked good. It looked graceful. Not a mean feat coming from some old fashioned forwards!

 

Then I stumbled on an article in SA Rugby magazine, in which Balie Swart, ex Springbok and Transvaal prop, seems to have some answers: “ The biggest problem is that many of our front rowers don’t use the correct technique or aren’t strong enough to hold the tension after the engage. They also lack the discipline and d...
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