But the real shakeup has come very recently at the hands of high-frequency traders and the band of scrappy exchanges that have popped up in their orbit.
Crystal Palace and Stoke fought out a scrappy draw after exchanging goals within two minutes early in the match.
It was a scrappy opening quarter, Flood and Barnes exchanging penalties after the television match official (TMO) decided against awarding Ben Alexander a try as he burrowed into a heap of English defenders.
After spending four solid years thinking of discussion as the established corrupt empire, and Stack Exchange as the scrappy rebel alliance, I began to wonder – what would it feel like to change sides?
But the frenetic opening exchanges soon dissolved into scrappy play rife with turnovers that yielded few chances for either side.
Rhys Jones and Weir exchanged penalties in a scrappy first eight minutes but the quality improved, particularly from the visitors, as the backs got the ball in hand and forced their way up-field.
The opening 15 minutes of the second half were extremely scrappy as Glasgow briefly lost their stranglehold on the match, with Weir and Barkley exchanging penalties.
Are nations just scrappy kids?
