Of all the complaints around the high number of lineout drives and rolling mauls in this season's Super Rugby Pacific competition, none of them are from Crusaders and All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor.
In recent weeks, teams have almost defaulted to rolling mauls from lineouts as a try-scoring tactic, with the Highlanders even scoring four of their six tries against Moana Pasifika last Friday by repeatedly doing so.
The tactical trend led to former All Blacks halfback turned commentator Justin Marshall telling SENZ that Super Rugby Pacific had become a "horrific thing to watch" as a result.
But those sentiments aren't echoed by Taylor, who topped Super Rugby Aotearoa's try-scoring charts in 2021 - largely thanks to the Crusaders' proficiency from rolling mauls.
And as the Crusaders prepare to face the Blues in Christchurch on Friday, Taylor indicates his side's tactics won't be changing any time soon.
"It's a great way to get your stats up with the tries," Taylor joked.
"It's a really interesting part of the game. It's tough, unless you've been in there, you don't know what it's like.
"It's a great way to apply pressure to the other team. You see the Blues, they do it really well, they've probably scored the most maul tries out of anyone at the moment.
"It's an area we'll have to shut down. Some people aren't too happy with it from what I've read, but that's alright."
But while the Crusaders are happy to make the most of the rolling maul, they're also aware they'll need to stop it at the other end.
The Blues have been equally as successful with their efforts from the tactic, with hooker Kurt Eklund (five tries) topping New Zealand's Super Rugby Pacific scoring charts - only Brumbies winger Tom Wright has scored more this season, with seven so far.
And with the Blues coming to Christchurch with ex-Crusaders stalwart Luke Romano in their ranks, Taylor is expecting the opposition to have a trick or two up their sleeve on Friday.
"It's a big part of our game, the Blues are aware of it," Taylor added.
"[Luke] Romano's up there, he pretty much drove it when he was down here.
"There's no doubt in my mind that they'll have something up their sleeve they'll want to throw at us. It's about us just being better and expecting everything.
"We've seen with other games we've played this year, teams are also aware of it and they'll probably try to attack us.
"It's just about graining our game around that area, and trying to stay out of our 22 would be nice as well."
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