Fatboy_Ginge
Referees in England
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- Dec 14, 2012
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- Current Referee grade:
- Level 15 - 11
When I received the e-mail about the new scrum engagement laws I noticed that part of it read "Referees will be enforcing a straight put in to the tunnel."
My initial reaction to this was "Yeah... Right... I'll believe it when I see it". Fast forward to last weekend when I had the chance to watch the Bledisloe Cup match on sky sports and what did I see... A certain Mr Jaco Peyper ignoring the Wobblies srum half feeding the ball under his hookers feet. Admittedly the Australian scrum was under a bit of pressure but I was reminded of the e-mail as I watched.
2 questions arise from this.
My initial reaction to this was "Yeah... Right... I'll believe it when I see it". Fast forward to last weekend when I had the chance to watch the Bledisloe Cup match on sky sports and what did I see... A certain Mr Jaco Peyper ignoring the Wobblies srum half feeding the ball under his hookers feet. Admittedly the Australian scrum was under a bit of pressure but I was reminded of the e-mail as I watched.
2 questions arise from this.
- How far off straight can you allow the ball to go when it's put into the scrum?
- How do I referee this "interpretation" for want of a better phrase, at Junior level (U14) when some Elite referees seem to ignore it?