dasNdanger
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With so many failed scrums, I got to wondering about something. Many scrums collapse or otherwise fail before the ball is fed in. There seems to be too much delay between 'set' and the ball feed while the ref waits for the scrum to stabilize. The scrum has 4 actions ('crouch, bind, set, and...wait for it...waaaaait for it...no-no...wait...okay! tap-tap!'), when it seems more logical for the stabilizing to be achieved on the bind (without pressure and without an unnecessary pause), and for the challenge for the ball to coincide with the push. So, at risk of sounding like sigesige00, I have a question - why have the teams pushing for so long (making seconds seem like minutes) when there's no ball underfoot? Wouldn't it make for a better scrum if the ball is fed in at the same time the scrum sets?
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