Wedgie
Referees in England
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I recently saw a match where one team (blue) were consistently being pushed off their own ball by red almost immediately the ball was put into the scrum, but then held and sometimes blue pushed back towards the mark. I looked to see if there was anything obvious (skill wise) that was different between the two teams. What I saw was the red 8 packing down with the rest of the scrum, then he would come off the scrum, merely maintaining the 'bind' with his hands until the moment the ball was put in. Then he would he would drive forward, hit his shoulders into the backsides of his 2nd row and use the arms length distance to generate forward momentum and, IMHO, significantly contribute to the initial shove that pushed blue off the ball.
Is this illegal under
[LAWS] 20.3 (f) Binding by all other players. All players in a scrum, other than front-row players, must bind on a lock’s body with at least one arm prior to the scrum engagement....[/LAWS]
Any safety concerns?
It just looked wrong to me.....
Is this illegal under
[LAWS] 20.3 (f) Binding by all other players. All players in a scrum, other than front-row players, must bind on a lock’s body with at least one arm prior to the scrum engagement....[/LAWS]
Any safety concerns?
It just looked wrong to me.....