1973

[eagle66]

It should be noted that in 1973 the defensive line was only set at 5m, which impacted on the attacking team, this was extended to 10m in about 1993.

Both the attack and defence were 5 metres back in those days. This in itself encouraged sweeping moves if the attacking teams were good enough.

 

[HoldenV8]

Scrums used to be a lottery really. 2nd row feeds, feet across, not keeping the mark, loose arms, loose heads, collapsing....you name it and they had a penalty for it and refs usually had as many as a dozen infringements to choose from.

And the refs quite often got their calls totally wrong. Going back a few years now but during the 2nd half of the 3rd Origin game of 1982 NSW halfback Steve Mortimer was penalised by Kiwi ref Don Wilson for a 2nd row feed, then marched 10 metres when he protested that it was actually Mark Murray who fed the scrum!!! Ironically out of that referee blunder came Wally Lewis' downfield kick that Phil Sigsworth and Phillip Duke totally stuffed up and allowed Lewis to score the try that ultimately won Qld the series.

I would love to see it made mandatory that ONLY those playing in the forwards can actually pack into a scrum, and that includes when teams are trying to stop the clock. Screw this fullbacks or wingers at lock crap.

 

[Shoe1]

Oh, he's been dining out alright!

Diethnes !

 

[Loaded dog]

the previous four posts sound like the old days weren't all that bad...

 

[eagle66]

the previous four posts sound like the old days weren't all that bad...

And they weren't. If you are from 1965, I am sure you wouldn't mind the 1970's again. Obviously kind to Manly but there was certainly a lot of good footy, even international footy kept our interest. And, let's not forget, real Kangaroo tours.