Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
How so? I thought it was a pretty willing scrum contest - both packs got the upper hand at times, a few where neither could even hook it. If you take out the crooked feeds on both sides, which apparently is no longer under scrutiny this year, it was better than plenty of games.
Particularly in the first half there seemed be a lot of scrums going down (Blues prop elbow pointing at the ground), some boring in, some not pushing square all of which IMO would have seen the Wallabies penalised.
The 5 minutes before halftime has again confirmed my view that teams should not get a scrum option from a penalty.
It was also the first time I have ever heard a referee call "use it" at a scrum. I hadn't even realised it was part of the laws. IMO this needs to happen at all scrums (except attacking 5m scrums) to stop the second shove in search of a penalty tactic that many teams employ.