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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 838125" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>EXACTLY!</p><p></p><p>With the FEEDING team facing a pack who are <strong>not</strong> going to strike for the ball at all, they are at a huge disadvantage if they feed the ball straight (at a phase of the game where they are SUPPOSED to have an advantage). This is because while they might win the ball with the hook, they will in all likihood be going backwards... and the bent feed was born.</p><p></p><p>This is why I say that so long as WR does not address the 8v7 advantage to the non-feeding team, nothing is going to fix it. I have previously stated a couple of things that could fix this situation and I'll add a couple of others.</p><p></p><p>1. Penalise bent feeding ONLY if the opposing hooker makes an attempt to hook the ball (materiality)</p><p></p><p>2. Make it mandatory that both hookers must strike for the ball, or at the very least, that neither hooker is allowed have his feed back to push</p><p></p><p>and other things that might work</p><p></p><p>3. The scrum is not allowed to move off the mark until the ball has been hooked and is behind the feet of at least one front row player (effectively no pushing until the ball is clearly won)</p><p></p><p>4. Once the ball is won, either team has ONE chance to start pushing their opponents back. When the ball is available and the referee has said "use it", if either team is not already going forward, then they must not attemot to do so. </p><p></p><p>All of these ideas will give both teams an incentive to win the ball by hooking</p><p></p><p>On a side note, it was good to see Wayne Barnes a week ago penalising props in the Bath v Saints match for taking a step sideways to change their body angle (a pre-emptive strike by Barnes against boring in and driving under...well done). </p><p></p><p>Also, he was penalising props, and ultimately yellow carded one (Kane Palma-Newport?) for changing his bind after the ball was in.... good stuff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 838125, member: 20605"] EXACTLY! With the FEEDING team facing a pack who are [B]not[/B] going to strike for the ball at all, they are at a huge disadvantage if they feed the ball straight (at a phase of the game where they are SUPPOSED to have an advantage). This is because while they might win the ball with the hook, they will in all likihood be going backwards... and the bent feed was born. This is why I say that so long as WR does not address the 8v7 advantage to the non-feeding team, nothing is going to fix it. I have previously stated a couple of things that could fix this situation and I'll add a couple of others. 1. Penalise bent feeding ONLY if the opposing hooker makes an attempt to hook the ball (materiality) 2. Make it mandatory that both hookers must strike for the ball, or at the very least, that neither hooker is allowed have his feed back to push and other things that might work 3. The scrum is not allowed to move off the mark until the ball has been hooked and is behind the feet of at least one front row player (effectively no pushing until the ball is clearly won) 4. Once the ball is won, either team has ONE chance to start pushing their opponents back. When the ball is available and the referee has said "use it", if either team is not already going forward, then they must not attemot to do so. All of these ideas will give both teams an incentive to win the ball by hooking On a side note, it was good to see Wayne Barnes a week ago penalising props in the Bath v Saints match for taking a step sideways to change their body angle (a pre-emptive strike by Barnes against boring in and driving under...well done). Also, he was penalising props, and ultimately yellow carded one (Kane Palma-Newport?) for changing his bind after the ball was in.... good stuff [/QUOTE]
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