CrouchTPEngage
Referees in England
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Just about to ref my first game this season with the new law amendments. My question concerns the new application of the scrum law. At a scrum, the ball is at the no.8 feet and then scrum collapses. My understanding is that, now, i must tell 'use it' to the 9 and allow 5 secs for the ball to be used. It strikes me that the opposition flankers will be unbinding early - either to anticipate the end of the 5 secs or merely to avoid pushing their collapsed front row's noses even harder into the grass.
Should we expect flankers to maitain their bind after such a collapse ?
Do I penalise this behaviour ?
Thoughts ?
Should we expect flankers to maitain their bind after such a collapse ?
Do I penalise this behaviour ?
Thoughts ?