Kicking the ball in the scrum

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

I had this occur a couple of times with 2 hookers (same side). Never happened before in 17 years of refereeing despite having refereed this team loads of times over the years.

On their oppos put in they would try and kick it towards their oppos. One foot, so nothing illegal there.

Oppos were moaning about it but I told them it wasn't illegal as far as I was aware.

Kicking it out of the tunnel was illegal and kicking it out of the scrum in 7s is too I told them. I had to look it up afterwards but I'm still sure I was correct.

I was pleasantly surprised that both hookers could reach the ball! ?

I don't know what they hoped to achieve other than perhaps it rebounding to them off a leg/legs or perhaps scooting out the back.

Would you penalise if the kick bounced off oppos and out of the tunnel or just reset? That never happened just interested.

Shit! I've just noticed I've stuck this in the RL Forum - can a clever person move it please?

 

[Phil E]

Law says they can strike for the ball, but then doesn't give a definition as to whether this is striking forwards or back?

 

[ianh5979]

I had this occur a couple of times with 2 hookers (same side). Never happened before in 17 years of refereeing despite having refereed this team loads of times over the years.

On their oppos put in they would try and kick it towards their oppos. One foot, so nothing illegal there.

Oppos were moaning about it but I told them it wasn't illegal as far as I was aware.

Kicking it out of the tunnel was illegal and kicking it out of the scrum in 7s is too I told them. I had to look it up afterwards but I'm still sure I was correct.

I was pleasantly surprised that both hookers could reach the ball! ?

I don't know what they hoped to achieve other than perhaps it rebounding to them off a leg/legs or perhaps scooting out the back.

Would you penalise if the kick bounced off oppos and out of the tunnel or just reset? That never happened just interested.

Shit! I've just noticed I've stuck this in the RL Forum - can a clever person move it please?

Used to do this myself, either try to get a rebound to win the ball or send it out channel 1 on their side where my SH knew it could be coming

 

[Stu10]

Can the defending hooker kick the ball forward in a scrum?

I refereed an u15 match last week and the visiting team hooker won several scrums against the head by kicking the ball forward in the tunnel resulting in a rebound off an opposite front row player (i.e. the team putting into the scrum). I'm aware that it is an offence to deliberately kick the...

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