Wright believes the Calcutta Cup match wasn't a great spectacle for the fans

Former Scotland prop Peter Wright believes the International Rugby Board must act to prevent the repeated collapse of the scrum.
Saturday's Calcutta Cup draw between Scotland and England was marked by a number of scrums having to be reset.
"It's killing it as a spectator sport. The guys are so big that the scrums are becoming a shambles," said Wright.
"The ref tried to let the guys sort it out, but it didn't work out and the IRB have got to take responsibility."
Wright's comments mirror the feelings of Scotland head coach Andy Robinson, who described the number of occasions the scrum had to be reset as "pretty frustrating".
In an interview with BBC Radio Scotland, Wright said he felt that the lack of tries and the scrum problems in the 15-15 draw at Murrayfield had led to a scrappy match for the fans.
"For the rugby purist it was a good game, but not for the general spectator. It must be one of the first games in the Six Nations for a long time that has had no tries," said Wright, director of rugby at Glasgow Hawks.
"It's entertainment; people are paying a lot of money to watch these games and they don't want to watch every scrum last two and a half minutes."
Saturday's result meant that England retained the Calcutta Cup but Scotland at least earned their first point of this year's Six Nations and now travel to Ireland for their last match.
If Ireland win the final game at Croke Park before returning to a redeveloped Lansdowne Road next season, they will secure their fifth Triple Crown in seven seasons.

Wright would like to see the same starting 15 get another outing in Dublin
"Ireland are going for the Triple Crown and we are trying to avoid the wooden spoon so both teams have got a lot of motivation," added Wright.
"Although they have won their last two games, they have not played that well. They have taken their chances but they are there to be beaten.
"I think up front Scotland can take them on and give them a good game. If we can get that skill of crossing the line to score tries, then we have a chance.
"It just seems to be the problem at the moment, getting across that white line, and hopefully we can remedy that before Saturday."
Capped 21 times by Scotland in the 1990s, Wright believes that Robinson should select the same starting 15 for the late afternoon kick-off in Dublin.
He said: "If everybody is fit, I would keep the team the same that started. They did enough for me to warrant their place.
"For example, Graeme Morrison had an excellent game on Saturday and showed what he could do. I don't think they'll make any changes unless there are maybe one or two guys injured."

This article was posted on 15-Mar-2010, 22:19 by Hugh Barrow.