OK, with rucking a thing of the past in rugby (but in my opinion it should be brought back so people lying over ball are cleared quickly), why do they keep on calling a ruck a ruck? The word ruck is meaningless without the physical act of rucking! The IRB might as well call it a pile-up or a tiddly-winks pile-up or something.
It was interesting to here from the IRB chairman about rucking. He stated some people like it some people don't. Who are these people that they asked? Some stuffy-shirt that sits behind a desk all day and makes all these stupid new rugby rules up or the real man and woman on the street. Why not conduct a world wide rugby poll and see what the people think? I know, I know, asking the fans what they want from the game of rugby is a bit far fetched, even though we are the ones paying the big bucks to go and see these games.
A little bit more consultancy with the rugby public may stop the people from turning away from rugby and onto league for example. A poll eveyr so often about an aspect of the game would go a long way to help getting these matters resolved.
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