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    Hot off the press: New Scrum Laws for 2014.

    New scrum process approved by IRB for global trial
    http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazo...d+global+trial

    For me it raises more questions that relief, not sure about bind and then set, can see teams using the bind to pull together with more force. But I'll not worry about it for a while yet.
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    first thing you would do is lean on and pull your opposite number down wouldn't you?

    all they have to do is reverse the stupid initiative the kiwis brought in and ban tight fitting shirts and return to the traditional jersey

    scrum fixed!

    dead set!

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    This is without doubt the most stupid thing I have ever heard. Welcome to NRL.... what a crock

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    Well not as bad as you may first think.

    There are video son youtube of the trials, the complaint has been about the hit causing collapses, though when I have prem games I have every few collapses (stats from my games show only 3 for the whole season so far).

    The idea is that they crouch into a position about 6 inches apart, prebind and then come together. as both backs will only have 3 inches to move, the hit is gone (unless we start getting kubg fu masters in the front row who can emulate the 1 inch punch as a 3 inch set).

    Once the packs are together, the referee waits for them to be stationary (i.e. hold each others weight but not driving) and then allows the scrum half to put the ball in (straight, but again that's an elite issue and less of an issue at club rugby).

    In theory it will work, but then making the referees & coaches at elite level police the game as the rest of the 99% of those who play rugby at lower levels do would also have solved the problem.

    My biggest gripe is that once again, because showbiz rugby can't get it right, real rugby where there is fewer issues, suffers.

    We'll see how it goes in the NH, considering they will be doing it for 6 months before we even touch a ball here!

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    Not the major issue for me. Scrum resets seem a bit less frequent this season, I think we only had one in the match with the Reds.

    Mauls are a bigger issue at the moment; what's allowed, what's binding, how to defend, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RugbyRef View Post

    Once the packs are together, the referee waits for them to be stationary (i.e. hold each others weight but not driving) and then allows the scrum half to put the ball in (straight, but again that's an elite issue and less of an issue at club rugby).
    This is the bit I'm in favour of. Isn't it like going back to the old rules? Or should I say, applying the rules as they're meant to be applied?

    I'm watching this with interest.

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    yes, the laws do state that's what should happen now.

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