The Bordeaux-Begles front line supports the “cause” of the melee
Prop Ben Tameifuna’s thoughts on the changes to the ph regulation. Sebastiano Pessina
Three changes have recently been made to the playing rules which World Rugby will officially introduce from 1 July. The changes will include the offside rule for kicks in open play, the elimination of the possibility of calling a scrum from a free kick and the punishment for the ‘Crocodile roll’.
Prop Ben Tameifuna, 145kg, has spoken out about the future of rugby with the new rules. IN particular, the Ponga player obviously focused on the change which mainly concerns his part of the pitch, i.e. the scrum.
Speaking on the podcast Le French Rugby, the Bordeaux-Begles front line said that “fewer scrums will lead to a more fluid and free-flowing game. Although the mechanisms of engagement in the closed scrum have not been changed, the impossibility of restarting from such an important static phase of free football will change a lot in a team’s game strategy.
Read here: World Rugby makes 3 rule changes effective from July
The thoughts of Ben Tameifuna, 145 kg prop
The former Chiefs and Racing 92 front line said that with fewer scrums in a match there could be a lot more running in training and matches. The Tongan player thinks training will evolve in two ways: “You have to train to run more or train to be stronger and more efficient during the scrum as there will be fewer of them.”
“It’s interesting, I think there will be more fluid and free-flowing rugby. I think more teams will try to run the ball more. This will be the situation,” said Ben Tameifuna. However, the New Zealand-born prop believes that having a strong and stable scrum is an important platform for playing dynamic attacking midfielders like his teammates at Bordeaux-Begles.
“The scrum is really important. It can be an absolute weapon. Just look at teams like South Africa, who are built for scrums. It’s a springboard to unleash the three-quarters. For us, if we have a stable scrum, we can field players like Damian (Penaud) and Louis (Bielle-Biarrey).”
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