Former England international Brian Moore argues that just because you do not agree with all the ELVs does not mean you don't understand the game. Read his views in the Daily Telegraph.
"Finally, the most disingenuous and thus most objectionable ploy perpetrated the proponents of the ELVs is to say that those opposed 'do not understand rugby'. We do understand, we just do not agree.
"This claim is the last refuge of many a Turner Prize winner, dismissing criticism of their pile of rubbish as not being true art. It is the last desperate defence against those who see the Emperor's new clothes for what they really are. As I have been held up as one of those least understanding, especially by the Australian journalist Spiro Zavos, I ask this: who is likely to have a greater understanding of the game – someone who has played schoolboy, university, students, under-23, B, junior club, senior club, divisional, Hong Kong Sevens, international, British Lions, Five Nations and World Cup rugby; who has played and won, home and away, against every major international board country, or someone who may have played a bit and watched a lot?"
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