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make money — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:02:01 +0000

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Comment on Refblog Jnr II by Nick C (Berks RefSoc)

Nick C (Berks RefSoc) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:12:49 +0000

Great news – congrats to you all…
Got him a little whistle yet?

Comment on Refblog Jnr II by pinoyleonardo

pinoyleonardo — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:29:41 +0000

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Comment on IRB scrum news (and Refblog thoughts!) by Andy

Andy — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:10:31 +0000

Hi, my u13′s team have just been penalised out of a game for the front rows binding on the arm, my players have claimed they were unable to grab the shirts as they were tight fit. From a safety point of view surely this is better than the scrum collapsing. Your views would be appreciated

Comment on 6 Nations – referee changes by Warren

Warren — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:26:29 +0000

Utterly beyond belief that Walsh has ever been reconsidered for the IRB panel and especially for England games, although admittedly last time we had him he bent so far the other way it was embarrassing…

Comment on Scrums… again…. by Nursedude

Nursedude — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:47:32 +0000

Wayne Barnes had to do a lot of restarts with the scrums in Saturday’s France-Scotland game. Kind of surprised me in that these were pretty experienced front rows and it was a fast track at the Stade de France.

Comment on IRB scrum news (and Refblog thoughts!) by Gavin

Gavin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:39:04 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Take the ‘hit’ out and make sure the scrum is stable before the put in.

Comment on IRB scrum news (and Refblog thoughts!) by Warren

Warren — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:59:57 +0000

It’s illegal because it is automatically an early shove. You always hear refs shout ‘take the hit’ – there shouldn’t be a hit because the hit is a shove & therefore illegal.

Comment on IRB scrum news (and Refblog thoughts!) by Ref

Ref — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:19:20 +0000

How is the hit illegal? As long as they do it on the engage command and they dont push through before ball is in, then there’s surely no issue of illegality?

Comment on IRB scrum news (and Refblog thoughts!) by Warren

Warren — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:42:22 +0000

Surely the root of the problem is the ‘hit’ which has crept into the game over the last 20 years despite being entirely illegal. If you look at footage of games in the early ’90s there was no hit; the front rows simply folded down together & got on with the scrum. The hit is inherently destabilising; get rid of it & you’ll get rid of most of the collapses.