Talk:Stellenbosch Laws
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[edit] Deletion
I deleted the second sentence of this para, highlighted by italics:
- Trials were also (and continue to be) held at Cambridge University in the first division of their inter-college league over several seasons. It was expected that the high intellect of the students would make the league an ideal testing ground for the new laws, since they would quickly discover and exploit any advantages that could be gained from the changes.
It was put in by an anonymous user, perhaps as a joke. I'm sure that many backs keep a copy of Plato's dialogues in the pocket of their shorts, along with a comb, but in the scrum, rugby's a game of rat cunning. Just who expected the notion expressed above, and on what grounds? There's no correlation between success at Cambridge entrance exams and ability to discover and exploit advantages in the rules. You could say that many would expect the opposite to hold, though there's no evidence for that either. Rexparry sydney 03:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Criticisms
I think this section drastically needs to be expanded. There have been a number of articles journalists and interviews with players, and coaches criticising the new rules. The article at the moment is not balanced. I'll look into over the next few days, but I've never edited a page, so help will probably be needed. Buceph Haelez (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
