Comments on: Last Chance to Save the Scrum http://www.therugbyblog.com/last-chance-to-save-the-scrum Rugby Union opinion and discussion, for the fans, by the fans. Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.4 By: dice http://www.therugbyblog.com/last-chance-to-save-the-scrum#comment-90857 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:11:09 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=27757#comment-90857 I’m looking forward to seeing some proper hooking duels again.But will the referees ensure that the middle of the ball and not the point of the ball farthest from the Scrum Half’s own hooker goes down the mid-line of the tunnel ?

]]> By: Jacob http://www.therugbyblog.com/last-chance-to-save-the-scrum#comment-90774 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:52:11 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=27757#comment-90774 I’m really looking forward to seeing these new rules at work. It will be very interesting. I found the stuff about a professional hooker not knowing how to hook quite hilarious! I know actually hooking is not as important anymore, but surely they must have come across it at some point?

Also, there is another issue here for me. Referees continuous give penalties to which ever pack are moving forward, completely ignoring the actual rules and ruling in line with the crowds excitement. For example, if a prop is boring in, leading to them getting the upper hand and marching the opposite prop backwards, 9 times out of 10 the offending prop gets a penalty, and the prop opposite who is yet to break a rule is penalised. I think that is a key issue that is missing from all of this analysis.

Outside of that, things appear to be moving in the right direction.

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