Think we have got to the stage where there needs to be a rule change to scrum penalties and just make them a free kick.
Teams like SA are now using the scrum to not restart the game for what it was intended but to gain a penalty and 3 pts.
Last week and this week SA were under the pump until about 60 mins when they brought their bomb squad on to win penalties.
Will be the death of Rugby if there is not a tweak in the rules.
A few things can help
TMO being allowed to help to watch the scrum from above , unfortunately the ref canât SS both sides
What SA do is get very agressive on the first scrum and then if they cause the oppo to go down etc keep doing that became the ref will keep awarding in their favour
For deliberately collapsing the scrum a penalty is right but imo players popping up or going down under pressure shouldnât be penalty - but very hard to judge
Yesterday was strange in terms of for 12 months our best two were Genge and Sinckler but yesterday Cole and Marler were immense , whilst Genge and Sinckler struggled to get into it and were dominanted for the first 3/4 scrums and that caused all the issues
Not sure what can be changed but the ref certainly needs more help at each scrum
The one thing they need to stop is feeding ?!! Itâs shocking
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