- Sat May 23, 2020 9:56 am
#12635
Very well thought out BB. But I foresee a snag or two.
Now, let’s turn our attention to matters on the pitch.
Touch Judges (assistant referees to the younger readers), will have to be on the seated sides of the barriers to get 2mtrs away from the touch lines, which, incidentally, rules out rows A&B in the East & North stands for seating. Bar standers will have to imagine a virtual rail to lean on 2mts back from the real one.
Lineouts, if all-in, will extend beyond the middle of the pitch, causing the tail man to be somewhat behind the 15mtr mark.(5mtrs+ 7 men @ 0.5mtr each + 6 x 2 mtr gaps). The tail man of an east side lineout may well be in the tunnel.
Virtual socially distanced scrums will be fun. Props will be OK, but hookers will look like a freeze-frame shot of a swimmer doing the butterfly as he leaves the podium, and will more than likely have even more of a pug nose than usual due to toppling over while Sir calls, “crouch” “pause” “set” “don’t-under-any-circumstances-engage”. At least scrum halves will have a decent tunnel to not aim straight for.
And when the physios run on to apply the magic spray to a wounded warrior they’d better have good aim, and a towel on the end of a 2mtr selfie stick.
Can’t wait.