Re: St Nigel's funny five minutes
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Originally Posted by Dixie
Ah, Rit, Rit, Rit! You have clearly been away a long time!
Such black and white certitude has long since melded into a grubby grey (gray to you) compromise, leaving everyone in official hand-wringing mode, completely unable to return the once-desirable garment of our game to its erstwhile pristine condition. We now have soiled kit with which to ply our trade.
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There have ALWAYS been grey areas, however you spell it. If you look at Royds history of the scrum laws you will find that between the wars they spent ages trying to find a satisfactory way to get the ball into the scrum properly. And that is only one example.
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He trudg’d along unknowing what he sought,
And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
The Referee by John Dryden
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09-02-10
