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With the Six Nations underway, is it time to consider doing away with the scrum? It wastes an awful lot of game-time, it is accepted as being one of the more physically dangerous aspects of the game, and these days, thanks to referees turning a blind eye to scrum-halves blatantly feeding their own front row, it's not really a contest for the ball - the side putting in wins possession (or should do) virtually every time.  So does it any longer serve any useful purpose?  I'm not sure what you replace it with mind you - dare one suggest a rugby league style "play the ball"?