Originally Posted by
Dux
As I mentioned in an earlier post, though, this would have all sorts of unintended consequences. Firstly, it would mean an extra defender in the line, which would would make it more difficult to break down defences on the edges. Secondly, as there’s only one marker, and as the line would be stronger, you’d probably just find hookers stepping out of dummy half so the marker has to follow him and then dropping off an inside ball to a forward for an easy 10m. The play would all end up being concentrated around the ruck, IMO.