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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 709828" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>The "head above hips" is already in the laws - it just isn't applied.</p><p>I disagree that judging an angle would be particularly difficult - as someone who is learning joinery at the moment, I can tell you that people have a very strong "visual memory" and can judge angles and small distances quite accurately with only a small amount of practice. Anyway the general principle is that if the scrum is collapsing then they are too low - make them go higher (actually do it, don't just tell them and ignore it when they don't do so).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I watched this game too.</p><p></p><p>What else can you notice about the scrums?</p><p></p><p>The props head's are actually <strong>below</strong> their hips on the "crouch" call at times - it's ridiculous.</p><p>Their heads need to be <em>significantly</em> higher.</p><p></p><p>How a ref does not understand this is beyond me, it's really not a difficult concept to understand.</p><p></p><p>I do actually agree with Nigel Owen's suggestion that part of the reason front rows think they can scrummage this low is because they train on machines too much.</p><p>You can actually scrummage with your head below your hips on a scrum machine because they do not collapse - they only move back and forward.</p><p>Some machines do have mechanisms that mimic the vertical/hinging movement but I haven't seen them used much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 709828, member: 67273"] The "head above hips" is already in the laws - it just isn't applied. I disagree that judging an angle would be particularly difficult - as someone who is learning joinery at the moment, I can tell you that people have a very strong "visual memory" and can judge angles and small distances quite accurately with only a small amount of practice. Anyway the general principle is that if the scrum is collapsing then they are too low - make them go higher (actually do it, don't just tell them and ignore it when they don't do so). I watched this game too. What else can you notice about the scrums? The props head's are actually [B]below[/B] their hips on the "crouch" call at times - it's ridiculous. Their heads need to be [I]significantly[/I] higher. How a ref does not understand this is beyond me, it's really not a difficult concept to understand. I do actually agree with Nigel Owen's suggestion that part of the reason front rows think they can scrummage this low is because they train on machines too much. You can actually scrummage with your head below your hips on a scrum machine because they do not collapse - they only move back and forward. Some machines do have mechanisms that mimic the vertical/hinging movement but I haven't seen them used much. [/QUOTE]
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