Just a point about the question below.
It's a scenario question. The question is what do you do? The answer given is "lecture the captain", but in reality your would play on with uncontested scrums (prime concern is safety, and without a full front row you have to go uncontested), and let Blue report the situation to the league. Options relating to allowing further subs obvious depends on the current state of subs used. Having answers a - c would make sense if this is reworded as a LAW question.
Or am I missing something?
Matt
Question 8 - Type: Scenario Question
Question Reference Number: 33
Blue is beating Gold consistently in the scrums. Eventually, the Gold hooker goes down with an injury and must be replaced. The Gold captain advises you that, of their eighteen player team, their only front row replacement can play prop, but not as hooker. What do you do?
The correct answer is: B.
3.5c & 3.5d [*1] : When 16, 17, or 18 players are nominated in a team there must be four players who can play in the front row to ensure that on the first occasion that a replacement hooker is required and, on the first occasion a replacement prop forward is required, the team can continue to play safely with contested scrums. The replacement of a front row forward may come from suitably trained and experienced players who started the match or from nominated replacements.
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A. Advise Gold that, because of their number of players, they were required to have two front row replacements.
B. Advise Gold that they are required to have at least one suitably trained and experienced front row replacement who can play in either the hooker, tight-head prop, and loose-head prop positions.
C. Advise Gold that they are required to have at least two suitably trained and experienced front row replacements who can play in either the hooker, tight-head prop, and loose-head prop positions.
D. Continue with uncontested scrums.
It's a scenario question. The question is what do you do? The answer given is "lecture the captain", but in reality your would play on with uncontested scrums (prime concern is safety, and without a full front row you have to go uncontested), and let Blue report the situation to the league. Options relating to allowing further subs obvious depends on the current state of subs used. Having answers a - c would make sense if this is reworded as a LAW question.
Or am I missing something?
Matt
Question 8 - Type: Scenario Question
Question Reference Number: 33
Blue is beating Gold consistently in the scrums. Eventually, the Gold hooker goes down with an injury and must be replaced. The Gold captain advises you that, of their eighteen player team, their only front row replacement can play prop, but not as hooker. What do you do?
The correct answer is: B.
3.5c & 3.5d [*1] : When 16, 17, or 18 players are nominated in a team there must be four players who can play in the front row to ensure that on the first occasion that a replacement hooker is required and, on the first occasion a replacement prop forward is required, the team can continue to play safely with contested scrums. The replacement of a front row forward may come from suitably trained and experienced players who started the match or from nominated replacements.
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A. Advise Gold that, because of their number of players, they were required to have two front row replacements.
B. Advise Gold that they are required to have at least one suitably trained and experienced front row replacement who can play in either the hooker, tight-head prop, and loose-head prop positions.
C. Advise Gold that they are required to have at least two suitably trained and experienced front row replacements who can play in either the hooker, tight-head prop, and loose-head prop positions.
D. Continue with uncontested scrums.