I can't find a previous thread on this issue....
Has anyone seen an increase (as I have) in the technique I have had decribed to me as "dip and pick" since the new engagement sequence came in this season?
(Dip and pick is where one of the front rows gets under his opponent and forces him up. The "dipee" ends up bent double, head still in the engaged position with his feet off the ground and his neck at a horrible angle while his second row bends him in half.)
Until this season I had seen it only once.
I had one on Saturday and two in the Wednesday university match (one each side). Two other games this year have seen it occur. Chats with the props involved revealed that they were fully aware of what they were doing.
So far they have just had the loudest penalty whistle I can manage as soon as the prop's feet leave the ground and a bollocking. The bollocking leaves the miscreant in no doubt he is going for a 10 minute think about things if it re-occurs and no-one has done it twice yet. However, I am considering going straight to yellow. It looks horribly dangerous.
Anybody else seeing this? Any views on the stright to YC sanction :noyc:?
Has anyone seen an increase (as I have) in the technique I have had decribed to me as "dip and pick" since the new engagement sequence came in this season?
(Dip and pick is where one of the front rows gets under his opponent and forces him up. The "dipee" ends up bent double, head still in the engaged position with his feet off the ground and his neck at a horrible angle while his second row bends him in half.)
Until this season I had seen it only once.
I had one on Saturday and two in the Wednesday university match (one each side). Two other games this year have seen it occur. Chats with the props involved revealed that they were fully aware of what they were doing.
So far they have just had the loudest penalty whistle I can manage as soon as the prop's feet leave the ground and a bollocking. The bollocking leaves the miscreant in no doubt he is going for a 10 minute think about things if it re-occurs and no-one has done it twice yet. However, I am considering going straight to yellow. It looks horribly dangerous.
Anybody else seeing this? Any views on the stright to YC sanction :noyc:?