#2. Goodbye mark, and speed up scrums
Garland wrote: “There are some law changes I would also like to see that might help improve the game from an attacking perspective.
“One I have been thinking about is taking the ‘mark’ out of the game. I am not sure there is a need for it anymore. It just slows the game down and takes some of the jeopardy out of putting high balls up into the opposition 22.
We also need to speed up scrums. Referees have stopped teams holding huddles before line-outs but what about scrum time?
“I said to one of my coaches that we need to run there, get set up as quickly as we can and put the referee and the opposition under a bit of pressure to speed up the scrums. Keep an eye out for Wales implementing this in the upcoming Six Nations.
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