Following a robust
loose scrum, all the players involved got to their feet except Chris Burger of Western Province, who lay motionless on the ground with a broken neck.
"I was at the bottom of a
loose scrum," he recalls.
He said: "I ended up at the bottom of a
loose scrum. I didn't quite realise how bad it was."
"It was the start of the match and they wanted to show that they meant business and I ended up at the bottom of a
loose scrum. I didn't quite realise how bad it was.
The rugger antics I think I will spare you albeit my personal memory of such incidents is a game in the north of Scotland, where the
loose scrum is blown up five yards from our line as we are holding on desperately to a winning position against a much be tter side.
Here is his analysis of what happened in the buildup to the dismissal of Paul Ringer: The first explosive moment - John Scott v Paul Ringer CARDIFF No.8 Scott tries to drag opposite number Eddie Butler out of a
loose scrum. Ringer rushes in to help Butler, but Scott fends him off.
Shane Jennings robbed a
loose scrum ball in the 63rd minute and ferried it on for D'Arcy to send Hickie shuttling in at the left corner.
His main point was that rugby everywhere, not only in Wales, is now a collision sport, full of blood injuries, crashes into
loose scrums without any contact with the ball.