To point out what's wrong with the theory -
Say for a moment you've uncovered some sort of secret weapon: are you going to recommend rugby law demands that forwards push only a certain distance past the ball and then stop, or be penalised? "You've gone too far forward over the ball - Penalty!" That goes against the whole idea of rugby.
Perhaps the other team is at fault - are they not committing enough players to the ruck - shall there be a minimum introduced in order to ensure the other team can see this arbitrary line? Imagine the penalties from that! "Commitment issues - Penalty!"
And lastly - the amount of effort to devise this "tactic" would be disproportionate to the gain. An average Super non-game day is something like; gym, recovery, training, individual coaching, group coaching, team coaching, squad activities and downtime/recovery, sleep.
I doubt the Test environment is much different. Time is very limited.
It would only take one penalty to nullify all the preparation, and demand a complete strategic change among the forwards. "Get a message to the whole forward pack - our entire ruck strategy needs to change to Plan B!" Big risk, small return.
Say for a moment you've uncovered some sort of secret weapon: are you going to recommend rugby law demands that forwards push only a certain distance past the ball and then stop, or be penalised? "You've gone too far forward over the ball - Penalty!" That goes against the whole idea of rugby.
Perhaps the other team is at fault - are they not committing enough players to the ruck - shall there be a minimum introduced in order to ensure the other team can see this arbitrary line? Imagine the penalties from that! "Commitment issues - Penalty!"
And lastly - the amount of effort to devise this "tactic" would be disproportionate to the gain. An average Super non-game day is something like; gym, recovery, training, individual coaching, group coaching, team coaching, squad activities and downtime/recovery, sleep.
I doubt the Test environment is much different. Time is very limited.
It would only take one penalty to nullify all the preparation, and demand a complete strategic change among the forwards. "Get a message to the whole forward pack - our entire ruck strategy needs to change to Plan B!" Big risk, small return.