Scrums

[Ron Doran]

Why are the rules for scrumming down not enforced?

[jobo]

Thought they were???

[Nezza Faz]

Which sport is everyone talking about here ? :conf:

[josie andrews]

Which sport is everyone talking about here ? :conf:

No idea???

[stevethegas]

It depends on which code is involved as to what happens.
In one system 6 guys pack down and pick up the ball as it's fed to them and then the game carries on with the team that put the ball into the scrum with possession.
Alternatively 8 guys with a combined weight of three quarters of a ton pack down and then collapse. They then pack down again and wheel beyond 90 degrees and have to stop. They then pack down again and collapse again and then the referee shakes a dice and on the basis of the number coming up awards a new scrum, or a penalty. This allows about 1-2 minutes of ball out-of-play time in order to get the necessary ball-in-play time down to the 30 minutes maximum per game that's allowed in this code. During this period however the backs of the people in the scrum suffer slow ( and occasionally acute ) damage which produces long term suffering and occasional paraplegia. Eventually however and regardless of the referee's intervention, the ball is retained by the team who put it into the scrum and the game (?) can continue.
I hope that makes the rules clearer.

[Nezza Faz]

It depends on which code is involved as to what happens.
In one system 6 guys pack down and pick up the ball as it's fed to them and then the game carries on with the team that put the ball into the scrum with possession.
Alternatively 8 guys with a combined weight of three quarters of a ton pack down and then collapse. They then pack down again and wheel beyond 90 degrees and have to stop. They then pack down again and collapse again and then the referee shakes a dice and on the basis of the number coming up awards a new scrum, or a penalty. This allows about 1-2 minutes of ball out-of-play time in order to get the necessary ball-in-play time down to the 30 minutes maximum per game that's allowed in this code. During this period however the backs of the people in the scrum suffer slow ( and occasionally acute ) damage which produces long term suffering and occasional paraplegia. Eventually however and regardless of the referee's intervention, the ball is retained by the team who put it into the scrum and the game (?) can continue.
I hope that makes the rules clearer.




Thanks Stevethegas, it needed somebody to explain this properly, so everyone can understand it !!

[DaveO]

It depends on which code is involved as to what happens.
In one system 6 guys pack down and pick up the ball as it's fed to them and then the game carries on with the team that put the ball into the scrum with possession.
Alternatively 8 guys with a combined weight of three quarters of a ton pack down and then collapse. They then pack down again and wheel beyond 90 degrees and have to stop. They then pack down again and collapse again and then the referee shakes a dice and on the basis of the number coming up awards a new scrum, or a penalty. This allows about 1-2 minutes of ball out-of-play time in order to get the necessary ball-in-play time down to the 30 minutes maximum per game that's allowed in this code. During this period however the backs of the people in the scrum suffer slow ( and occasionally acute ) damage which produces long term suffering and occasional paraplegia. Eventually however and regardless of the referee's intervention, the ball is retained by the team who put it into the scrum and the game (?) can continue.
I hope that makes the rules clearer.

Hit the nail on the head!

[TrueBlueWarrior]

It depends on which code is involved as to what happens.
In one system 6 guys pack down and pick up the ball as it's fed to them and then the game carries on with the team that put the ball into the scrum with possession.
Alternatively 8 guys with a combined weight of three quarters of a ton pack down and then collapse. They then pack down again and wheel beyond 90 degrees and have to stop. They then pack down again and collapse again and then the referee shakes a dice and on the basis of the number coming up awards a new scrum, or a penalty. This allows about 1-2 minutes of ball out-of-play time in order to get the necessary ball-in-play time down to the 30 minutes maximum per game that's allowed in this code. During this period however the backs of the people in the scrum suffer slow ( and occasionally acute ) damage which produces long term suffering and occasional paraplegia. Eventually however and regardless of the referee's intervention, the ball is retained by the team who put it into the scrum and the game (?) can continue.
I hope that makes the rules clearer.

Hit the nail on the head!

Absolutely fantastic explanation!

[josie andrews]

It depends on which code is involved as to what happens.
In one system 6 guys pack down and pick up the ball as it's fed to them and then the game carries on with the team that put the ball into the scrum with possession.
Alternatively 8 guys with a combined weight of three quarters of a ton pack down and then collapse. They then pack down again and wheel beyond 90 degrees and have to stop. They then pack down again and collapse again and then the referee shakes a dice and on the basis of the number coming up awards a new scrum, or a penalty. This allows about 1-2 minutes of ball out-of-play time in order to get the necessary ball-in-play time down to the 30 minutes maximum per game that's allowed in this code. During this period however the backs of the people in the scrum suffer slow ( and occasionally acute ) damage which produces long term suffering and occasional paraplegia. Eventually however and regardless of the referee's intervention, the ball is retained by the team who put it into the scrum and the game (?) can continue.
I hope that makes the rules clearer.

So that's how the scrum works in RU!!!