Is it time to scrap the scrum in rugby league?

There are those traditionalists who cannot see rugby league without the scrum but it has slowly become totally redundant and there are those who argue that it is stopping the game developing.

Stevo, who played hooker for Dewsbury and Great Britain, says that the art of scrummaging has been lost and it is time to put the scrum out of its misery.

"This may sound strange coming from a battered, bald old-style hooker but I think it is time to revolutionise the game of rugby league by getting rid of the scrum. They are a totally farce!

"In the old days, sometimes it took the ref five or six times to get the scrum right and I certainly don't want to go back to that. All they are used for now is getting the game back into play and you should either use them to contest for the ball or get rid of them all together.

"These days there is no such thing as a hooker - they don't have to scrum and the scrum-half feeds the ball to the back of the scrum - where 95 per cent of the time, the man who picks the ball up is the hooker playing in the loose forward position!

"People say that because 12 players (six from each side) are involved in the scrum, there should be plenty of space to take advantage of and score some tries off the back of the scrum. The stats don’t lie and the scrum produces just two per cent of tries!

"We are in the entertainment business and in competition with the likes of football, rugby union and cricket - we have got to make it more entertaining and the scrum in its current form is just not entertaining.

"Rugby league has always led the way in innovation and has always looked at ways to improve our sport - scrapping the scrum is the next step in our evolution."

Watch the video above to hear Stevo’s views on the scrum and cast your vote on whether the scrum should stay or go