I was wandering that also. You'd have thought they'd have bothered to add a couple of sentences in to actually explain the change rather than just stating it was going to follow the nrl rule!
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When we first got rid of them I felt the same but the more I've thought about it the more I think they've been missed. There are too many opportunities in the game now to get your defensive line organised. A scrum is the one form of restart that introduces some uncertainty in the defensive line. I know hardly anyone ever scores from the scrum base, but on the next play and the play after that the defence is having to get organised on the fly. We need to get more situations like that back into the game.
That sums up my feelings perfectly there Dux. Didn't miss them, didn't want them back but watching the NRL showed the better teams can use scrums, particularly near the opponents line, as an attacking ploy. Penrith were particularly good at this with their planned scrum moves, generally out to their left edge. Seem to even recall Manly and Melbourne kicking direct from scrum wins to set up opportunities downfield for fliers like Addo-Carr and Saab. Plays like that should be encouraged.