I enjoyed the sped up game, though I wall say the 30 seconds to set scrum is a bit quick, and one that will perhaps get taken out a little longer. I counted a couple went a bit longer to set last night with no apperent stuffing around.Sample size of one but the Law variations did seem to result in less downtime last night with the exception of a scrum in the second half that seemed to take forever to set.
Still a bit pissed they're sticking with the four-try BP even if you lose, it's gotta be changed to plus-three.
Hudson Creighton for Otago now tooLooks like there's going to be quite a few Aussies popping up in the NPC this season:
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North Habour:
Tane Edmed
Ben Grant
Daniel Halangahu (Coach)
Southland:
Jake Strachan
Lachie Albert
Byron Smith
Hawke's Bay:
Ben O'Donnell
Lukas Ripley
Brock James (Coach)
Auckland:
Tuaina Taii Tualima
Ola Tauelangi
Manawatu:
George Blake
Lachlan Shaw
Counties Manukau:
Sateki Latu
Northland:
Richie Asiata
Otago:
Lachlan McCaffrey (Defense Coach)
This has definitely picked up over recent years, I wonder if we might soon see some changes/tightening around the rules, I'm not sure how much appetite there will be from NZRU for foreign players to take up more places.