Word: scrum
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Rugby as a Social Scrum If Vivienne Walt had spoken to a single South African rugby supporter [Sept. 24] she would have realized that they just want their team to win every match it competes in, whether the players on the field are white, black, yellow or pink! Willem du Preez, SOUTH AFRICA...
...Bravo, underestimated England, who played some terrific rugby. But what does that mean nowadays? It means they disrupted the opposition's flow of ball and destroyed their scrum. It means they kicked judiciously for position and accurately for goal. Only in parts of the game that hold little appeal for the average spectator could England be rated superior to the All Blacks, who crashed out in the quarter-finals...
...allowing players to touch down a kick that they've gathered in their in-goal and head to the 22-m line for a clearance. The kick that leaves a player trapped in his in-goal is a good one and should be rewarded with a 5-m scrum, and the feed...
...diffi-cult to understand why your reporter Daniel Williams should single out the Springboks for being "brutal." After all, both the South Africans and the New Zealanders were originally taught this game by Scottish Presbyterians. The dour Scots obviously never fathomed the English humor in the ridiculous 16-man scrum. It was all meant as a joke, to keep robust adolescent schoolboys occupied during winter - when they could not play cricket. Deon Thom George, South Africa
Rugby as Social Scrum South African rugby continues to be a predominantly white game, from a player and spectator perspective [Sept.24], but more and more blacks are becoming regular club and provincial players, and on a national level they are proudly supported by the white Springbok fans and spectators. No one in the government tells South African football to field some whites, Asians or other nonblacks, so why should rugby be singled out? Richard Spencer-Cheetham, CAPE TOWN