The law says you MUST win it.Surely the point of U/C is to take the contest out. It you have the ball and you give it away. More fool you!
The law says you MUST win it.Surely the point of U/C is to take the contest out. It you have the ball and you give it away. More fool you!
The law says you MUST win it.
But he did win it. Then he gave it to the opposition
Interestingly many coaches at the young uncontested levels regard the cocking up of the "free" scrum balls and a learning curve for their hookers. They don't want a second bite of the cherry to get it right. I have been "admonished" by some for resetting the scrum in such a situation. I don't have a great problem with saying tough either way. I'm glad the general view is reset however.
On the subject of senior scrums going u/c the average hooker should have no trouble clean hooking a ball. Any failure must bring into question what is going on in the front row.
Any coach trying to bollock the ref would receive an appropriate comment - along the of "go away"
Interestingly many coaches at the young uncontested levels regard the cocking up of the "free" scrum balls and a learning curve for their hookers. They don't want a second bite of the cherry to get it right. I have been "admonished" by some for resetting the scrum in such a situation. I don't have a great problem with saying tough either way. I'm glad the general view is reset however.
On the subject of senior scrums going u/c the average hooker should have no trouble clean hooking a ball. Any failure must bring into question what is going on in the front row.
The Pathway in Wales has Uncontested scrums upto age 10 I believe, thereafter they become passive, ie no push but the ball can be contested by the hookers.
http://www.wru.co.uk/downloads/pdfs/WRU-Rugby-Pathway2008.pdf
because you can trust the 10 year olds to behave themselves...
So that raises a question doesn't it? Why don't we have "passive" scrums in those circumstances on the elite game when we are going uncontested?. If 10 year-olds can manage it, surely the big boys can?
... but it would be an excellent time to make them do so!