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So what is everyone's opinion of the ELV's so far? Having watched the opening three Super matches of the year they certainly seemed to speed to game up.
The hands in the ruck law definantly places more emphasis on support play, as isolated players are turned over almost all the time.
The kicking in the 20 rule has not done much to prevent aerial ping-pong, with every match so far being dominated by back-and-forth kicking contests. The only difference has been less linouts in that respect. Unfortunantly for the force we kicked poorly, and it left us with very few oppurtunities inside the Sharks 22.
The 5m scrum law has not had a great impact yet as all three games so far have had little out-and-out backline attack (all bar the Crusaders), but I believe it has the potential to open up much more opportunity for aggressive backline rugby.
Also, I am undecided on the emphasis on the short arm. Whilst it does speed up the play of the game dramatically, and there have only been a handful of penalties in each match so far, it possibly is not enough punishment for some of the offences being committed. I thought maybe the short arm should be adapted so that the team can kick it out on the full from anywhere on the field, but without receiving the throw.
What does eveyone else think?