Laws

New scrum engagement process approved for global trial

Breaking News from the IRB: • Enhanced player welfare the guiding principle • Stationary platform and straight feeds to be enforced • Support from players and coaches critical to success The International Rugby Board Council […]

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Commentariat

Change on the way for the scrum?

Social media has been circulating this presentation today, titled “Scrum History, Scrum Force Project & Scrum Injuries” by Dr Martin Raftery, who is the IRB Chief Medical Officer. It is undated so I cannot claim it’s […]

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New scrum procedure for South Africa amateur rugby

SARU have revised the scrum engagement process for all amateur rugby for the coming season in South Africa. This video goes through the new Crouch, Bind, Scrum procedure for Amateur rugby. Interesting development for players […]

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Commentariat

Former England hooker, Brian Moore, writes on elite scrum issues

Some interesting views from former England hooker, Brian Moore writing in today’s Daily Telegraph.  He writes: “Rugby’s laws define the scrum’s purpose thus: “To restart play quickly, safely and fairly, after a minor infringement or […]

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Scrum engagement changes for new season

Not sure why it’s taken them so long to put this out, but here’s the official news release on the scrum engagement sequence IRB to address scrum issues with global trial (IRB.COM) Tuesday 12 June […]