CrouchTPEngage
Referees in England
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Something came up in a game last week and I have to hold my hand up now as I think I got this wrong.
Reds v Blues.
5m attacking scrum to Red. Ball gets quickly to the Red 8's feet and ,they have dominance and it is moving forwards.
The 8 has 2 hands (only) gripping the 2nd row shirts and is skillfully dribbling the ball forwards.
I'm more focussed on blue to offend here and miss 8's bind at the time.
It moves quite quickly and the 8 dives on the ball as its on the goal line. I award a try.
It was quite a shove. All over in a few seconds.
The blue captain asks, if, should the 8 not have a proper bind in that situation again, is the scrum over and is he ok to come round and tackle him?
I dont think he can do that but I should have been quicker to spot the loss of proper bind.
Now, I'm thinking I should have shouted "use it ! " as the laws say something about "If the 8 unbinds to pick up the ball then he must do so immediately".
If he then doesnt pick up the ball immediately, what would you give ?
Reds v Blues.
5m attacking scrum to Red. Ball gets quickly to the Red 8's feet and ,they have dominance and it is moving forwards.
The 8 has 2 hands (only) gripping the 2nd row shirts and is skillfully dribbling the ball forwards.
I'm more focussed on blue to offend here and miss 8's bind at the time.
It moves quite quickly and the 8 dives on the ball as its on the goal line. I award a try.
It was quite a shove. All over in a few seconds.
The blue captain asks, if, should the 8 not have a proper bind in that situation again, is the scrum over and is he ok to come round and tackle him?
I dont think he can do that but I should have been quicker to spot the loss of proper bind.
Now, I'm thinking I should have shouted "use it ! " as the laws say something about "If the 8 unbinds to pick up the ball then he must do so immediately".
If he then doesnt pick up the ball immediately, what would you give ?