The result remained in doubt until the Windermere pack won a crucial scrum on a Blackpool put-in near the posts. |
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Carlow might have had a final say of the half when they wheeled a scrum, won the put-in for Melville to drive on the right. |
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They didn't have them slithering backwards, but they twisted well and the Wallabies were never sure how their own put-in would work out. |
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The scrum turned 90 degrees leaving the put-in to Kirkcaldy. |
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The put-in of the ball is going to have a big impact, as well as the referee deciding when the ball can go in, if the scrum is stationary. |
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The whole point of the laws as drawn is to make the scrum a contest whereby the put-in side has the advantage of timing the feed and having its hooker closer to the ball. |
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