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Cyril Towers (30)
In the semi final against SD, after Jerry Y got injured I think, in the last 5 minutes before half time the Uni scrum was totally dominated and only got saved by Walsh not awarding a penalty try when he should have. Props that day as I recall were Tilse at LHP and Ryan at THP. Its for this reason that I'm so concerned about the Tahs scrum if Ben, Fuse or Kepu get injured. That 5 minutes against a really good front row said more than a whole grand final against a lesser pack.
Well, to put it in context: The scrums you refer to were right on halftime and 5m out from the Uni line. If SD score they go into half time with a huge pump up. There was a delay before it for a fair while as Jerry Y was stretchered off with a fracture/dislocation of his ankle. Ryan came on cold as a replacement after a full game in 2nds and Tilse moved from THP to LHP causing a fairly big disruption. The first time the scrum packed Ryan got smashed but it went to ground. The reset was very unsteady before the ball came in (but didn't go to ground) and the ref blew it up. The subsequent reset was won by SD but they weren't able to get the shove on so rolled it off the back and got turned over a couple of phases later. That was the winning of the game for Uni. IMO the Uni scrum improved in the 2nd half and the same front row went pretty well against Randwick a week later.