| This week we look at the new tendency in the scrums where the loosehead do not bind but uses his outside arm to stabilise his hit by pressing on the ground. We look at the advantages and disadvantages of this action. |
| " The laws state that the loosehead must bind, but the referees are allowing the loosehead to use his outside hand to stabilise the hit by pressing on the ground, but by doing so the loosehead get an unjust advantage over the tighthead. The advantage is that he can get into a lower body position and can easily get under the tighthead to push him backwards. " - Jan Oberholzer |
| Lets look at a the action of the loosehead in the scrum. |
| Lets look at two other examples out of the many. |
Note:
from collapsing. 2) In senior rugby this can be a method to disrupt the opposition's scrums as long as the referees allow it. |
| The loosehead stabilizes the hit by pushing onto the ground. See how easily the loosehead get low a low position and he can easily gets under the tighthead. |
| The loosehead is stil not binding and he starts to push the tighthead up and backwards and up. |
| The push is still on and the opposition hooker's pops out. |
| Bulls against the Sharks. |
| Sharks vs Stormers. The referee looks at the tighthead's bind, but not at the loosehead's bind. |
| Week 15 |
| New Tendencies in Modern Rugby |
