Smallest Margins Can Still Lead to Biggest Rewards, Argues Vickers ; Lauding Two Scrum Demolition Jobs Cuts No Cloth with Rob Vickers. The Hard-Hitting Falcons Hooker Told Nick Purewal Scrum Success Simply Breeds More Hard Work

The Journal › September 18, 2009

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ALWAYS the shortest race, often the most important, the 'hit' is rugby's only aspect that makes front-rows agonise over half an inch.

The front row is rugby's most intense arena, where tonnes of pressure squeeze necks back into shoulders: Andy Sheridan reckons he is two inches shorter since his switch from loose-forward.

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Smallest Margins Can Still Lead to Biggest Rewards, Argues Vickers ; Lauding Two Scrum Demolition Jobs Cuts No Cloth with Rob Vickers. The Hard-Hitting Falcons Hooker Told Nick Purewal Scrum Success Simply Breeds More Hard Work

If Bruce Lee's iconic punch spanned the marathon distance of a full inch, rugby's equivalent takes place in half that space. And when six 20-stone monsters backed up by 10 more collide, even the smallest of margins can make the bigges...

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