smeagol
Referees in America
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Refereed at a 7s event yesterday way out of my normal jurisdiction.
Was running touch and saw one team that at scrums, the hooker did not bind on nor did the props bind to him.
First game I had with them, I told and showed them at scrum time I expected compliance. They complied the entire game.
An hour later, I have them again - same issue, this time I penalize, telling them “I warned you last game.”
Where I’m questioning myself is that it was drilled into me that “no one watches 7s for scrums,” but to me this is a safety issue that is easy to check as a ref and easy to comply with. I also suspect that the team in question (a top-level college team) is coached to do this.
Was running touch and saw one team that at scrums, the hooker did not bind on nor did the props bind to him.
First game I had with them, I told and showed them at scrum time I expected compliance. They complied the entire game.
An hour later, I have them again - same issue, this time I penalize, telling them “I warned you last game.”
Where I’m questioning myself is that it was drilled into me that “no one watches 7s for scrums,” but to me this is a safety issue that is easy to check as a ref and easy to comply with. I also suspect that the team in question (a top-level college team) is coached to do this.