The contact area and the breakdown are undeniably important in the modern game.
"We have a couple of hundred breakdowns in a game," said Wayne Pivac before this year's Six Nations. "If you compare that to scrums and lineouts, it's such an important part of the game - not only with the ball, but without it.
"Trying to turn the ball over, take possession over, slow them down and realign in defence so we can come on the offence with our defence if you like. It's a vastly important part of the game."
