I don't play rugby but have supported Wire all my life and what i can't understand is ...why have a scrum? In Union the scrum is contested but in League the ball is just fed into the back row with no contest from the opposing pack pack. Surely something else could be done instead of this.

Just my opinions by the way.

It's not a "union invention" it is a legacy from our shared history pre 1895 and we ditched it in 1897 (and, IMO, haven't missed it).

Well, maybe rephrasing as "would be looked upon as a union invention" would be better.

Semantics aside, it would work better than the scrum does currently and would be a competitive and varied way of restarting the game.

lol

Me too. Got a mate who watches Yawnion at work who hates lineouts because every team has a player or two on the pitch who's major Rugby skill is 'being tall', because of lineouts.

I just get tetchy when anyone from either side tries to write pre-1895 out of our history

As for line outs... the "for all shapes and sizes" myth is founded on the beanpollery required to play in the line out - it is not natural or appealing to me, or a productive use of playing time.