2018 Law Focus Areas. Notes from Conference

[ChrisR]

New guidance from USA Rugby refs dept this season:

If the ruck is clearly won, and the SH uses hands to roll the ball into a better position, then the ball is considered to be out of the ruck.

That's crap. They're making it up.

 

[Camquin]

Well the scrum half is not actually allowed to handle the ball while it is still in the ruck.

 

[thepercy]

Right, so we give the SH license to dig, but not in a clearly won ruck because that is too far. I'd rather they just said to penalize the roll back with three hand rather than creating a new way that the ball can be out of a ruck

 

[crossref]

But this isn't new, it's why on the TV we see SH reposition the ball with their feet.