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Message: [QUOTE="OXY-351, post: 2481219, member: 2107"] I think it's a bit naive to think that most, if not all, coaches don't coach their teams to push the boundaries of illegal plays. Wrestling, block plays both in attach and defence etc. Some coaches are better in that they do it in more sublte ways and get away with it, or come up with new ways to push the rules, and other teams then start adopting these plays. I personally think it was an illegal play to hold Thaiday back, but given it was a scrum, the player had every right to have hold of him for a certain period of time, and pushing the boundaries of that and holding on to him longer than he probaby should have obviosly paid dividends. Again though, it comes down to the refs. If they penalised the storm every time they did that play, I doubt they'd persist with it. As it is, they'd be stupid not to try it again at some stage this season. A coach would be stupid to not coach to what the ref's are going to allow, whether it's within the ruels or spirit of the game or not. [/QUOTE]

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