Tighthead prop Age 30 Caps 69 It wasn't as if the South Africa coaching staff hadn't done their homework, with the former France prop Peter de Villiers, who is currently helping coach the Springbok forwards, praising Japan for having the "most improved scrum in the world" before Saturday's match.
Irvine was at pains to stress he was not complaining about the outcome of the second Test – "I've got no qualms on this tour because we wouldn't argue with the way any of our games have gone" – but clearly feels that a forthcoming attempt to improve scrum engagements by reducing the hit does not go far enough.
In Choma et al. (2015a), we reported two SoftCoDeR cycles that were applied to build and validate some artifacts aiming to improve the work between UX and Scrum teams, improving the communication between them.
After losing the second Test 16-15 in Melbourne, Lions coach Warren Gatland said training in the build-up to the final Test had been focused on improving set-pieces, particularly their scrum.
Steve Thompson 5 (Hartley h-t) Scrum improved after he came on but may be looking his age.
"I can't praise the boys highly enough, but their scrum improved substantially and their lineout was very good".
England forwards coach Graham Rowntree says he "doesn't trust" Australia, and is expecting them to have improved in the scrum when the teams meet at Twickenham on Saturday.
The Falcons, for whom Dave Walder has done a great job improving their back-line fluidity, looked much more dangerous with ball in hand and it was only a regular diet of scrum penalties which kept the Tigers afloat.
Fiji's scrum is vastly improved, although at times it did not look legal at Twickenham, hence England's difficulties.
7 8 JAMES HASKELL His control at the base of the scrum was much improved and he worked tirelessly.
