Quote: Andy Gilder "Sadly, yes.
Back in the days before referees had to be able to do things like keep up with the game, when knock ons and forward passes were commonly "seen" and used as an excuse to stop the game for a minute.'"
My favourite for that was a game away at Oldham. A long break was made, from one twenty metre area to the other, and resluted in ascrum for some reason. It was formed and fed very quickly, but John Holdsworth made them do it again for some non-existant reason, as he was blowing like a steam train from the run back.