Scarlets side to face Connacht

Excuse me if I don’t join in the Luke Pearce “Appreciation Society”.

Edited by Eastern outpost - 14 November 2020 at 7:21pm

what channel is this on pls?

saundersfootscarlets wrote: Wil Chips wrote: Legendinmybathroom wrote: I can’t understand why referees don’t just let the scrum go down and let the scrum half just get the ball away, after all they still have the advantage of having the ball.  I know some referees often do this when they have had enough of reset after reset.  It would also help to improve the game as a spectacle (in theory anyway) by having more ball in play time). Interestingly this is exactly what the ref did in the Italy v Scotland game. Nearly every scrum went down, but rather than adjudicate who was at fault, he told the SH to play it if the ball was at the back of the scrum. Made the game flow better of course. I thought the ref , Luke Pierce I think , was very good , have seen him quite a few times and he seems to control it well without whistling for every minor thing.

Wil Chips wrote: Legendinmybathroom wrote: I can’t understand why referees don’t just let the scrum go down and let the scrum half just get the ball away, after all they still have the advantage of having the ball.  I know some referees often do this when they have had enough of reset after reset.  It would also help to improve the game as a spectacle (in theory anyway) by having more ball in play time). Interestingly this is exactly what the ref did in the Italy v Scotland game. Nearly every scrum went down, but rather than adjudicate who was at fault, he told the SH to play it if the ball was at the back of the scrum. Made the game flow better of course. I thought the ref , Luke Pierce I think , was very good , have seen him quite a few times and he seems to control it well without whistling for every minor thing.

Legendinmybathroom wrote: I can’t understand why referees don’t just let the scrum go down and let the scrum half just get the ball away, after all they still have the advantage of having the ball.  I know some referees often do this when they have had enough of reset after reset.  It would also help to improve the game as a spectacle (in theory anyway) by having more ball in play time).

Indeed. Scrums are killing the game for spectators 

Scrum parity is the start point for our hopes tonight.

I can’t understand why referees don’t just let the scrum go down and let the scrum half just get the ball away, after all they still have the advantage of having the ball.  I know some referees often do this when they have had enough of reset after reset. 

157cb wrote
   Disagree totally ,the issues at scrum time have been on the loose head for the most part, yes he as been penalised admittedly .Javan been our most impressive prop in the loose by a country mile .

   The scrum is an absolute lottery , that an the breakdown harming the very future of the game, what a mess .[/QUOTE]

Agree completely. Javan only needs to improve a little on fitness to become a top class prop.
However as 157cb also points out the scrum is becoming more and more of a lottery and the impression I get is that most referees have little idea of what is going on and who is breaking the rules. When a scrum collapses they have to make a decision and often this is pure guess work, but once made they tend to stick with penalising the same side unless something very different occurs.
The breakdown decisions are also often baffling, with so many players piling in at different angles and power that it can't be easy for refs to arrive at a clear decision to penalise and which side to penalise.
Clearly we have to work on these aspects, before we are able to get enough ball to judge how the backs are performing.