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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 328513" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p><img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/my%20smileys/2funny.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><span style="color: White">....</span>That is a real laugh boyo. Your complete cock-ups are entertaining, if nothing else.</p><p></p><p>You are bleating on about how Tialata (the LOOSE-HEAD prop) is breaking the Laws, then to support that, you quote the binding law for the TIGHT-HEAD prop. <img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/my%20smileys/30.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>That makes me wonder whether you in fact understand the difference between the two.</p><p></p><p>However, what you completely fail to understand is that the Laws of the Game are not just about taking one Law in isolation and applying it. They are in fact a collection of guidelines; Laws are applied within the confines of materiality in the context of the game at hand, and always within the priority limits of Safety, Equity and Law....in that order! Any first year referee will tell you that... its one of the first things you are told when you attend you first Association/Society meeting.</p><p></p><p>To answer your post:</p><p></p><p>It is in fact, a very common practice for a prop to drop their bind if they do not get it right the first time, and the Law in fact allows them to do that.</p><p></p><p><em>Law 20.3 (e) Both the loose head and tight head props may alter their bind providing they do so in</em></p><p><em>accordance with this Law.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>One of the ways props do this is to drop their hand to the ground momentarily, allowing them to steady themselves, This is especially so for the LOOSE-HEAD prop if they feel their opposing TIGHT-HEAD prop is pulling them down. Then they come back up to the correct bind. Dropping the arm is also a good way to measure that your shoulders are at least level with or above your hips.</p><p></p><p>Many scrum coaches (including myself) teach this technique.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that the requirement to bind is NOT immediate, props are allowed a little time to get the bind right before the ball is put in, then once it is in, the bind must be maintained.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/scrumbind.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The Italian TIGHT-HEAD PROP has a bent arm and its pointing downwards!!!! You cannot honestly believe that he is reaching as far as he possibly can. </p><p></p><p>In every scrum, he had a bent arm, grasping Black's upper arm, instead of binding where I have indicated with the red dots. He could easily reach either of those places, but he chooses not to because he knows that if he does, he will not be able to do what he his doing there; lifting the Black LOOSE-HEAD up and twisting him inwards.</p><p></p><p>It is interesting to note that a week later, the South African LOOSE-HEAD prop completely munted the Italian TIGHT-HEAD prop. Why? Because the referee, Alain Rolland (arguably the best scrum manager of all the Elite referees) insisted on correct binding, and forced the Italian front row to participate in a PROPER and LEGAL contest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 328513, member: 20605"] [IMG]http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/my%20smileys/2funny.gif[/IMG][COLOR=White]....[/COLOR]That is a real laugh boyo. Your complete cock-ups are entertaining, if nothing else. You are bleating on about how Tialata (the LOOSE-HEAD prop) is breaking the Laws, then to support that, you quote the binding law for the TIGHT-HEAD prop. [IMG]http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/my%20smileys/30.gif[/IMG] That makes me wonder whether you in fact understand the difference between the two. However, what you completely fail to understand is that the Laws of the Game are not just about taking one Law in isolation and applying it. They are in fact a collection of guidelines; Laws are applied within the confines of materiality in the context of the game at hand, and always within the priority limits of Safety, Equity and Law....in that order! Any first year referee will tell you that... its one of the first things you are told when you attend you first Association/Society meeting. To answer your post: It is in fact, a very common practice for a prop to drop their bind if they do not get it right the first time, and the Law in fact allows them to do that. [I]Law 20.3 (e) Both the loose head and tight head props may alter their bind providing they do so in accordance with this Law. [/I]One of the ways props do this is to drop their hand to the ground momentarily, allowing them to steady themselves, This is especially so for the LOOSE-HEAD prop if they feel their opposing TIGHT-HEAD prop is pulling them down. Then they come back up to the correct bind. Dropping the arm is also a good way to measure that your shoulders are at least level with or above your hips. Many scrum coaches (including myself) teach this technique. Keep in mind that the requirement to bind is NOT immediate, props are allowed a little time to get the bind right before the ball is put in, then once it is in, the bind must be maintained. [IMG]http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o35/smartcooky99/scrumbind.jpg[/IMG] The Italian TIGHT-HEAD PROP has a bent arm and its pointing downwards!!!! You cannot honestly believe that he is reaching as far as he possibly can. In every scrum, he had a bent arm, grasping Black's upper arm, instead of binding where I have indicated with the red dots. He could easily reach either of those places, but he chooses not to because he knows that if he does, he will not be able to do what he his doing there; lifting the Black LOOSE-HEAD up and twisting him inwards. It is interesting to note that a week later, the South African LOOSE-HEAD prop completely munted the Italian TIGHT-HEAD prop. Why? Because the referee, Alain Rolland (arguably the best scrum manager of all the Elite referees) insisted on correct binding, and forced the Italian front row to participate in a PROPER and LEGAL contest. [/QUOTE]
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