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Every time I watch mungoball, the Ref is constantly telling me what rules have been obeyed and broken, That's not much different from union but the refs seem to be a lot more talkative.
They've sanitised the ruck, the scrum etc, they have clear rules defining when a strip is allowed and when it isn't , the Ref calls held, after which an offload isn't allowed. It looks a lot cleaner to the untrained (my) eye. When I used to watch it, there was a lot more "mess" with striking allowed at the play the ball, the possibility of a tighthead when a team decided to contest the scrum and the defending hoker knew how to actually hook for the ball (Benny Elias anyone?) I mean I'm not an avid mungo watcher, but I find it a f@%k of a lot more interesting than the Rat's Arse version of Rubgy.