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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 467652" data-attributes="member: 33219">I think, in essence, that&#039;s exactly what should happen. There are laws about boring in and binding properly, which the referee should look out for, but in general yes. If a scrum is going backwards then the only way it can stop going backwards is to drop it. Or the front row is forced to stand up under the pressure and the scrum crumples. Or they wheel it. There is no reason whatsoever for a prop going forward to slip his binding/ fall on his face/ stand up, purely because he&#039;s quite happy driving the other team backwards. So the weaker scrum then has the choice - either continue to push and maybe get driven back 10m, or drop the scrum and concede a penalty. EXACTLY the same as a maul.This needs to be realised, because Irish teams in particular have been getting away with being shite scrummagers for years.&nbsp;But otherwise that is the price you pay for being **** at scrummaging,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 467652, member: 33219"] I think, in essence, that's exactly what should happen. There are laws about boring in and binding properly, which the referee should look out for, but in general yes. If a scrum is going backwards then the only way it can stop going backwards is to drop it. Or the front row is forced to stand up under the pressure and the scrum crumples. Or they wheel it. There is no reason whatsoever for a prop going forward to slip his binding/ fall on his face/ stand up, purely because he's quite happy driving the other team backwards. So the weaker scrum then has the choice - either continue to push and maybe get driven back 10m, or drop the scrum and concede a penalty. EXACTLY the same as a maul. This needs to be realised, because Irish teams in particular have been getting away with being shite scrummagers for years. But otherwise that is the price you pay for being **** at scrummaging, [/QUOTE]

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