Saturday, March 3, 2012

We shouldn't have people's bums outside the scrum, says All Black coach.(Sports)

BYLINE: ASHFAK MOHAMED

ALL BLACK coach Graham Henry has reopened the debate around scrumming techniques when he called on both South Africa and New Zealand to "push straight" in Saturday's Tri-Nations Test at Newlands.

Both camps have spoken out about each other's scrumming techniques since the Tri-Nations began, with accusations of cheating and underhand tactics.

The All Blacks had the upper hand in the scrums in the Wellington game, which the Boks lost 19-8. However, the Boks stabilised their scrum the following week in the Dunedin Test, which they won 30-28. Greg Somerville started at tighthead prop in Wellington, but was replaced by John Afoa …

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