Good article on scrum collapses.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/form...ur-opponent-at-risk-here-as-well-as-yourself/
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/form...ur-opponent-at-risk-here-as-well-as-yourself/
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Referees already have a responsibility to penalise any team that fails to get set-up within 30 seconds of the scrum being called but we rarely see the law being enforced. For Cron, referees need to crack down harder on teams who are slow to the mark.
Cron’s second proposal would see referees taking 30 seconds off the clock for every scrum that takes place.
“So you’ve got two minutes to go in a game, and you have a scrum. The opposition, if they were trying to count the clock down, could take forever to get set up,” said the Kiwi.
“Then, say for instance there’s a collapse, the referee stands them up, gives them a talk, and then resets it, there’s your two minutes up.
“Whereas, if at every scrum there’s a maximum of 30 seconds off the clock, so if there’s a collapse, the ref stands them up, talks to them and has another reset; there’s no problem if it takes two minutes as only 30 seconds comes off the stop clock.”
I've been arguing for something like this for ages. It's the single biggest issue that people complain about (both actual rugby fans getting frustrated about lost time and non-rugby fans citing it as a reason rugby is shit).
Cron’s second proposal would see referees taking 30 seconds off the clock for every scrum that takes place.
“So you’ve got two minutes to go in a game, and you have a scrum. The opposition, if they were trying to count the clock down, could take forever to get set up,” said the Kiwi.
“Then, say for instance there’s a collapse, the referee stands them up, gives them a talk, and then resets it, there’s your two minutes up.
“Whereas, if at every scrum there’s a maximum of 30 seconds off the clock, so if there’s a collapse, the ref stands them up, talks to them and has another reset; there’s no problem if it takes two minutes as only 30 seconds comes off the stop clock.”
I've been arguing for something like this for ages. It's the single biggest issue that people complain about (both actual rugby fans getting frustrated about lost time and non-rugby fans citing it as a reason rugby is shit).
Good to see that we got a mention for the Marler boring hash tag.