All these scrum issues are getting pretty tiresome. It's such a hard area to ref because for every accusation one side makes there is an equal an opposite counter allegation. Boring in v stepping to the side, pushing early v not taking the hit, etc. Scrums are just supposed to be a way of restarting the game and instead they've become a way of stopping it all together. The solution has to be in more effective laws. Or, dare I say it, do away with scrums all together. Team going forward can just get a tap kick restart. After all they aren't fun to watch. I know that seems a bit sacrilegious, and plays into the hands of the SH, but it would speed the game up plenty and there would be less chances to score from scrum penalties meaning teams have to push for tries which in the end is what we all love to see.
Come on forwards, come and get me.
