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GENERAL GAME TRENDSThe success of New Zealand was in a game whose shape has shown a fundamental change since 1995, the start of the professional era. The focus of the game has moved from the set piece to open play. Both rucks and passes are each up by around 100 a game while the ratio of rucks to scrums has gone from four to one to 14 to one, as these ‘total per match’ figures demonstrate.33 per cent increaseOver 40 per cent decrease30 per cent decrease15 per cent decrease58 per cent increaseOver 100 more per gameOver 40 per cent decrease 28 fewer per game100 per cent increaseAlmost 100 more per gameBALL IN PLAYSCRUMSLINEOUTSPENALTIESPASSESKICKSRUCK/MAULS1995: 33 per cent2015: 44 per cent1995: 232015: 131995: 372015: 261995: 262015: 221995: 1792015: 2851995: 672015: 391995: 882015: 178