After 2 rounds one thing is clear - the way the rules changes are being implemented, especially in the first few games of the year when the refs are anal (implementing the instructions they have received in a highly compliant manner) - the scores are really high, both by winning and losing team.
A combination of excessive penalties (especially for slowing the ball down in rucks etc), more than average yellow cards, and general stand-off ness by the players in fear of infringing is causing massive scorelines.
Will be interesting to see if the players close the loop holes or otherwise work out how to 'work the system' and/or the refs get tired of stopping play - and the scores come back down. Or not.
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